The Summerville Christmas Parade will be held this evening in downtown Summerville.  The parade kicks off at 7 PM. This year’s parade theme is “It’s Beginning to Look A Lot Like Christmas”. Local veterans advocates Ms. Odell Anderson and former State Representative Barbara Massey Reece will serve as this year’s grand marshals.

Here is the schedule for this evening’s event:

5:30 PM – Small floats arrive at high school staging area – Entrances and drop offs only from Hwy 100 for ALL entries/No entrance from Hwy 114

6:00 PM – Marching/Walking units line up at Ingles parking lot near U.S. 27 – All big trucks & tractor trailers lineup at Rec. Dept. ball field parking lot

6:15 PM – All units in position & floats will be judged

6:30 PM – Horses should be lined up at Tennis Court Area. – All horse trailers to park at AGL parking lot

6:45 PM – