Merry and bright
Published 2:17 pm Wednesday, November 22, 2023
- Dan Edwards' son, Wade, reaches for the lighted tree. (Photos by Stephen Faleski | The Smithfield Times)
Smithfield rang in the holidays on Nov. 17, six days ahead of Thanksgiving, with the return of the town’s annual tree-lighting festivities. For the first time on the town’s newly renovated Main Street Square Stage in front of The Smithfield Times office, Trinity United Methodist Church’s preschool choir and Smithfield High School’s Jazz Band performed Christmas carols. Dr. Lannie Hinson, a dentist, Air Force veteran and 17-year director of the 1750 Isle of Wight Courthouse, was this year’s tree-lighter.
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- Dr. Lannie Hinson, a dentist and 17-year director of Smithfield’s 1750 Courthouse, flips the switch to light the town’s tree.
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- Smithfield’s Christmas tree is aglow.
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- Mark King, dressed as Santa Claus, attends the tree lighting with his grandson, Isaac Wiggins. Behind them are Isaac’s mother and father, Sarah and Lamonte Wiggins and Isaac’s brother, Jacob.
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- Smithfield High School’s Jazz Band plays Christmas carols.
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- Carol Austin and Kathy Lippard, both with the Woman’s Club of Smithfield, wore festive sweaters to the tent outside The Smithfield Times office, where they set up cookies for attendees at the town’s tree lighting ceremony.
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- The Trinity UMC preschool choir performs Christmas songs.
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- Anthony Ferguson and his son, Noah
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- Laurie Lowery of Trinity United Methodist Church is with children’s choir members Charli Castner and Rowan Quinn
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- Crystal Wimer, her son, Shane, and Shane’s children, Arial and Bella Hughes, await the holiday festivities at Main Street Square.
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- Jerry and Barbara Phillps with their grandsons, Hayden and Jeremy
