FLORENCE-The 2015 Florence Christmas Parade brought the sights and sounds of the holidays to historic downtown Florence and kicked off the holiday season. Sponsored by First Southern Bank, the parade featured over 130 floats, bands and performance groups as they marched, danced, sang and twirled their way down Court Street to the delight of the spectators. Even Santa was on hand to wave at the crowd and shared some sweet treats.
Florence Main Street was responsible for the coordination of this year’s parade. “There’s not much more fun than a parade and the Christmas parade really gets everyone into the holiday spirit!” said Teryl Shields, Executive Director of Florence Main Street. “There’s no better way to get excited about Christmas than seeing all the cute kids and great costumes, hearing the wonderful bands from our community play holiday music and watching the floats go by.”
“Thanks to everyone who participated in the 2015 Christmas parade. This parade gets such great interest and support from the community and this year’s bands, floats and dancers were fantastic” said Shields.
First Southern Bank was the parade sponsor again this year and Florence Main Street thanks them for their continued support which makes possible the prizes to the Best Band, Business, Non-Profit and Performance groups. The parade couldn’t happen without the fantastic support of the University of North Alabama ROTC who handles logistics on the night of the parade along with the UNA University Police and the Florence Police Department providing assistance and coordinating a safe and secure environment for the parade. Anyone with questions about the parade can contact Florence Main Street at 256.760.9648.
MEDIA RELEASE/Florence Main Street/Molly Austin, Events Coordinator
