Typically the days following Christmas and New Years are a let down. But the Langley Main Street Association and glassmaker Callahan McVay chased the blues away by hosting the annual Sea Float Scramble last Saturday at Seawall Park and at the Langley Park for children under 5.
Crowd excitement at its peak at 11 a.m. and the cue to scramble for a glass orb
Like hitting the after Christmas sales, these folks hope to get their own glass sea float once the signal for surging is given
Folks had to be quick to claim their sea float once they were released from their sawdust -filled bucket
Little ones even had a chance to score a sea float
Callahan’s miniature sea float creations were the prize and a thousand-plus of the orbs were up for grabs. Early gatherers were lucky to get a globe. Others, like a mom and her two kids visiting from the mainland, arrived too late. She bought a pair at Callahan’s Firehouse, two for $70, where the artist sells his creations and visitors blow their own glass art.
Lucky family found glass orbs
A blue glass orb to match this girl, happy to be one of the lucky ones to get a sea float in last Saturday's scramble
Matching orb with his orange print sweatshirt
Holding a blue orb that matches her dinosaur print blue jacket, this girl admires her treasure. Note the red orb behind the blue.
A camo clad teen holds a treasure gleaned from the Sea Float Scramble
Pretty good catch to get an orb while hundreds are trying to get one too
The weather was unfriendly but the spirits were good for lucky visitors who scrambled and gleaned glass orbs made by Callahan the glass artist at Callahan's Firehouse
The scramble was over within a few minutes and the surging crowd poured into local eateries for hot cocoa to warm up. All around town, the lucky ones who scored an orb held them up to the light and looked in awe.
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