Muncy residents Lori Tawney and her son Daulton, 15, are getting to go to Sunday's Little League Baseball World Series championship game and sit in Howard J. Lamade Stadium.
"We won tickets from reading the Sun-Gazette," Tawney said, while seated on one of the bleachers along West Fourth Street before the fifth annual Grand Slam Parade rolled by Thursday evening.
"All you had to do was follow instructions on how to submit your name for consideration, and we were informed by Little League we were winners," she said.
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That means a lot to Tawney, who suffers from arthritis and planned to attend the championship game anyway, but would have had to sit on the grassy hill behind the outfield.
"Now, we can experience it from the stadium," she said.
It was Tawney's second time at the parade to welcome to Williamsport the year's best national and international Little League teams.
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Among the marchers in the parade was Tawney's daughter, a flute player in the Muncy Indian Marching Band.
Daulton said he was excited to watch the vintage cars and cheer on all of the teams.
Both mother and son said they could feel the spirit of friendliness.
"It a nice way for everyone to show support to all of the visiting teams and their families," she said.
