Blog Purpose

The purpose of the blog is primarily to develop USPS 100 Year Celebration (2014) ideas to share with our District 8 Bridge and the Commander.

Sunday, October 14, 2012

Xmas Parade 2012


Neil Ferguson
Vero Beach Christmas Parade

Thanks for coordinating the VBPS entry into the upcoming parade. I understand that it will be happening on 12/1/2012. I hope we can get more than a dozen boats on floats/trailers entered this year. The attached is the entry form that needs to be submitted.

I had a few thoughts that I will share with you.  We VBPS have done this in the past. We have a lot of banners, flags and so on, in the back room that could be displayed on the boats.

One boat in particular that I really appreciate and hope we can get is the African Queen that is owned by Jim Crawfis.

We also have a lot of posters that were created by various kids, which came about from the Boarman poster contest. They are on top of the file cabinet in the education storage room. I would like to use them to decorate a float yet to be created. 

As you may know USPS will celebrate its 100-year Anniversary in 2014 and I would like to propose we make this coming boat parade theme “ United States Power Squadron 100 Years in the Making” – brought to you by the Vero Beach Power Squadron

Here is a link to some ideas that were dreamed up on the 100 Year Celebration. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EyWUT7ySAQg&list=UUwvGGe8FI56EKxFoIcSUYGQ&index=2&feature=plcp

Here is a link that outlines the route for the 2011 parade http://www.tcpalm.com/news/2011/nov/29/vero-beach-christmas-parade-is-dec-3-in-the/

This link is to the Oceanside Business Assoc. (OBA) and Treasure Coast Rotary Club.

I will look for some old pictures and share them with you when I find them. You may want to scroll thru some of the old photos posted on our website, as well.

May I suggest a few coordination meetings to generate ideas and buy in by those who will be assisting with - Boating is fun. We will show you how….at the VBPS.

Bob

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