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In Focus, December, 2010 8 POW Acton Santa Claus Parade Georgetown Santa Claus Parade BAM The streets were lined with smiling faces on November 20 when Santa Claus came to town for Acton's annual Santa Claus Parade. Organized by the Acton Firefighters Association, this year's event was crawling with superheroes of all shapes and sizes as local schools, businesses and organizations decorated their floats according to the parade's "Comic Book Christmas" theme. Good weather, festive music, bright floats and Jolly Old St. Nick...what a great way to start the holiday season in Acton! Photos by Andrea Lefebvre The Hamilton and Band families get in the Christmas spirit. Julia, Meghan and Savanna donned their finest holiday apparel for the parade. Jordyn Moorehead (left) and Cate Stott are present and accounted for. ZAP Helpful elves Cassandra Brito, Sarah Mitchell, Stephanie Skoularicos, Jasmine Labelle, Selina Schieber-Mulé and Mikayla Prybyla collect Toys for Tots. Hannah Sheppard (left) and Paige Barnes show their support for Santa's hard-working reindeer. Georgetown District High School students Tracey Bazso, Kim Chamberlain, Taylor Archibald and Aubryanna Petrick wear their school colours with pride. Current and future firefighters Bob and Jacob Andrews hand out candy along the parade route. LEFT: Pranjna and Nivedita Madan keep warm and cozy on their Grinchthemed float. Craig and Quinlan Schleyer can't take their eyes off the brightly-lit floats. Photo by Cam Noble ZOW IE Alexa, Jaden, Cassi and Madi Splane check out the parade with their friends Alexis and Jaimie Barton. Ryanne, Sean, Paige and Lourdes O'Neill hope to catch Santa's eye with their crazy hats. After spending the afternoon in Acton, Santa made his way to Georgetown on November 20 for the 80th annual Georgetown Santa Claus Night Parade. Hundreds of families lined the parade route to watch the brightly-lit floats and trucks make their way through town. This year's parade, which was organized by the Georgetown Lion's Club, had a "Star Light, Star Bright" theme and the exciting evening was capped off with a visit from Kris Kingle himself. Photos by Andrea Lefebvre Acting/Modeling Opportunities A Have you always wondered how people get into Sears catalogues, Zellers flyers, McDonalds TV commercials, movies, magazine ads, music videos and more? It's no secret ­ many of those people got their start by attending a StarCast Search. The film and advertising industry is booming. Scouting all looks, shapes, sizes and ethnicities. 5 years and up. Experience not required. Happy Holidays and enjoy Manicures, Pedicures, Full/Partial Highlights until December 18, 2010 from the staff at 20% Off Don't miss this opportunity! Georgetown · Wednesday, Dec. 1 The Club At North Halton · 363 Maple Ave. West ATTEND ANYTIME BETWEEN 5PM-8PM CASUAL DRESS Registration fee $39 +HST. Refunded if not selected. For info visit www.StarCastScouting.com Threading Now Available! 130 Guelph St., Georgetown 905-873-0865