This Monday morning, residents turned up en masse to enjoy or participate in Southborough’s 41st Heritage Day.
The town’s big parade included town officials, political supporters, and loads of children’s organizations.
In fact, it seemed like more children in town were throwing candy from the parade than standing on the sides of the streets to collect it! That was fine, since plenty of adults were on hand to wave and cheer on the marching groups.
I took a slew of pictures to share (scroll down).
But if you really want to recapture the day, check out the videos from Southborough Access Media. (To fit these in, I made the windows small. But you can click on the full screen icon [ ] in bottom right corner to expand.)
Heritage Day Parade & Festival
Left – parade; Right – A look at the festivities including some interviews
posted to You Tube by Southborough Access Media
Here are my pics of the festival and parade highlights
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While parade participants are lining up, the field opens for business. (Confession, this photo is from later in the day. Most of this crowd was probably waiting for or in the parade.)
Scarecrows on display are lined up in plenty of time to watch the parade.
The town firefighter won 2nd place in the scarecrow contest
The top prize went to the Despicable Me 2 display
Sirens and flashing lights announce the parade's start
Applause for town veterans
Town Chiefs with two of their chiefs
Scouts promoted the upcoming "Scouting for Food" drive
Kids' groups boasted their spirit with banners
This was my favorite scarecrow of the day
Trottier's marching band brought the musical entertainment
Scout Color Guards bore flags with pride
Marchers tossed candy to the crowd.
Laggers tried to catch up
Kids displayed their creativity
An "All Star" cast invited the crowd to their performance
Algonquin's marching band reminds the crowd "It's Always a Good Time" at Heritage Day
ARHS FIRST Team 1100 showed off their robotics and invites the crowd to their fundraiser
The crowd reacted to one of the "robots"
Promo for haunted house was somehow both spooky and adorable
Exploring the booths and activities on the field
Scouts helped out at the police booth, with fingerprinting and ID kits for kids.
Music included a live concert by Southborough's Jessie Chris
Local businesses promoted themselves to residents
ARHS students taught kids what that strange looking robot can do
Fire Station open house let kids climb in and explore emergency vehicles
The annual pie eating contest put kids to the test. (Don't worry, it's about speed, not quantity!)
