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12/27/2024

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12/23/2024

Helena Christmas Parade Photo Galleries 🎅🏻🧑🏻‍🎄VOLUME 4

🎄HELENA — The holiday cheer keeps coming! Our 4th gallery of the Helena Christmas Parade is here, featuring spectator photos that perfectly capture the smiles, quirky moments, and festive spirit of those who lined the parade route. Like the shot of all the middle school moms we used in our opening graphic called, Holiday Housewives.

Take a look and relive the fun! 📸 Be sure to TAG YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY in these timeless snapshots as you dive into the magic of the 2024 Helena Christmas season.

🎁 WIN A FREE DINNER FOR TWO!

Through December 31st, don’t forget: show your holiday spirit by “LIKING” or “❤️-ing” our posts and pics. Each “like” or “❤️” gives you a chance to win a DINNER FOR TWO at one of Helena’s top restaurants. (Because EVERYONE deserves a NIGHT OUT — ON US!!!)

🎁 OUR HOLIDAY GIFT TO YOU 🎁
With the financial help from each of our amazing sponsors, we’re able to bring you these professionally edited image galleries filled with Helena’s holiday magic. It’s our way of wishing you and yours a MERRY CHRISTMAS and HEALTHY and HAPPY NEW YEAR!

📸 STAY TUNED!!!
We’re not done yet — we have lots more photos coming your way! Follow our page to make sure you don’t miss any of the incredible moments we captured along the parade route and some old galleries from shoots we never got around to posting this year. Keep the festive vibes going, and thank you for celebrating with us! 🙌🏻💯🔥

12/23/2024

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12/20/2024

🎄Helena Christmas Parade: Photo Gallery, VOLUME 3!🎄

HELENA — The holiday magic continues! This gallery kicks off our SPECTATOR PHOTOS —capturing the joy, smiles, and festive spirit from folks along the parade route. 🌟

📸 TAG YOUR FRIENDS AND FAMILY in the photos as you relive the fun!

✨ WIN A FREE DINNER FOR TWO! ✨
Through DECEMBER 31st, don’t forget to LIKE or ❤️ our posts for a chance to win a DINNER FOR TWO at one of Helena’s top restaurants! Because everyone deserves a special night out, on us.

🎁 OUR HOLIDAY GIFT TO YOU
Thanks to our amazing sponsors, we’re thrilled to bring you these galleries filled with Christmas cheer. From all of us, we wish you a MERRY CHRISTMAS and a HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR!

👉 FOLLOW OUR PAGE and stay tuned for more holiday magic—we’re just getting started!

12/20/2024

Ho Ho Ho! 🎄🎅🏻🎄

🎅🚂 We had some special visitors this morning from the North Pole! It was a wonderful time filled with storytime magic and festive holiday sing-alongs. What a way to kick off the holiday spirit! 🎶📚❤️

12/20/2024

Ho Ho Ho

12/20/2024

🎄 Helena Christmas Parade Photos!
(Volume 2) 🎄

Look who made the nice list this year! 📸✨ Don’t forget to tag anyone you recognize in these festive photos.

💖 BONUS: Through December 31st, LIKE or ❤️ our posts for a chance to win a DINNER FOR TWO at one of Helena’s top restaurants— because everyone deserves a FREE date night! 🎁🍽️

🎁 OUR GIFT TO YOU 🎁
These cherished memories are brought to you by our amazing sponsors. From all of us, we wish you and yours a season filled with joy! Have a very Merry Christmas, and an extremely Happy New Year! 🌟

Stay tuned for more holiday magic! 🎅🏼🎄

12/19/2024

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12/19/2024

HELENA’S HOLIDAY MAGIC SHINES AT ITS 53rd ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARADE!
Volume 1 (of oh so many!)

HELENA — Christmas has always been a magical time in Helena, and one of the most cherished traditions is the annual Helena Christmas Parade. This year marked the 53rd installment of the much loved event, and its theme was “The Grinch Who Stole Christmas.” Below, you’ll find our first gallery of photos from the parade (with many more to come).

Don’t forget to tag anyone you recognize in the photos! Plus, through the end of the year, make sure to “LIKE” or “❤️” our posts for a chance to WIN a DINNER for TWO at a top local restaurant— a FREE date night awaits!!!

A FESTIVE TRADITION CONTINUES

The first Saturday in December is when Helena officially kicks off its Christmas season. Sure, some might argue the season begins when the holiday decorations hit the shelves at Walmart (the day after Halloween, right?! 😜), but to me, it’s all about the parade.

