December 2016

CHRISTMAS HOLIDAY PARADE RECAP

Friday, November 18th, lit the way for Christmas to come to Bonham with the 2016 Christmas Holiday Parade and Festival. The weather has been uncooperative this year, but that didn’t stop us from bringing off the event as a success. There were roughly 60 entries in the parade and two sides of the square were filled with vendors and free craft booths for the kids. Thanks to Fix and Feed a new, Christmas gaze-bo went up beside the tree which made a great setting for photos with Santa. Something else new and exciting this year is we hired professional videographers to record the parade and it will be available on DVD! Keep your ears open for how to get a copy!

Our Christmas parade committee gave another stellar year of commitment and hard work. We owe a lot of thanks to Kristy Agerlid, of First United

Bank, and Melissa Wallace of Bonham Chrysler for leading the committee, but also the hours and hours of personal time and effort they have poured into this event, both this year and in past years, from planning meetings and fundraising to elf costumes and window painting. Kelly Wil-son of Senior Care Centers and Deana Staton of Legend Bank have also given lots of help and we were happy to have Melody Hammett of Rebel Roots Bou-tique come on board with us for the event this year too. Matt Titsworth and Randy Pendergrass manned the MC mics for us this year, with the Bonham Communi-ty Band providing the music, and Chi Lambda hosting the tree lighting.

You can’t have a parade without floats, and Bonham upped their showmanship once again. Thank you for such a fes-

tive turnout! Congratulations to 1st Place: Bonham Hardware, 2nd Place: Living Word Church and 3rd: Bonham Chrysler. Special thanks to our special panel of judges: Senator Bob Hall, Judge Spanky Carter and Bonham Chrys-ler’s Burton Gilliam. Find more pictures here: Bonham Parade.

And finally, the sparkle and activi-ties could not go one without the continued financial support from our sponsors. Merry Christmas to you all!

IN THIS ISSUE:

● Christmas Parade Recap

● 2017 Banquet

● Parade Pictures and

Sponsors

● Wine Stroll Recap

● Lollipops on the

Square

● New Members

Building on our Past

2017 Annual Chamber Awards Banquet

Circle February 25th on your 2017 calendar for the Annual

Bonham Chamber of Commerce Awards Banquet. We will

soon be taking recommendations for the different award cate-

gories.

Returns from last year: dinner, presentation of awards, auc-

tion, and table decorating competition. (Who will be the 2017 Table Décor Champion and take

the Championship plaque home for the year?)

New to 2017: The banquet committee is organizing a type of mini wine stroll for the mix and

mingle portion of the evening. Multiple wineries will be present for attendees to sample and

enjoy. Further details about this feature will be posted closer to the event.

2016 saw the Bonham Chamber of

Commerce, through the effort and ex-

pertise of Homestead Winery’s Saman-

tha Lumpkins, hosting its first annual

Holiday Wine Stroll and Taste of Bon-

ham. Despite the cold and the wet, attendance ex-

ceeded expectations with over 50 participants! This

event would be impossible, and impossibly dreary, without our wine vendors, our restaurants providing hors d’ oeu-

vres, and our hosting merchants drawing in the community and serving up such a successful event. We thank

all those that contributed or participated and look forward to growing this event and seeing its full potential.

2016 Holiday Wine Stroll & Taste of Bonham

Thank you to everyone that par-

ticipated in making our Square

look festive!

Orders for new lollipops are no

longer being taken, but the

Chamber can still put up your lolli-

pop from last year for $25

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NOVEMBER 2016

NEW MEMBERS

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gratitude for all Veterans.

GOLD MEMBERS

American

Bank of Texas

Bonham Chrysler

Brookshire's Food Store

Legend Bank

North Texas

Municipal Water District

Oncor

TMC Bonham

Hospital

Bronze Members American Best Care Hospice

Americas Best Value Inn

Atmos Energy

Bonham Independent School

District

Bonham Land and Ranches, LLC

Cable One

Century 21 Harvey Properties

Cigna

Clayton Homes

Cole Title Company

Custom Glass and Mirror

David Stanley Construction LLC

Fannin Bank

Fannin County Leader

Fannin Federal Credit Union

Farm N' Home Casualty

Hofmann Mraz Home Care

Majestic 6 Theatre

Massey’s Music

McClanahan & Holmes, LLP

McCraw Materials

McCraw Oil & Kwik Chek

Morning Star Academy

Northeast Medical Home Health

Rebel Roots Boutique

S&S Commercial Drywall, Inc.

Solid Ground Realtors

Tyrosys

Warrior Tire

Wise Funeral Home

OFFICERS

Angel Titsworth,

Chairwoman

Kristy Agerlid, Treasurer

Mike Lane, Secretary

DIRECTORS

Harley Smith

Randy Bowen

Bruce Burnham

Staci Murden

Jennifer Self

Deana Staton

Melissa Wallace

STAFF

Dale McQueen

Susan Purcell

2016 Board of Directors

2016 STAR CHAMBER MEMBERS

Bonham Area Chamber of Commerce

December 8-11 - Trade Days

December 9 - Soups On, Creative Arts Center

December 10 - Sam Rayburn House Holiday Open House

December 10 - Christmas On the Square, Downtown Bonham

December 10 - Bonham Community Band Christmas Concert

December 12 - Senator Hall Town Hall Meeting

The Bonham Chamber of Commerce Website and click the

“Community Events” calendar header for the entire Fannin

County Community Calendar