by Bonnie Amidon & Penny Beach, co-chairs of “Tree Lighting Party”
EAGLE BAY HOSTED its 2012 Christmas Tree Lighting Ceremony on December 1, with festivities that included a visit from Santa Claus to the Eagle Bay Fire Hall. Santa is shown here with twins Lydia (left) and Charlie Zurakowski.
The Eagle Bay community came together on Saturday, December 1 for its annual Tree Lighting Ceremony at the Christmas tree located on the property at the corner of Big Moose Road and Route 28 in Eagle Bay.
The event, sponsored by the Eagle Bay Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary and the Town of Webb was held at 6 p.m.
On-hand to welcome the crowd and make some opening remarks was former Town of Webb Supervisor Robert Moore.
Also in attendance were Webb Town Council members, Mary Brophy-Moore and Mike Ross.
Traditional Christmas caroling led by Andi and Ray Smith was a big hit with the crowd and was followed by the traditional lighting of the beautiful Christmas tree.
A potluck supper with delicious food and refreshments followed at the Eagle Bay Fire Hall.
Eugene Melnyczuk, Andi Smith, Ray Smith
Live entertainment was provided by Ray Smith on his guitar who was joined by his wife Andi and Eagle Bay neighbor, Eugene Melnyczuk in singing Christmas songs.
Following the supper, Santa Claus arrived on the scene and passed out gifts to all the good little girls and boys.
First-time attendees of the Yuletime event were the three-month-old twin grandchildren of Eagle Bay residents JoAnn and Jim Zurakowski.
Young Lydia and Charlie came to enjoy the festivities with their mom and dad, Michael and Kelly Zurakowski of Glenville.
The twins got to see their very first Santa Claus, sit on his lap, and each even got a special gift from the jolly old guy in the red suit.
They were the hit of the party as everyone had a chance to meet and hold them. They were by far the “belles of the ball!”
Ruth Hawksley and Mitch Amidon
The Eagle Bay Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary would like to thank everyone who attended the affair and all who brought a dish-to-pass for the potluck supper. There was a very wide variety of delicious dishes to choose from and a huge array of delicious desserts to complete the meal.
The Eagle Bay Fire Department Ladies Auxiliary especially thanks Stephanie and Greg Clark of Clark Energy, LLC of Eagle Bay for donating the turkey breasts and roast beef for the supper.
A special thanks goes out to Danny Hitchcock and the entire staff at Dan’s Big M in Eagle Bay for preparing the meat and for providing the delicious rolls.
We also thank Mike Ross for all his work to again plan this event and to the Town of Webb DPW workers for decorating our community Christmas Tree.
Once again, our Tree Party was a huge success because of your help and generosity. We appreciate the outstanding support from our neighbors who live in and near our Eagle Bay community and for making this annual event so very special here in Eagle Bay!
