Gallery – Christmas returns to Smithfield
Published 5:16 pm Monday, November 25, 2024
- Annabelle Chandler, Amara Bowe and dog Bandit (Photos by Stephen Faleski | The Smithfield Times)
Christmas came early to Smithfield on Nov. 22 with the return of the town’s annual tree lighting ceremony, held on the lawn outside The Smithfield Times office. Woman’s Club President Therry Boland filled in for Diane Hill as honorary tree lighter this year.
Coats, hats and earmuffs abounded at Smithfield’s annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony this year as wind gusts of up to 30 mph and a light drizzle made 42 degrees feel near freezing. Despite the weather, dozens of town residents came to the lawn to see the Joel Joyner Jazz Band and students with Trinity United Methodist Church’s preschool program and Hampton Roads Classical perform on the Main Street Square stage.
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- Marlow Parks, Rebecca Matzen, Finley Robert and Brooklyn Paga
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- Nicholas and Jessica Taylor, Pamela Buske, Jake and Landon Everett, and Gus and Zeke Taylor
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- The Joel Joyner Jazz Band, under the direction of former Smithfield High School band director Joel Joyner, play Christmas carols.
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- The Trinity UMC preschool choir performs Christmas songs.
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- Therry Boland, president of the Woman’s Club of Smithfield, gives remarks ahead of flipping the switch to light the town Christmas tree.
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- Leslie and Leiland Pavlik
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- Meredith Spivey Parks directs the Trinity United Methodist Church preschool choir
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- Megan and Treven McClain.
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- Lenna Seibenbrunner and Anna Hornback sample hot drinks and cookies from the Woman’s Club table.
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- Cameron Taylor shakes jingle bells with the Trinity UMC preschool choir.
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- Students from Hampton Roads Classical perform Christmas songs in Latin.
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- Carolyn Hyman directs the Trinity UMC preschool choir
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- Saoirse Sharkey and Leiland Pavlik shake jingle bells with the Trinity UMC preschool choir.
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- Chris and Jillian Roberts
