VERO BEACH — The annual Vero Beach Christmas parade will be held Saturday, Dec. 5, 2015. The parade kicks off at 6 p.m., but festivities will begin early at 5:15 p.m. with the Candy Cane 3k Run. The Boy Scouts will be collecting for the Rotary Chuck Wagon, so please bring a non-perishable item to the parade for collection.
The parade will be judged in each of the following categories. Congrats to last year’s reigning champions!
Most Holiday Spirit – Jim Rott Home Improvement & Air Conditioning Inc.
Most Enthusiastic – Vero Beach Cobras
Most Original –Vero Beach Elementary School
Best Performance – Vero Beach High School Band
Legacy award – Dubose and Sons Jewelers Inc.
Host Humorous – Bark Avenue
Best of parade – Piper Beach Aircraft Inc.
PARADE SCHEDULE & STREET CLOSINGS:
The parade will stage at Riverside Park with a final staging on Cardinal Drive and will run from Flamevine to Live Oak (just before JC Park) on Ocean Drive between 6 and 7:30 p.m. People are encouraged to come early and visit the businesses, shops, hotels and restaurants, without whose support the parade would not exist.
STREET CLOSINGS:
5 p.m.: Ocean Drive closed from Indian Lilac to South of Flamevine
5 p.m.: Silver Palm closed from Live Oak to Conn Way
5:15 p.m.: Flamevine closed from Eagle to Ocean Drive
5:15 to 5:50 p.m.: Silver Palm, Eagle, Date Palm, Eugenia, Fiddlewood, Greytwig, Holly, & Indian Lilac closed from A1A to Ocean Drive.
5:30 p.m.: Cardinal Drive & Cross Streets to GayFeather
5:50 p.m.: Mango and Conn Way closed from A1A to Ocean Drive.
5:15 p.m.: Candy Cane 3K on Ocean Drive and Eagle to Indian Lilac
6 p.m.: Parade on Ocean Drive from Flamevine to Live Oak
For more information or to get involved with the Candy Cane 3K Race, please contact the race coordinator Bill Urban at (772) 569-7364.
For more information, to volunteer, or to get involved with the Christmas Parade, please contact the parade coordinator Karen Dodson at (772) 532-7983. For questions about street closings or parade logistics, please contact Al Benkert at (772) 234-5092.