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CHRISTMAS at SBYC<br />
Words & Photographs<br />
by BRIAN CALVERT<br />
Tis the season and the signs of Christmas are going<br />
up all over town. There is no place that loves the<br />
Holidays more than the Philippines, and Subic Bay<br />
Yacht Club is leading the parade.<br />
For the first time, boaters will join the merriment, the First<br />
Annual Lighted Boat Parade will be on<br />
<strong>Dec</strong>ember 13, at 1800 hrs. Brilliantly<br />
lighted boats, sea-going carolers and<br />
Santa himself will be seen in Subic<br />
Bay. The boats will gather at SBYC,<br />
make a pass through the club marina,<br />
where dinners and visitors can get a<br />
closeup view. The Parade will then go<br />
around to the Subic Bay BoardWalk<br />
and public beach area, making a Turn<br />
at the Lighthouse and return to the<br />
marina.<br />
Spectators are encouraged to gather by the big SUBIC BAY<br />
sign on the beach where the parade will pass by. Other<br />
locations to view the parade are the restaurant at SBYC<br />
and the Light House where you can enjoy a meal, toast the<br />
parade and wave at Santa!<br />
The staff at Subic Bay Yacht Club have gone over the top<br />
decorating the club this year. This is the fifth year that<br />
the staff have turned the Yacht Club in to a Christmas<br />
wonderland. The staff are divided into five teams, each<br />
getting a selection of the talent within the staff, welders to<br />
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Ho Ho Ho, Subic Bay<br />
Yacht Club is all in for<br />
the holidays, come join<br />
the fun, take your whole<br />
family to see the Carnival<br />
and watch the Lighted<br />
Boat Parade.<br />
artists to designers. The competition is stiff this year with<br />
reported prizes up to 100,000 pp, donated by club members.<br />
The theme this year is Carnival! And a carnival it is. The street<br />
in front of the club has transformed into a childhood dream.<br />
Merry Go Rounds, Ferris Wheels, colorful Unicorns going<br />
round and round, simply stunning, the<br />
height limit for the structures was raised<br />
to thirty feet this year, creating some<br />
engineering challenges all well met.<br />
Over two hundred people attended<br />
the big opening and lighting of the<br />
Carnival. SBMA Chairman, Wilma<br />
“Amy” Elsma pulled the lever and<br />
darkness miraculously was transformed<br />
into a Christmas wonderland. SBYC<br />
Commodore Miguel “Mikey” Arroyo<br />
hosted a great dinner at the clubhouse after the festivities.<br />
There we had a chance to talk about promoting the boating<br />
aspect of the club, he was very supportive. The prizes will be<br />
awarded at the annual staff Christmas Party where the teams<br />
also do skits and other merriment<br />
Ho Ho Ho, Subic Bay Yacht Club is all in for the holidays,<br />
come join the fun, take your whole family to see the Carnival<br />
and watch the Lighted Boat Parade, Tis the season!<br />
(For information on the boat parade contact Capt. Brian<br />
Calvert, brian@furthuradventures.com).
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