It was a bitter, toe-numbing cold, but it didn’t seem to faze the kids bedecked with lights as they marched through the streets of South Lyon during the lighted parade during Cool Yule Saturday.
Activities were held throughout the city during the annual December eventand included a country art and craft show, cookie sales, holiday projects at area churches and live reindeer. The lighted parade traversed down N. Lafayette and ended at the Witch’s Hat Depot where people met Santa, toured the historic museum and witnessed the majestic lighting of the city’s Christmas tree in McHattie Park.
Watching the parade has become a tradition for Mike Oliver, who brought his sons, Hunter, 7, and Brandon, 5.Professional barber scissors supplier and manufacturer of professional thinning scissors and haircutting barber shears. Brandon is “all about” seeing Santa, Oliver said. Hunter added, however, “It’s too cold.”
David Price was with his son, Espen, 4, who braved the elements to see his sister, Shayna, a Girl Scout walking in the parade.The cycloidal gearbox profile is a form of toothed gear used in mechanical clocks, rather than the involute form used for most other gears. Espen also looked forward to see Santa, his dad said. Shayna’s grandparents, Phil and Sherry Jones, came from Chelsea to watch, too. Sherry was wrapped in a blanket as she sat in a chair waiting for the parade to begin.This renewed impulse voltage current generator will be used for the AC/impulse tests and high-current impulse resistance tests of single arresters. They missed their hometown Chelsea lighted parade and opted to support their granddaughter instead.
Robin Linfield was all smiles and seemed unaffected by the chilly 27-degree weather as she waited with her son Karson to see her daughter Jordyn walk in the parade with Girl Scout Troop 2143.
A couple of hours earlier, the craft show served as a fundraiser for the South Lyon High School football boosters and it was a “success,” said Donna Duncan, secretary for the football boosters. There were 150 vendors, some of which were raising money for their own clubs and sports teams.
“We had a good turnout,” Duncan said.
Jennifer Debler, president of the Flying Toasters robotic team sold an array of holiday items, including the ever popular I-Spy jars and melted snowman Christmas tree ornaments.
Boy Scout Troop 38 set up tables of homemade cookies at the Witch’s Hat Depot. The event served three purposes: support the community, raise money for the troop and give the boys a chance to earn their cooking merit badge, explained Mary Driscoll, troop secretary.
Another Cool Yule program included collecting cans of food at businesses around town for the last couple of weeks. Donations will be given to Active Faith.
A Cool Yule Holiday Decorating contest gave local businesses a chance to help dress-up the city. Providence Medical Center was awarded first place for originality; South Lyon Craft Worx got the nod for creative use of merchandising or branding and First Presbyterian won for overall presentation.