Tamworth residents Amy Carter (center right) and Lucy Gatchell paddle along with the procession during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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)
Tamworth residents Amy Carter (center right) and Lucy Gatchell paddle along with the procession during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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 Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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 Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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 Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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)
Tamworth residents Amy Carter (center left) and Lucy Gatchell paddle along with the procession during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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)
Local Steven Spitz (right) and Jon Frankel of Brookline, Mass., paddle to join the procession during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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)
Local Steven Spitz (right) and Jon Frankel of Brookline, Mass., paddle to join the procession during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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)
A moose-themed kayak paddles along as light-adorned boats and paddleboards glide through the water during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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 Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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 spectators lining the bridge during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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 spectators lining the bridge during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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)
Parade leader Pen Hallowell paddles while his mother Benedicte gives a thumbs-up during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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)
Parade leader Pen Hallowell paddles while his mother Benedicte takes pictures from the back of the boat as light-adorned boats and paddleboards glide through the water during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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 bridge during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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, with mother and son paddlers Nick and Kimberly Pondelis of the locally-connected Lanou family group seen here, during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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)
Parade leader Pen Hallowell paddles while his mother Benedicte waves to the crowd on shore as light-adorned boats and paddleboards glide through the water during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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)
Tamworth residents Amy Carter (center) and Lucy Gatchell paddle along with the procession during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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 Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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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Tamworth residents Amy Carter (center right) and Lucy Gatchell paddle along with the procession during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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)
Tamworth residents Amy Carter (center right) and Lucy Gatchell paddle along with the procession during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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 Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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 Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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 Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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)
Tamworth residents Amy Carter (center left) and Lucy Gatchell paddle along with the procession during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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)
Local Steven Spitz (right) and Jon Frankel of Brookline, Mass., paddle to join the procession during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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)
Local Steven Spitz (right) and Jon Frankel of Brookline, Mass., paddle to join the procession during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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)
A moose-themed kayak paddles along as light-adorned boats and paddleboards glide through the water during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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 Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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 spectators lining the bridge during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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 spectators lining the bridge during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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)
Parade leader Pen Hallowell paddles while his mother Benedicte gives a thumbs-up during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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)
Parade leader Pen Hallowell paddles while his mother Benedicte takes pictures from the back of the boat as light-adorned boats and paddleboards glide through the water during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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 bridge during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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, with mother and son paddlers Nick and Kimberly Pondelis of the locally-connected Lanou family group seen here, during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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)
Parade leader Pen Hallowell paddles while his mother Benedicte waves to the crowd on shore as light-adorned boats and paddleboards glide through the water during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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)
Tamworth residents Amy Carter (center) and Lucy Gatchell paddle along with the procession during the Chocorua Lake Conservancy's annual Parade of Lights on Chocorua Lake on Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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 Aug. 31. Around 35 canoes, kayaks, rowboats and paddleboarders 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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