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Carroll County towns are making plans for
annual upcoming Christmas parades. Dates and
basic information are provided below, with
parade routes and other information to be
published at a later date.
McKENZIE McKenzie’s annual Junior
Parade and Grand Parade are Saturday,
December 1 in conjunction with McKenzie’s
Home Town Christmas festival the week of
November 30 – December 7.
The Junior Parade begins at 1 p.m.
Participants includes children ages 12 and
under. Registration begins at 12:00 p.m. at
First Baptist Church parking lot.
Parade units will travel onto Stonewall
Street, turn onto Cedar Street and disband
at McKenzie Banking Company parking lot.
Four-wheelers will be allowed in the junior
parade, along with decorated bicycles,
tricycles, and costumed Christmas
characters.
Entries will be judged prior to the parade
and trophies will be awarded to first,
second and third place winners.
For more information on the junior parade,
call Violet Patterson at 352-5897.
McKenzie’s Grand Christmas Parade begins at
5:00 p.m. Participants may begin lining up
for the parade at 3:30 p.m. at McKenzie
Middle School.
Marty Marshall, owner of the McKenzie
Railroad Depot building in McKenzie, will
serve as grand marshal.
Bands, floats, decorated vehicles, marching
groups, churches and organizations are
invited to participate. Four-wheelers will
not be allowed in the main parade. Decorated
horses will lead other horse entries near
the end of the parade. Santa Claus will also
be a special guest on the Shriner’s train.
Parade units will travel onto Stonewall
Street, turn onto Cedar Street, Waldran
Street, Lee Street, Broadway Street, back
onto Cedar Street and disband at McKenzie
Feed and Grain.
Entries will be pre-judged with winners
awarded cash prizes for first, second, and
third places.
For more information on the grand parade,
call Cheryl Hubbard at 731-415-5042
HUNTINGDON Huntingdon’s Christmas
parade is Tuesday, December 4 at 6:30 p.m.
with Major Marty Towater serving as this
year’s grand marshal.
The police department has made some changes
in procedure, which should make the parade
much safer for everyone involved. Staging
begins at Edwards Park on Murray Lane and
lineup is on Clark Street toward Browning
Avenue. The parade begins on Browning Avenue
near the middle school and ends at Edwards
Park. The parade proceeds from Browning
Avenue to East Main Street and down East
Main to the Court Square. Units travel down
East Paris Street to Clark and end at
Edwards Park. This allows the parade to
begin and end in the same area, making it
easier for parade participants to return to
their vehicles.
Volunteers from the Huntingdon High School
Student Council and the Mayor’s Teen
Advisory Board are assisting the Police
Department at this year’s parade. The
volunteers will walk along the parade route
and toss candy onto the sidewalk areas to
help maintain safety goals for this parade.
Candy will not be thrown from the parade
participant vehicles as in past parades for
the safety of the small children, according
to Joe Parker, director of public safety.
Parade participants are required to
pre-register by calling the Huntingdon
Police Department at 986-2906 to be eligible
for prize monies. Parade participants are
asked to arrive early.
Participants will be assigned a parade
number when calling to pre-register and will
be responsible to make and display their
number on the vehicle’s right or passenger
side for judges to view.
TREZEVANT Trezevant Christmas
Parade is Monday, December 10 at 6:00 p.m.
Trophies are awarded to first, second and
third place winners. Participants are asked
to line up at 5:00 p.m. the churches parking
lot. The route will continue down Highway 79
to the school, turn onto Holmes Street, Hurt
Street, travel to Highway 105 and back to
the churches.
For more information, contact Danny or
Phyllis Curtis at 669-7150 or Kathy at
Trezevant City Hall at 669-4831.
BRUCETON Bruceton Christmas Parade
is Sunday, December 2 at 3:00 p.m. Lineup
will begin at 2 p.m. The event is sponsored
by Bruceton Women’s Club and the Town of
Bruceton. Lineup begins at 2 p.m. in the
Bruceton municipal parking lot (HIS Outlet
store parking lot) on Broad Street. Parking
for horse trailers, etc. will be on
Lexington Street at the former HIS sewing
plant. Registration for all units is at the
municipal parking lot on Broad Street.
The festival will begin in the park
immediately following the parade. The
special guest will be Santa Claus. There
will be lots of fun for all ages – come join
in the celebration.
Anyone wishing to enter a float, band or
other marching unit can obtain information
and an entry form at Bruceton City Hall or
by calling 586-2401.
CLARKSBURG Clarksburg Christmas
Parade is scheduled for Thursday, December 6
at 7:00 p.m. Participants are asked to
register at City Hall and line up begins at
6:00 p.m.
Santa and Mrs. Claus will be greeting
participants as they arrive to register for
the parade at City Hall and will also travel
the parade route to greet the spectators.
Units will disband at Clarksburg Church of
Christ.
Cash prizes are awarded to first, second and
third place winners. A grand champion is
selected from all the participants.
For more information, call Clarksburg City
Hall at 986-5547.
PARIS The Paris-Henry County
Jaycees are sponsoring a Holly Jolly
Christmas Parade at 6:30 p.m. Friday,
December 14, through downtown Paris. Jaycees
parade Chairman Matthew Plumley said
applications for parade entries are being
accepted now at the MetLife office at 1103
E. Wood St. Entrants can include civic
groups, church groups, children's groups,
businesses, organizations, etc. Floats are
not required and trophies will be awarded.
There is a $5 entry fee, he said. For more
information, contact Plumley at
731-707-0459, 731-642-5925 or mplumley@metlife.com. |
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