The31st Annual Holiday Children's Parade stepped off from Kennedy Park
shortly after 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 5th with 120
groups from local schools and organizations lined up to walk a heart-healthy half-mile parade route on South Main Street
from the Park to
Government Center. "Everyone wants to be in this parade,"
said Greater Fall River Re-Creation's Jamison Souza who, along with
Annemarie Holly, helped with the organization of the event, the largest Holiday Parade in
New England. Click
here for the Herald News article.
Click here to see larger versions of all of the photos. Click here for
a 21-minute
video of this year's parade, and here for
photos of last year's parade. For more information, contact
Re-Creation Executive Director Grace Gerling
at 508-679-022. |
(Top row) Mike
Nicolelli pulls a cart of parade ware along South Main Street while E.J.
DeSousa, and Andrew and Eddy Coneid get candy from Fall
River Police Officer Derek Beaulieu. (Row two) Captain Frank Noble of
the Fall River Colonial Navy poses
for a photo and the CD-Rec Dancers rehearse before Stephanie Gold and
Annemarie Holly lead the start of the Parade. (Row three, left and right) Durfee
High School students from The
84 tobacco-free group begin walking as Greater Fall River
Re-Creation Program Director Jamison Souza signals the children from
the Letourneau
Elementary School to begin walking. (Row four) Bands from Dartmouth
and Tiverton High Schools perform as children from Spencer
Borden Elementary School ride in the Parade. (Row five) Giant
inflatable figures float out of Kennedy Park under the guidance of their
handlers who had to get them all under low-hanging wires that cross the
street. (Row six) Giant clydesdale
horses pull a wagon before members of the Hills
Mills Clown Band perform and representatives of the City's new Parent
Academy march. (Row seven) Miss Massachusetts, Miss Senior Sweetheart
winners Dorothy Soczek and Yvette Mancini and the Musictown Princesses
wave to the crowd. (Row eight, left and center) Fall
River YMCA Wellness Director Emily Bird stands in front of their float
that depicts their building at 199 North Main Street while Talbot
Middle School Principal Renee Lewis poses in front of her group. (Row
nine) The Durfee High School Marching Band passes the Second District
Court building as youngsters wave at Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus who pass by
in a horse-drawn wagon. (Bottom row) Children along the route as well as
Mayor Sutter and Fall River Police Lt. Charles Cullen watch Santa arrive
at Government Center, |