PAVO — The warm weather brought hundreds of people to Pavo Saturday for the 22nd annual Peacock Day, including many first-timers. Charlie Bishop and Tracy Johnson, of Lake Talquin, Fla., attended their first Peacock Day with Bishop’s homemade soaps and Johnson’s tie-dyed shirts.

“It’s great so far and there are a lot of vendors,” Johnson said. “It’s beautiful weather, too. I love tie-dye; it should never go out of style.”

Bishop said he started making his soaps after a stroke forced him to find other means of keeping busy. He always liked homemade soaps and wanted to give making his own a try.

His “superfatted soaps” — or, more moisturizing — are “cold-processed, vegetable soap with lots of unsaturated oils, no additives and an excess of glycerin.”

Inside the old Pavo School building was another soap vendor, Florida resident Jennifer Gillman, who makes all of her products, too. She uses goat milk for her “Ooh La La” line.

“I found this event online and it is my first year here,” Gillman said. “It’s been fun.”

Moultrie resident Eddie Allen stopped by Gillman’s booth to smell some of the soaps.

“I come every year,” he said of Peacock Day. “I like the parade and the booths and the community here.”

Other vendors set up at the event included wood creations, jewelry and baked goods.

Alexis Cannon, 3, of Cotton, looked at hair crowns at a booth. She said she liked the colorful ribbons.

There were several food and refreshment vendors set up on the grounds, including Peace, Love and Italian Ice of Tallahassee, Fla.

McKinnley Workman, 17, said she and a friend recently started the business.

“It’s a healthy snack and an environmentally-friendly business,” she said.

Doug Rogers, of Thomasville, brought his family to the event. He said his son Cole’s grandfather graduated from the former Pavo School 60 years ago.

“This is our first time coming in a long time,” Rogers said. “It’s family fun and good food. I like the barbecue and the pound cake.”

Allison Barwick took son Kennon, 3, to see the parade.

“This is our first year coming,” she said. “He loves parades. Some friends of ours have been here before and said it would be a nice thing for us to do.”

Talashia Lamons watched the parade with her nieces and nephews.

“I love seeing the kids get so excited,” she said.