Light-adorned boats and paddleboards glide through the water, led by parade leader Pen Hallowell rowing and his mother Benedicte waving an American flag, during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Sept. 6. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboards traveled in loops around the lake for the event, which is a Labor Day weekend tradition dating back to the 1960s when Sam'l and Sylvia Bowditch Newson and friends started the parade with inspiration from elements of Japanese festival celebrations. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Light-adorned boats begin to gather near shore before the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Sept. 6. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboards traveled in loops around the lake for the event, which is a Labor Day weekend tradition dating back to the 1960s when Sam'l and Sylvia Bowditch Newson and friends started the parade with inspiration from elements of Japanese festival celebrations. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Light-adorned boats begin to gather near shore before the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Sept. 6. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboards traveled in loops around the lake for the event, which is a Labor Day weekend tradition dating back to the 1960s when Sam'l and Sylvia Bowditch Newson and friends started the parade with inspiration from elements of Japanese festival celebrations. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Light-adorned boats and paddleboards glide through the water during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Sept. 6. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboards traveled in loops around the lake for the event, which is a Labor Day weekend tradition dating back to the 1960s when Sam'l and Sylvia Bowditch Newson and friends started the parade with inspiration from elements of Japanese festival celebrations. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Light-adorned boats and paddleboards glide through the water during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Sept. 6. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboards traveled in loops around the lake for the event, which is a Labor Day weekend tradition dating back to the 1960s when Sam'l and Sylvia Bowditch Newson and friends started the parade with inspiration from elements of Japanese festival celebrations. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Light-adorned boats and paddleboards glide through the water during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Sept. 6. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboards traveled in loops around the lake for the event, which is a Labor Day weekend tradition dating back to the 1960s when Sam'l and Sylvia Bowditch Newson and friends started the parade with inspiration from elements of Japanese festival celebrations. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Light-adorned boats and paddleboards glide through the water during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Sept. 6. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboards traveled in loops around the lake for the event, which is a Labor Day weekend tradition dating back to the 1960s when Sam'l and Sylvia Bowditch Newson and friends started the parade with inspiration from elements of Japanese festival celebrations. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Light-adorned boats and paddleboards glide through the water during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Sept. 6. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboards traveled in loops around the lake for the event, which is a Labor Day weekend tradition dating back to the 1960s when Sam'l and Sylvia Bowditch Newson and friends started the parade with inspiration from elements of Japanese festival celebrations. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Light-adorned boats and paddleboards glide through the water during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Sept. 6. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboards traveled in loops around the lake for the event, which is a Labor Day weekend tradition dating back to the 1960s when Sam'l and Sylvia Bowditch Newson and friends started the parade with inspiration from elements of Japanese festival celebrations. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Light-adorned boats and paddleboards glide through the water, led by parade leader Pen Hallowell rowing and his mother Benedicte waving an American flag, during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Sept. 6. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboards traveled in loops around the lake for the event, which is a Labor Day weekend tradition dating back to the 1960s when Sam'l and Sylvia Bowditch Newson and friends started the parade with inspiration from elements of Japanese festival celebrations. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Light-adorned boats and paddleboards glide through the water, led by parade leader Pen Hallowell rowing and his mother Benedicte waving an American flag, during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Sept. 6. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboards traveled in loops around the lake for the event, which is a Labor Day weekend tradition dating back to the 1960s when Sam'l and Sylvia Bowditch Newson and friends started the parade with inspiration from elements of Japanese festival celebrations. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Light-adorned boats and paddleboards glide under the spectator-lined Narrows Bridge during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Sept. 6. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboards traveled in loops around the lake for the event, which is a Labor Day weekend tradition dating back to the 1960s when Sam'l and Sylvia Bowditch Newson and friends started the parade with inspiration from elements of Japanese festival celebrations. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Light-adorned boats and paddleboards glide through the water during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Sept. 6. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboards traveled in loops around the lake for the event, which is a Labor Day weekend tradition dating back to the 1960s when Sam'l and Sylvia Bowditch Newson and friends started the parade with inspiration from elements of Japanese festival celebrations. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Light-adorned boats and paddleboards glide through the water during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Sept. 6. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboards traveled in loops around the lake for the event, which is a Labor Day weekend tradition dating back to the 1960s when Sam'l and Sylvia Bowditch Newson and friends started the parade with inspiration from elements of Japanese festival celebrations. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Light-adorned boats and paddleboards glide through the water during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Sept. 6. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboards traveled in loops around the lake for the event, which is a Labor Day weekend tradition dating back to the 1960s when Sam'l and Sylvia Bowditch Newson and friends started the parade with inspiration from elements of Japanese festival celebrations. