2020 Parade of Lights Recap
Ronald C Ashmore | Published on 12/13/2020
A big thanks to all the boats that participated in the 2020 Parade of Lights. There were 27+ boats between WCSC and Portman Marina that not only beautifully lit up the water for all to see, but that generously donated to the Toys for Tots campaign and brought food to support The Good Neighbor Cupboard.
Also a big thanks to all the Anderson residents that showed up at Green Pond Landing and Event Center to view the parade and also generously donated to the Toys for Tots campaign and brought food to support The Good Neighbor Cupboard.
Thank you to the following WCSC volunteers for their support of this event:
- Ed Sherman for contacting news media outlets to help promote the event.
- Monique Ravesloot for taking pictures and shooting video from the Whaler on Saturday night.
- Keith Schrecengost for shooting video and taking pictures on both Friday and Saturday night.
- Kirk Brutosky for volunteering to drive the Whaler safety/photo on Friday night.
- Richard Kimmich for driving the Whaler safety/photo boat on Saturday night.
- Ron Sanga for leading the parade both nights, getting boats ready, helping with the collection and distribution of the food and toys.
- David and Jeannette Walworth for manning the Toys for Tots and food collection station at Green Pond Landing on Friday night.
- Bruce Ehlert and Erica Guell for manning the Toys for Tots and food collection station at Green Pond Landing on Saturday night.
- Dan Marett and Andrea Lehmann for passing out flyers to various businesses around town.
A special thanks to Max Shaffer and all the power boats from Dock 6 at Portman Marina. They really stepped up this year by bringing at least 16 boats, but more importantly they loaded us up with Toys and food on Sunday morning after the parade.
Pictures taken by Keith Schrecengost and Monique Ravesloot can be found on WCSC's Facebook page:
https://www.facebook.com/sailWCSC/:
Videos created by Keith Schrecengost can be found on YouTube:
Saturday Night Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SCBgY2ch2yI
Friday Night Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOwSM5HN_V0
Video created by Monique Ravesloot can be found:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Ot8gE-2XK4UjI4Bg3_3rgrCTihDWQ6Zu/view?usp=sharing
Thanks to the 7 boats that showed up and participated on Friday night despite the weather forecast. After some heavy rain along with thunder and lightning around 5 PM, we started the parade in some light rain around 6:40 PM. By the time we got to Green Pond Landing the rain had stopped. As we turned West at the Highway 24 Double Bridges you could see a few stars. By around 8:15 PM when we got back to the club after taking the route through Portman Marina it was blowing 12 to 15 under a mostly clear sky full of stars. Many thanks to the following 7 boats that said the show must go on!
- Ron Sanga
- Curt Rubinstein
- Andrea and Werner Lehmann
- Dennis & Lisa Baker
- Hugh Vantleven
- Gary Stansell
- Ronnie Ashmore
This was a great outdoors event that maintained social distance. We hope that many other WCSC members will be able to participate next year. It was a lot of fun.
Thank you again to all that helped and participated.
Merry Christmas to you and yours and I look forward to seeing everyone in the New Year if not before.
Regards,
Ronnie Ashmore
2020 Parade of Lights Coordinator
Below are the Toys for Tots after delivery to the collection site at Community First Bank.
Everything under the tree came from the 2020 Parade of Lights. The toys would not fit in the drop off boxes.
