While the town’s annual Christmas parade was the main event in Belhaven last weekend, there were a number of celebrations and competitions throughout the town, including an Ugly Christmas Sweater contest, a coloring and drawing contest and a chili/chowder cookoff. In addition, the Belhaven Celebration Committee gave away four bikes to kids who visited the old Belhaven Town Hall on Saturday. The following participants received awards during the festivities.

Children Ugly Sweater Contest

First place — last name Torres, organizers were unable to provide first name

Second place — Lilly Tuten

Adult ugly sweater contest

First place — Greg Satterthwaite

Second place — Monique Stringham

Bike winners

Summer Gray

Symiyah Cooper

Teresa Salatino

Mira Dills

Chili cookoff winners

First place — Kayla Harris

Second place — Danny Woodring

Chowder cookoff winners

First place — Ben Johnson

Second place — Jimmie Southerland and Kevin Vickory, The Tavern at Jack’s Neck

Drawing Contest winners

First place — Riley Hudson, sixth grade, from Bath Elementary

Second place — Lilly Tuten, sixth grade, Northeast Elementary School

Coloring contest winners

First place —Rikki Groome, third grade, and Laney Brinn, fourth grade, both of Northeast Elementary School.