While this year marks the 53rd parade, there’s a story behind the numbering. Back in 2021, with COVID-19 still affecting events, Joy Childers and her “Itty Bitty Christmas Committee” decided to hold off on celebrating the city’s milestone 50th parade. Instead, they dubbed that year the “49 ½ Helena Christmas Parade” and saved the big celebration for 2022.

CAPTURING THE MAGIC

I’ve been photographing the Helena Christmas Parade for many years, and while I used to walk the entire route, I now rely on friends to loan me a golf cart to make the job a little easier. This year, as in the past, my friends Michael Harris (a Pelham City Councilman) and his father, retired Pelham firefighter Mike Harris, were kind enough to lend me a cart from their business, Three-M Karts.

I reached out to former Husky football player J.C. Sivley, now a sophomore tight end for the UAB Blazers, to drive the cart. J.C. happily agreed to help out and brought along a special ride of his own: his dad’s new 4-seat Gator. The extra seats came in handy, as J.C. brought along another former Husky volleyball player, his girlfriend, Leanna Jenkins. His teammate Aron Marsch came along as well to throw candy out to kids along our route!

A PARADE TO REMEMBER

This year’s parade route began forming on CR-91, with floats lining up about half a mile from the starting point at the Crow’s Corner intersection. I took nearly a thousand photos throughout the parade, capturing everything from festive floats to smiling faces of friends both old and new along the route.

Photo editing is underway, and I’ll be posting these photos from now through New Year’s, so make sure to like and follow our page to insure that you see them all!

I hope you enjoy browsing through these snapshots as much as I enjoyed taking them. There’s nothing quite like the joy of throwing candy to children and snapping memories of all the people who help make this parade so special!

OUR GIFT TO YOU

These memories are our Christmas gift to the people of Helena, made possible by our generous sponsors. From all of us, we wish you a joyful holiday season with a very Merry Christmas and an extremely Happy New Year!

12/16/2024

Continuation of our photos from the Husky Girls Basketball team’s big 47-38 home win over Thompson. The girls are back in action at home today against Bibb County — 5:30 p.m. tip off
VOLUME 2

HELENA — Get your tickets online and in the meantime, please enjoy these photos, brought to you courtesy of our sponsors!

TODAY’s Monday, December 16th
Basketball Schedule vs Bibb County:
Boys JV: 4 p.m.
Girls Varsity: 5:30 p.m.
Boys Varsity: 7 p.m.
Tickets online at gofan.co

On behalf of our sponsors, we’d like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a Safe, Happy, Healthy and Prosperous New Year!

12/16/2024

Husky JV Boys get big win over 7A Thompson to build in their 2024 win column! (Please tag any you recognize!) JV in action this afternoon, Monday, December 16th, at 4 p.m.

HELENA — Here is a gallery of photos from the JV boys team’s close 41-38 win at home last month over the visiting 7A Thompson Warriors.

There are several players on the Husky squad that should provide valuable minutes next year on the varsity squad, including #23 DJ Williams, a big man who at 6’4” and 230 lbs, started this past fall as a sophomore middle linebacker on the Huskies’ football team. Another promising athlete is #3 Nathan Reid, who showed out this past fall as a receiver on the Huskies’ JV football team. There are several more JV round ballers who are playing at a high level. This promises to be a great season for the Huskies’ JV team under the direction of JV Coach Reece George and his boss, Head Varsity Coach, Lucas McDonald.

As always, GO HUSKIES!!!

12/16/2024

Husky Girls Basketball at home today against Bibb County — 5:30pm tip off! Tickets online at gofan.co (please tag any you recognize!)

HELENA — The girls basketball team have improved this season under the leadership of Coach Lake Graham. They are playing a tough early season schedule to get ready for Region 8 play which starts in earnest January 3. Their current record is 6-5. Get your tickets online at gofan.co for tonight’s game, Monday, December 16th and help pull the girls on to victory.

TODAY’s schedule:
Boys JV: 4 p.m.
Girls Varsity: 5:30 p.m.
Boys Varsity: 7 p.m.

I went out and shot a home stand recently against 7A Thompson that saw a big 47-38 Husky girls win, a big Husky Boys JV win and a big Varsity Boys win. I am happy to share this gallery of photos from the Girls win with you here (stay tuned for the JV boys gallery) on behalf of our advertisers, who want to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a bright and prosperous New Year!

12/14/2024

Hopefully, it’s never needed around here. It’s comforting to know though that if it ever was, our local law enforcement agencies are training as best they can to minimize casualties.