HomeMy WebLinkAboutLakeshore Advance, 2012-08-01, Page 190 Lakeshore Advance • Wednesday, August 10, 2011
A Caribbean Party at Thedford's Funion Days
Gord Whitehead
OMI Agency
'Thedford's Main Street was awash in palm trees,
beach toys, grass skirts and colourful shirts as a Car-
ibbean Party dazzled Funion Days Parade onlook-
ers. Appropriately, the sun shone as it always does
on the Saturday of T lbwn's Civic Holiday weekend
festivities.
One hundred and twenty-five ranging from
ancient to modern also cruised - some of them nois-
ily - along Main Street and a majority of them stayed
for the vintage vehicle show. Lake Smith Conserva-
tionists are perennial sponsors of the Funion
parade.
Judges awarded the following prizes:
Beet Uftean Party Theme Rod
O'Hagan Famity's'O'Ttki'
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Your mini holiday.
Limbo An impromptu limbo dance broke out when the O'Hagan Family's
award-winning'O'Tiki' float stopped mid -way through the Thedford Funion Days
parade on Civic Holiday Weekend. Terry O'Hagan set up the sticks and invited
young onlookers to take the challenge. Judges awarded the O'Hagans first prize
for best capturing the parade theme — Caribbean Party.
Playing at the seashore
The folks at Execulink Telecom were ready to play at the seashore. Their vessel sailed
away with top prize for decorated commercial floats.
Wilder Station Golf & Country Club
Kristen Wilson Family
Best Decorated Float
1, Dirty Dogs hockey team
2, Wallis -Wilcox entry
Decorated Commercial Float
Iixeculink'Ielecom
Stewardson Farms & Associates
Best Decorated Wagon
Gloria, Detain Wilcox
Sydney Wilcox
Noah Wilcox
Decorated Motortnd Vehicles
1. Georgia and Shanda Schram
2. Zavitz General Store
3, Jared GWard
After the patgdee 1Q5,'krtge cars and,
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trucks were registered for a spectacular
show on the former railway land alor
Main Street in the downtown area.
The show's trophy was presented to
'Ihedford residents Dean and Jan'ihomp-
son for their fleet of 1955, 1956 and 1961
'thunderbirds. Thedford's Kevin and Dar-
lene Rumford claimed second prize for
their 1967 Firebird, 1967 Camaro and
1976 Corvette. "All cars were winners,"
show organizer Mary l.ou Glenn told'1he
Advance. And all participants drove away
with prizes.
Thedford firefighters served roast
beef dinners to nearly 400 people