The Montgomery Heraldwww.montgomery-herald.com2A ■ Wednesday, December 11, 2013

More Christmas festivities in Montgomery, Smithers

STEVE KEENAN/THE MONTGOMERY HERALD (9)

Clockwise, members of the Valley Elementary Greysounds, top left, perform at the Smithers tree light-ing ceremony. Singing are Amya Obey, from left, Kiera Hutchinson, Kailin Bannister and Krissy Estep.The Open Bible Temple of Powellton created a float and entered the Montgomery Christmas parade andSanta Claus greeted youngsters along the route.Also in Montgomery, members of a Greek organization from WVU Tech and a number of other groupsmarched in the parade reminding those in attendance of “the reason for the season.”A walking gingerbread man greeted parade-goers, and Bridgemont Community & Technical College andMontgomery General Hospital were among the others represented.The Light Up Old Main ceremony was held at WVU Tech on Monday night after being postponed becauseof inclement weather.