Middlesex celebrates July 4, 2024

Fireworks boom above the Deltaville Ballpark outfield Saturday night as the hundreds on hand celebrate America’s 248th birthday. (Photo by Stephen Blue)

Temperatures approaching triple digits may have kept away many spectators, but nearly a dozen decorated boats showed their spirit in the annual Urbanna Boat Parade on Saturday.

The “Old Babes Seasoning” entry on Phil Friday’s boat. This group’s imaginative entries have earned multiple awards in past boat parades. (Photo by Tom Chillemi)

Winning first place was the “Old Babes Seasoning,” a play on “Old Bay” Seasoning. The group of Urbanna women are repeat winners. A couple years ago, they used balloons to decorate as bath bubbles and sang “I’m gonna wash that COVID right out of my hair,” to the tune of the South Pacific song, “I’m Gonna Wash That Man Right Out of My Hair.”

In second place was the boat of Archie and Claudia Soucek and family cheering for the USA in the upcoming Olympics in Paris.

Tom Chillemi
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Tom Chillemi is a reporter for the Southside Sentinel.

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