Sandy Broyles’ community doesn’t host a Halloween parade.

So, Broyles, of Effort, made her way to Lehighton Saturday, spending the afternoon chasing her 20-month-old granddaughter, Layla Broyles, up and down the thoroughfare, collecting candy and waving at floats passing by in the borough’s annual Halloween parade.

“I think it’s great,” Broyles, who attended the parade for the first time last weekend, said. “I love watching the little kids.”

Little Layla seemed to have a good time too, smiling and singing the famed “Baby Shark” song dressed in her own plush shark costume.

Layla wasn’t the only one having fun.

Countless children dressed in their October best to watch floats, cars and trucks make their way down Coal, Third, Mahoning and Eighth streets.

And paradegoers lucked out; despite a frost advisory issued by the National Weather Service Friday night, clear skies and a warm breeze set in just in time for Saturday’s procession.

“The weather was perfect,” Julie Harris, chairwoman of the Lehighton Area Halloween Committee, said after the event.

“Could not have asked for a better parade day.”

For the 49th annual Halloween parade, officials dedicated the event to the late Delroy Ruch, a parade committee member who died earlier this year. The borough’s recreation director, Tom Evans, was Grand Marshal.

With no set theme, the parade gave its participants a chance to let their creativity shine.

Troops from Cub Scout Pack 82 dressed in dinosaur costumes, surrounding a cloth volcano. Bethany Wesleyan Church decked its float out in an “Under the Sea” theme.

Performers with Kory Rabenold Productions even ran through the crowd for their horror house skit.

There was a Woodstock tribute, Lehighton marching band, Scouts and more in the six-division parade.

And for Harris, it was the continuation of one of Lehighton’s most grand traditions.

“When I was a little girl, growing up in this town, the Halloween parade was the highlight of the year for the town,” Harris recalled. “As long as I’m here, this parade is going to keep going,” she added. “Because all the little kids, I mean, this is what they look forward to. Even the people in the parade, they love doing it.”

Planning for next year’s parade will start earlier than normal, as it will be the procession’s 50th anniversary. Until then, donations for the community celebration can be sent to P.O. Box 241, Lehighton, PA, 18235.

The winners were not announced as of press time.