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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Light-adorned boats and paddleboards glide through the water, led by parade leader Pen Hallowell rowing and his mother Benedicte waving an American flag, during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Sept. 6. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboards traveled in loops around the lake for the event, which is a Labor Day weekend tradition dating back to the 1960s when Sam'l and Sylvia Bowditch Newson and friends started the parade with inspiration from elements of Japanese festival celebrations. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Light-adorned boats begin to gather near shore before the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Sept. 6. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboards traveled in loops around the lake for the event, which is a Labor Day weekend tradition dating back to the 1960s when Sam'l and Sylvia Bowditch Newson and friends started the parade with inspiration from elements of Japanese festival celebrations. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Light-adorned boats begin to gather near shore before the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Sept. 6. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboards traveled in loops around the lake for the event, which is a Labor Day weekend tradition dating back to the 1960s when Sam'l and Sylvia Bowditch Newson and friends started the parade with inspiration from elements of Japanese festival celebrations. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Light-adorned boats and paddleboards glide through the water during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Sept. 6. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboards traveled in loops around the lake for the event, which is a Labor Day weekend tradition dating back to the 1960s when Sam'l and Sylvia Bowditch Newson and friends started the parade with inspiration from elements of Japanese festival celebrations. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Light-adorned boats and paddleboards glide through the water during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Sept. 6. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboards traveled in loops around the lake for the event, which is a Labor Day weekend tradition dating back to the 1960s when Sam'l and Sylvia Bowditch Newson and friends started the parade with inspiration from elements of Japanese festival celebrations. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Light-adorned boats and paddleboards glide through the water during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Sept. 6. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboards traveled in loops around the lake for the event, which is a Labor Day weekend tradition dating back to the 1960s when Sam'l and Sylvia Bowditch Newson and friends started the parade with inspiration from elements of Japanese festival celebrations. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Light-adorned boats and paddleboards glide through the water during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Sept. 6. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboards traveled in loops around the lake for the event, which is a Labor Day weekend tradition dating back to the 1960s when Sam'l and Sylvia Bowditch Newson and friends started the parade with inspiration from elements of Japanese festival celebrations. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Light-adorned boats and paddleboards glide through the water during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Sept. 6. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboards traveled in loops around the lake for the event, which is a Labor Day weekend tradition dating back to the 1960s when Sam'l and Sylvia Bowditch Newson and friends started the parade with inspiration from elements of Japanese festival celebrations. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Light-adorned boats and paddleboards glide through the water during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Sept. 6. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboards traveled in loops around the lake for the event, which is a Labor Day weekend tradition dating back to the 1960s when Sam'l and Sylvia Bowditch Newson and friends started the parade with inspiration from elements of Japanese festival celebrations. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Light-adorned boats and paddleboards glide through the water, led by parade leader Pen Hallowell rowing and his mother Benedicte waving an American flag, during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Sept. 6. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboards traveled in loops around the lake for the event, which is a Labor Day weekend tradition dating back to the 1960s when Sam'l and Sylvia Bowditch Newson and friends started the parade with inspiration from elements of Japanese festival celebrations. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Light-adorned boats and paddleboards glide through the water, led by parade leader Pen Hallowell rowing and his mother Benedicte waving an American flag, during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Sept. 6. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboards traveled in loops around the lake for the event, which is a Labor Day weekend tradition dating back to the 1960s when Sam'l and Sylvia Bowditch Newson and friends started the parade with inspiration from elements of Japanese festival celebrations. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Light-adorned boats and paddleboards glide under the spectator-lined Narrows Bridge during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Sept. 6. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboards traveled in loops around the lake for the event, which is a Labor Day weekend tradition dating back to the 1960s when Sam'l and Sylvia Bowditch Newson and friends started the parade with inspiration from elements of Japanese festival celebrations. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Light-adorned boats and paddleboards glide through the water during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Sept. 6. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboards traveled in loops around the lake for the event, which is a Labor Day weekend tradition dating back to the 1960s when Sam'l and Sylvia Bowditch Newson and friends started the parade with inspiration from elements of Japanese festival celebrations. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Light-adorned boats and paddleboards glide through the water during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Sept. 6. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboards traveled in loops around the lake for the event, which is a Labor Day weekend tradition dating back to the 1960s when Sam'l and Sylvia Bowditch Newson and friends started the parade with inspiration from elements of Japanese festival celebrations. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
Light-adorned boats and paddleboards glide through the water during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Sept. 6. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboards traveled in loops around the lake for the event, which is a Labor Day weekend tradition dating back to the 1960s when Sam'l and Sylvia Bowditch Newson and friends started the parade with inspiration from elements of Japanese festival celebrations. (RACHEL SHARPLES PHOTO)
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