Village 4th Event Draws Over 2,000 Attendees

Photos by Joanne A. Calitri

The gray skies cleared for the Village 4th parade celebrating Independence Day and drawing crowd estimates of over 2,000 people, plus dogs of all sizes wearing patriotic adornments. 

Officially the 38 entrants were: Boy Scout Troup 33, the CHP, the Montecito Association, the Montecito Community Foundation, SBC 1st District Supervisor Das Williams, Friends of the Montecito Library, Cold Spring School and Montecito Union School students, parents and teachers, SB Bucket Brigade, the Montecito Rotary Club, Katie Frank’s Girls on Bikes, Grand Marshall David Boyd in a 1928 Chandler Dual Cowl Phaeton, Dana Newquist’s Little Toots Firetruck, SBC Search & Rescue, the Rosewood Miramar jolly cars, MERRAG, Puretec Water, Nick Weber’s 1911 Ford Model T and 1930 Ford Model A, Montecito Sanitary District, Mission Linen in a 1930 Model T, the 35th Infantry Reenactment Group, SB Equine Assistance & Evac Team, Woody Barrett’s Woody car, EDC Mobile Sharpening, La Boheme Dancers in a 1957 Cadillac, Dolores Wilson in a 1970 Morgan, Carolyne Calvin and girlfriends in a 1954 red Chevy truck, Gillmore Family & Friends, Molly Christie Benson and Senator Joe Christie, Doreen Kapustiak, Pierre Claeyssens Veterans Foundation via Blankenships’ in 1942 U.S. Navy Jeep, Benoit Construction in a 1934 Ford Model 46 pickup, Hayley Carly in a 1969 Jeep Gladiator, Inken Gerlach in a 1959 Thunderbird, and the Montecito Fire District.

Parade winners were announced by Trish Davis at the picnic: Most Patriotic was Woody Barrett, Most Entertaining was La Boheme, and Most Community Spirit was both Cold Spring School and Montecito Union School. The annual tug-of-war was won by MUS. The event included a sack race and pie eating contest, live band, and food. Congrats to the Montecito Association for a great 4th!