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 Saturday
December 6, 2008 - 2 pm
Rain or Shine
Always the
1st Saturday of December
on
Main Street
2007 Holiday Parade Winners
"KICK OFF THE HOLIDAY SEASON"
with our Main Street
parade. Always held on the 1st Saturday in December. Businesses, schools, churches, civic organizations and citizens fill the
street with beautiful floats and marching units. The Gloucester High School
Marching Dukes and the Middle School Combined Bands perform wonderful seasonal
music.
The parade is sponsored by the Gloucester Citizen's Holiday Parade
Committee, Parks, Recreation
and Tourism, Dr. Timothy Leigh, Martin Custom DeSigns, Chimney Corner, Ken Houtz Chevrolet Buick, Smith's Florist,
Gloucester Chamber of Commerce
and the Daffodil Festival Committee.
Santa Claus is coming to town!!!
If you or someone you know has a costume (Winnie the Pooh, Tigger,
an animal or cartoon character), please consider walking and wearing it in the
parade. Youngsters love to see characters in the parade, so come out and
have some fun making children smile. For information on registering please
email us!
Volunteers are needed contact
Denise Carter for more information.
2007 Holiday Parade Winners
Line up Information Advertised in the Fall & Winter Beehives.
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Holiday Parade Arts and Crafts Show
Expanded in 2007!
This show features Fine Arts, Original Handcrafts, Photographers, Merchandisers (folks with manufactured goods) and Non
Profits in the Colonial Courtcircle! Show hours are 10 am to 4 pm. Do a little
Christmas Shopping on the green! This show is sponsored by the
Daffodil Festival. You will also find many Gloucester
items in the Visitor Center located on the Courtcircle.
 Concert
on the Green
Join
us on Sunday, December 7, at 4:30 pm in the Courtcircle for the annual
Courtcircle Tree Illumination featuring holiday music from Bethel, Botetourt and
Peasley Schools. This “Norman Rockwell” Holiday Event is a great way
to get into the mood for the holiday season. So be sure to join us for this
Holiday Kick Off Concert on the Green! For more information
email or call
693-1264.
2008 PARADE
LINE UP INFORMATION
Please
pass this information on to everyone in your group.
It is your responsibility to inform your participants of all
line up information.
If you have
questions please
email us.
For Parade Day updates call the PR&T play line at 693-5811.
- Line-up begins at
Noon all units must be in place by 1:45 pm. Parade begins at 2 pm.
- Parade line-up is
at Botetourt Elementary School on Main Street.
- Motorized Units
will parallel park on the street (Please enter Main Street from the
North - Walter Reed Hospital end).
- Marching Units
will line up in the student drop off loop – the driveway closest to the
Courtcircle.
- Equestrian Units
will use the bus loop area.
- When you arrive
at Botetourt please visit “Check-in” located in the parking lot. You
will receive your line-up number at check-in. You will return your line
up number at the Judges Stand (Dr. Leigh's Office 6661 Main Street).
- Each group must
provide an “Official Walker” to carry your line-up number. This number
identifies you to the emcees & judges. All numbers must be carried on
the left side of unit.
Do not attach or tape to unit, numbers must be returned to the
Parade Committee at the judges stand – during the parade.
- ALL EQUESTRIAN
UNITS ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE REMOVAL & CLEAN UP OF ANIMAL WASTES IN THE
LINE UP AREA, ON THE PARADE ROUTE & IN THE LOADING AREAS. PERSONS
ASSIGNED TO CLEAN UP MUST CHECK IN WITH THE PARADE ATTENDANT AT
BOTETOURT. FAILURE WILL MEAN EXCLUSION IN FUTURE PARADES
- Children may not
be left unattended.
- ABSOLUTELY NO
CANDY OR OTHER OBJECTS MAY BE THROWN FROM PARADE UNITS INTO THE CROWDS.
Walkers may hand out approved items. This safety regulation,
protects spectators from being hit by objects. It also prevents children
from running into the street to
pick up something where they can not be seen by the drivers of decorated floats.
- The judges &
emcee will be located at Dr. Leigh’s Office 6661 Main Street. Please
make sure that your line-up number is visible in this area. Please
return your number to the Parade Attendant at this site.
- NO PARTICIPANT
MAY DRESS AS SANTA. Since we
have made arrangements for Santa to visit us from the North Pole, no one
else may dress as Santa. SANTA
WILL BE AT THE END OF THE PARADE.
- No stopping along
the parade route, everyone must keep moving. Stopping along the route
will cause you to be restricted from future parades.
- Disregarding
these rules is grounds for exclusion from future parades. Rules keep us
all safe.
- Please disband in
the Main Street Center.
- Parade awards
will be presented immediately after the parade at Dr. Leigh’s Office
6661 Main Street. Please have a representative stop by to see if your
group won! Results will be posted on the Gloucester Citizen’s Holiday
Parade Web page & in the Gazette Journal. You may stop by Parks,
Recreation & Tourism to pick up awards.
http://gloucesterva.info/pr/events/hp.htm
Thank
you for your participation and have a great holiday!
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