Pottstown Halloween Parade Costume Winners

Blogger's Note: The following was provided by the Pottstown Halloween Parade organizers.

The winners of the costume contest for Tuesday's Halloween Parade have been announced.

Best family/Group:

• 1st – Tammy Campli - Sponge Bob Square Pants theme
• 2nd – Jackson Mitz-Rossi – Police and Prisoner theme
• 3rd – Carol Lutz – Spice Girls theme

Best costume 3 and under:

• 1st – Kristen Giunta – ET
• 2nd – Jaime Williamson – Little Mermaid
• 3rd – Avery Groff – Little Fairy

Best Costume 4 and 5 year olds:

• 1st – Makinley Lauffer – Chucky
• 2nd – Kristin Giunta – Ice Cream Boy
• 3rd – Landon MacVaugh – Chucky

Best Costume 6 and 7 yr olds:

• 1st - Sophi Brannen – Cleopatra
• 2nd - Claire O’Brien – Scary Clown
• 3rd – Elliot Smith – Scary Pirate Ghost

Best Costume 8-12 year olds:

• 1st – Sophie & Heidi – Little Old ladies
• 2nd – Dylan Guy – Eagles Player
• 3rd – Kiara Coleman – Grim Reaper

Best Floats:

• 1st – Frontier Girls
• 2nd – Tower Health
• 3rd – Thomas Kelly Jr. Racing

Congratulations to all the winners!

Still Time to Register for the Halloween Parade

It's that time.

Pottstown's famous the Halloween Parade will be held next Tuesday, Oct. 25 at 7 p.m. on High Street.

If weather is inclement, the parade will be held Thursday , Oct. 27 at the same time. The decision will be made by 11:30 a.m. on Tuesday.

Additionally, the evening will kick-off with the annual costume contest, to be held at Goodwill Fire Company at 6 p.m. the day of the parade.

This year, here is a fee to register groups to be in the parade and organizers are still taking registrations.

The fee is for businesses and organizations. Families, youth, and individuals still participate free.

The fees are $20 for non-profits (excluding fire companies and marching bands); $40 for business and commercial entities and $40 for political organizations.

The hope is that the addition of this funding feature will ensure the parade can continue in perpetuity as a partially self-funding event.

To register contact the Parks and Recreation office at 610-970-6018.

All proceeds go to the Rotary Club to pay parade costs.

Happy Halloween Parade Pottstown

Photo by Evan Brandt

The weather was perfect.

The floats were unique.

The bands were in costume.

Candy was flying, but then so were free book -- 5,000 of them to be exact.

New to this year's Pottstown Halloween Parade was a truck loaded down with free books being given out by the Pottstown Federation of Teachers.

Photo by Donna Bernstiel Ecker

Pottstown High School Marching Band members,

or a gathering of professional assassins? You decide.

In fact they gave away so many, they were empty-handed by the time they reached the intersection of High and Hanover.

If you were hoping to get one, you'll get another chance tomorrow at the Pottstown High School Homecoming game, were books will be handed out by the teachers for both children and adults.

In the meantime, here is a little video from the parade:




And now that you've had your video fun, here are the Tweets from the parade: