The Savoy Memorial Day Parade was held today, Monday, May 30. Ceremonies started at 2:45pm at the Soldiers' Honor Roll under sunny skies. Ceremonies opened with a prayer by Father David Raymond. A speech was given by State Representative Daniel Bosely. Robert Haskins, teacher and writer, read a diary from an American soldier in Iraq and selected poems. Music for the ceremony was performed by the Pittsfield Eagles Band. The parade started at Old Main & Rte. 116. The marchers paused in front of the Soldiers' Honor Roll on their way to the Town Park for food and refreshments.
Parade Participants were VFW Ladies auxiliary #996- North Adams, Grand Marshals, Savoy Senior Citizens, Savoy Volunteer Fire Department, The Dixie Cats, Antique Tractors, Sue & Scott Pierce & Bob Sadlowski, Kim Witek and the Lagowski Family, Berkshire Shrine Club, Patriotic Bikers from the Savoy Elementary School and Pony Cart from Missy & Chip Schleich.
The Select Board and the Memorial Day Committee members wish to thank all those who gave of their time and effort to make this a very memorable day. Emile Mazur would like to say a special 'Thank You' to Dick Holmes who for the third year has provided the flags for the Memorial Day Parade. Now for the best part. PICTURES :-) I just launched over 50 pictures to our gallery. Even if you have a dial up connection they load reasonably fast.
Click on www.savoynews.smugmug.com to see the gallery. Under each picture there is a comment button. Please feel free to add in names or any comments. Also, Smugmug allows veiwers to purchase professional prints of any pictures on the gallery, plus mugs, shirts, buttons etc. We do not receive any money from this, it is just a service that they offer. We think it's a pretty cool feature of the photo gallery. by Julie Pavia