CHARACTER COUNTS! Mid Shore entered a float in the 2005 Olde Tyme Easton’s Christmas Parade with the theme: “Wrapped Up in Good Character." Students from the CHARACTER COUNTS! Club at Easton Elementary School were “gifts” under the tree, wrapped in the Six Pillar colors. The skirt around the base of the float showed the Six Pillars, and Christmas music played from under the tree as the float circled the town. "This was an excellent way to reach the public!" said Talbot County community coordinator Susan M. Luby.