List of Christmas parades: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 22:12, 1 December 2007

This is a List of Christmas parades in the Birmingham area:

Vestavia Hills, 8:30 AM: South along U. S. Highway 31's south-bound lanes from Shades Crest Road to Old Creek Trail. (Northbound lanes of the highway will be temporarily converted to two-way traffic).
Homewood, 9:00 AM: From Homewood Public Library east down Oxmoor Road, north on 18th Street South, west on Central Avenue to Homewood Park.
Graysville, 10:00 AM: The route began at the Park West Shopping Center.
Center Point, 11:00 AM: From the Cathedral of the Cross parking lot and traveling north along Center Point Parkway before ending at Center Point Plaza. Sponsored by the Center Point Chamber of Commerce, the event featured 225 floats with state Representative Arthur Payne serving as grand marshal.
Fairfield, 11:00 AM: The route followed E.J. Oliver Boulevard to Valley Road then left on Gary Avenue before ending at the Walter J. Hanna Library.
Trussville, 3:00 PM: From Hewitt-Trussville Middle School down Chalkville Road to Gadsden Highway to Parkway Drive ending at the Trussville Mall. At the conclusion of the parade, Trussville's Christmas Tree lighting took place at the western end of the mall.
Irondale, 4:00 PM: From Irondale Community School down 16th Street to Crestwood Boulevard to 20th Street to Irondale City Hall. Grand Marshall is Suzanne Lisenby.

Birmingham Christmas parade, 12:30 PM at Kelly Ingram Park and 5:00 PM at Linn Park: Parade around Linn Park, with musical performances and lighting of the Birmingham Holiday Tree. Mistress of Ceremonies is Valorie Carter. [1]

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-* [[Graysville]], 10:00 AM: Starting at [[Uncle Mon's Diner]] on [[Main Street]] and ending at the [[Parkwest Shopping Center]]. The grand marshal is former city official [[James Chafin]]. [[Minor High School]]'s marching band is participating.
+* [[Graysville]], 10:00 AM: Began at [[Uncle Mon's Diner]] on [[Main Street]] and ended at the [[Parkwest Shopping Center]]. The grand marshal is former city official [[James Chafin]]. [[Minor High School]]'s marching band participated.
-* [[Center Point]], 11:00 AM
+* [[Center Point]], 11:00 AM: Began at [[Cathedral of the Cross]] on [[Center Point Parkway]] and ended at the Center Point Post Office.  [[Erwin High School]]'s marching band, the [[Center Point Fire Department]], General [[George F. Bowman]], Shriners from the [[Zamora Temple]], Sheriff [[Mike Hale]] and many others participated in the largest parade in the city to date.
 * [[Columbiana]]
 * [[Springville]], 7:00 PM