Proud, local eagles flew into quite the festive show of holiday cheer in Rocky Point on the evening of Saturday, Dec. 7th.
The town’s 40th Annual Christmas Tree Lighting was mass-attended by eager residents and intrigued neighbors alike.
Sponsored as always by the Rocky Point-Sound Beach (RPSB) Chamber of Commerce, the ceremony took place on the corner of Broadway and Prince Road.
Though rainfall befell the region earlier in the week, the streets ceased to be wet, and the cold-air breeze was neither overbearing, nor did it impede upon the collective energy of the crowd of hopeful onlookers.
Santa Claus made a hero’s entrance; so too did the Rocky Point Fire Department, Troop Members of Rocky Point’s local Boy Scouts and Girls Scouts of America chapters, Bugle Greg Efimetz, and Rocky Point High School’s Brass Ensemble and Jazz Band.
For all on hand, hot chocolate and candy canes were issued out to keep warm, quenched, and ever in the holiday spirit.
In a statement, the RPSPB Chamber members tabbed to coordinate yet another resoundingly successful Christmas Tree Lighting paid a special thanks to: Sunburst Tree Experts; Streeff’s Tree Services; Ann Olenick and Shasho Pole of Broadway Market; the Rocky Point Rotary; the Rocky Point Civic Association; VFW Post 6249; Commander Joe Cognitore, of the Rocky Point Historical Society; and Malcolm Wade and Amy Schecher of the Rocky Point School District, for all their efforts.