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CHRISTMAS IN CHERRYVILLE - Above, a group of youngsters wave to the crowd during the 2002 Christmas
parade in downtown Cherryville. Cherryville will present its annual holiday procession down Main St. on Saturday,
December 13 at 10:30 a.m. with the popular ‘Christmas on Main St.’ event set for Thursday, December 11 from 5-9
p.m. Both holiday events are sponsored by the Cherryville Chamber of Commerce.
By TODD HAGANS
Editor of The Eagle
Looking for holiday
activities to put you in the
Christmas spirit? Then look
no further than downtown
Cherryville.
The town’s premiere
holiday events - ‘Christmas
on Main St.” and the annual
Christmas parade - take the
spotlight next week with
‘Christmas on Main St.” set
for Thursday, December 11
from 5-9 p.m. and the
parade marching through
downtown Cherryville on
Saturday, December 13
beginning at 10:30 a.m. The
Cherryville Chamber of
Commerce sponsors both
events.
Activities for ‘Christmas
on Main St.” get underway
with a full slate of
entertainment at the mini-
park gazebo. The
Cherryville High School
band performs at 5 p.m.
followed by violinists
George and Courtney Beam
at 5:30 p.m.
New to the event this year
is the Miss Merry Christmas
pageant set for 6 p.m. at the
gazebo. Girls newborn to
age 19 are eligible to
compete in one of 10 age
categories. Winners will be
announced in each category
and invited to ride on the
Santa Claus float in the
Cherryville Christmas
parade. All participants will
receive a tiara.
Applications for the
pageant are available at the
Cherryville Chamber of
Commerce, Classy Kids
Consignment and The Eagle
or by calling Delores Cox at
(704) 827-7277. Deadline to
enter is Friday, December 5,
2003. The pageant is co-
sponsored by the Miss
Gastonia Scholarship
Association, Inc. and
proceeds benefit the Miss
Gastonia scholarship fund.
Cherryville country
musician Preston Long
performs at the gazebo at
7 p-m. with ‘Walk By Faith’
presenting entertainment at
7:30 p.m. ‘Radicals for
Christ’ performs at 8 p.m.
with the First Presbyterian
Church choir presenting
special music at 8:30 p.m.
Popular bluegrass
musician Darin Aldridge
will perform in front of
Mabry Supplies beginning
at 7 p.m. while the
Cherryville High School
chorus directed by Linda
Barger entertains from 6-7
p.m. at the C. Grier Beam
Truck Museum with a
variety of Christmas carols.
Carriage rides will travel
up and down Main St. and
Elm St. from 6-9 p.m. while
rides on the ‘Little Blue
Choo’ will be offered down
Main St. from 6-9 p.m.
Photos with Santa will be
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Museum
Thursday, December 11th
6-9pm.
Diecast model trucks by
First Gear, Winross and Conji.
Available.
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Chorus in their gowns and tuxedos
singing a collage of Christmas Carols.
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call the chamber office at
(704) 435-3451.
In other holiday
happenings, the Cherryville
High School band will hold
its winter concert on
Monday, December 8 at
7 p.m. at Starnes
Auditorium. The
Cherryville High School
chorus will present a holiday
concert on Sunday,
December 14 at 6 p.m. at
First United Methodist
Church.
For more information
about the band and chorus
concerts, call the high school
at (704) 435-4506.
available from 6-9 p.m. at
the chamber office and the
Cherryville Rotary Club will
offer free hot chocolate.
Food vendors will be
available at the mini-park.
Downtown merchants
including Bill's Wholesale,
McGinnis Furniture,
Flowers and More, Victoria-
Cole Gifts and The Great
Outdoors will be open extra
hours during ‘Christmas on
Main St.” with special sales
and discounts. The C. Grier
Beam Truck Museum, the
Cherryville Historical
Museum and Cherryville
Train Depot will be open for
holiday visitors. The Eagle
will hold its annual open
house from 6-8 p.m.
Other chamber members
supporting the ‘Christmas
on Main St.” celebration and
observing regular business
hours are Cherryville
Florist, Houser Drug,
Medical Center Pharmacy,
Rick’s Automotive, Main
Street Amoco, Upchurch
Garden Center, Exhilaration
Station, McDonald's,
Delview Mart, Herbert
Performance Parts,
Ferguson Ace Hardware,
Modern Printing, Papa’s
Pizza to Go, Roma Italian
Restaurant, Crawley’s Auto
Parts and Randy's Body
Shop.
‘The Christmas on Main
St.” event is designed to .
encourage Cherryville
residents to shop at home
while spreading holiday
cheer among neighbors.
The annual Christmas
parade steps off at 10:30 a.m.
on Saturday, December 13
with the 2003 American
as grand marshals. Post
100 won the Area Four,
North Carolina and
Southeastern Regionals
championships and
finished runner-up in the
national finals of the Little
World Series held in
August in Bartlesville,
Oklahoma. The 2003 team
is the third Cherryville
legion unit to reach the
national competition. The
1953 team finished fourth at
Miami and the 1998 team
finished second at Las
Vegas.
The parade will feature
beauty queens, marching
groups, bands, floats,
antique cars and trucks, the
Shriners, clowns, the ‘Little
Blue Choo’ and Santa
Claus. The parade begins
at the corner of Main St.
and Depot St., goes down
Main St. and turning right
on Mulberry St. and then
right on First St., ending at
First Baptist Church.
For more information
about the parade and
‘Christmas on Main St.,’
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others as God blessed us |
with his greatest gift when he |
sent his only begotten son,
who was bom to show us
God's timeless and enduring
love. May you and your
loved ones discover the true
peace that this gift brings.
Merry Christmas!
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