It was a quiet afternoon, just about suppertime. A few of the neighbors went outside to stand by the road.
Because it isn't too often that the Budweiser Clydesdales pulling that big old beer wagon comes down your street.
Not that anybody was filming a commercial or anything, but they just happened to be in the neighborhood.
This is Chicopee, Massachusetts. As most New Englanders know, the Eastern States Exposition, or the "Big E" as we call it, the annual state fair for all of New England's six states is currently going on across the Connecticut River in West Springfield. The Budweiser Clydesdales always show up for that.
Why they made a detour in this neighborhood first is because one of the neighbors, the guy who lives across the street, won a contest. His prize was a case of Budweiser beer, to be delivered like this.
Not usually something that happens in this neighborhood around suppertime. So folks came out to have a closer look.
It resembled an impromptu block party, and for a little while, it was as cheerful and friendly as a holiday family gathering.
Then it was time to go.
Everybody went home and had at lot to talk about at supper. The winner of the prize wasn't the only winner that day.
Congratulations to Mr. Thomas Peloquin, who won the prize raffle sponsored by the Williams Distributing Company of Chicopee.
