Hall Memorial Library earned most creative float in the Tilton-Northfield Old Home Day Parade on Saturday. The parade, hosted by the Tilton and Northfield Old Home Day Committee, featured a Hawaiian luau theme. The library's float boasted an 8-foot tall volcano made of cardboard, and used fog and bubble machines to make it look active. Staff constructed the float Friday morning. The parade started at Compass Classical Academy in Northfield and continued through downtown Tilton to end at Pines Park in Northfield. The library's float promoted their Raven Gael Blaisdell Foundation, which sponsors the summer reading program. The foundation was formed to encourage local youth to embrace reading and explore literature. The Old Home Day committee also hosted a variety of events from 11 a.m. to dusk, with food available. The celebration ended with fireworks over the river.
Children's librarians Jessi Martin, left, and Steve Bouffard, center, make the final touches to the Hall Memorial Library float during the Tilton-Northfield Old Home Day parade Saturday morning, as Clementine Poirier, 9, reads a book on the float. The theme for the parade was Hawaiian luau. (Daniel Sarch/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
Children's librarians Jessi Martin, left, and Steve Bouffard, right, react to their makeshift volcano while Clementine Poirier, 9, reads a book on the Hall Memorial Library float during the Tilton-Northfield Old Home Day parade on Saturday morning. (Daniel Sarch/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
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Children's librarians Jessi Martin, left, and Steve Bouffard, center, make the final touches to the Hall Memorial Library float during the Tilton-Northfield Old Home Day parade Saturday morning, as Clementine Poirier, 9, reads a book on the float. The theme for the parade was Hawaiian luau. (Daniel Sarch/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
Children's librarians Jessi Martin, left, and Steve Bouffard, right, react to their makeshift volcano while Clementine Poirier, 9, reads a book on the Hall Memorial Library float during the Tilton-Northfield Old Home Day parade on Saturday morning. (Daniel Sarch/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
Children's services librarian Steve Bouffard puts together a sign for the Tilton-Northfield Old Home Day Parade at Hall Memorial Library in Northfield on Friday morning. (Daniel Sarch/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
Children's services librarian Steve Bouffard stocks a bookshelf while designing a float for the Tilton-Northfield Old Home Day Parade at Hall Memorial Library in Northfield on Friday morning. (Daniel Sarch/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
Children's services librarian Steve Bouffard puts together the float design for the Old Home Day parade at Hall Memorial Library in Northfield on Friday morning. (Daniel Sarch/The Laconia Daily Sun photo)
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