Holley homecoming parade embraces Disney characters, including the villains

Photos by Tom Rivers

HOLLEY – The Holley school community dressed up as Disney characters for the annual parade through the village on Friday evening.

The senior class created a float celebrating Peter Pan and the Lost Boys.

Karri Schiavone, the district superintendent, dressed up as the Queen of Hearts from Alice in Wonderland. The school administrators all wore costumes of villains from Disney shows.

Brendan Keiser (in back), Holley’s director of teaching and learning, is Hades from Hercules, while Sharon Zacher, the district’s assistant superintendent of business, is Cruella de Vil from 101 Dalmatians.

The junior high student council portrayed characters from Maui.

Matt Feldman, the junior-senior high school principal, dressed as Scar from The Lion King. Feldman urged the other administrators to join him as a Disney villain.

These youth football players were energetic during the parade.

These youth cheerleaders enjoy the parade through the village.

Mike Roffe, who worked security at Holley with COPS for nine years, played the bagpipes in the parade. Roffe is a retired sergeant from the Greece Police Department and a member of the Gates Keystone Police Pipes & Drums.

Holley administrators dressed as villains from Disney shows for the parade. In front from left as Karri Schiavone, the district superintendent as the Queen Hearts; Sharon Zacher, the districts’ assistant superintendent for business as Cruella de Vil; Henry and Harlow Zacher (Sharon Zacher’s grandchildren as dalamations); and Stephanie Sanchez as Ursula from Little Mermaid. In back: Mackenzie Swartz, Holley’s assistant elementary school as Mother Gothel from Tangled; Tim Artessa, elementary principal as Gaston from Beauty and the Beast; Dan Courtney, athletic director and assistant jr./sr. high principal as Captain Hook; Brendan Keiser, director of teaching and learning as Hades from Hercules; and Matt Feldman, jr./sr. high principal as Scar from The Lion King.