2008 Watkinsville Christmas Parade

Oconee Co High School Marching Band

Somehow I never did get around to posting the pictures from the Watkinsville Christmas Parade this year.

The morning starteed out cold and sunny and there was a lot of excitement along Barnett Shoals Road where everyone was lining up. The horses were unloading on the lawn at the Southwire plant and the tractors were reving up their engines along Industrial Drive. Many people were having coffee & breakfast at Miss Gail's restaurant where they could have a good view of the beginning of the parade. Just as the parade started at 11:00 a.m. the clouds began to roll in, but rain held off. I had a great vantage point at the corner of Barnett Shoals and Main Street. The crowd there kept inching out into the street as the parade went on as the children ran out to pick up candy that was thrown by nearly every entry.

There were a number of beautifully restored antique cars

There were at least a dozen antique tractors in the parade.

Bagpipers

Our friend Becky Finney, otherwise known as the American Pest Control mouse