Film crew takes over St. John

“Cut!”

Serena Belsby shouts out directions to her film crew from behind the bar at the Rialto Tavern in St. John.

“Let’s do one more take,” she says. “Just for the fun of it.”

Belsby and her crew comandeered the tavern and St. John’s annual Winterfest parade Saturday to film her upcoming feature film “The Merry Graingers.”

Fortunately, Belsby’s crew got two takes at the parade as it regularly takes one spin up Front Street before turning around to head back. The town did move the annual parade from its regular 5 p.m. start to 1 p.m. to accommodate shooting.

“That was so wonderful of them,” Bel...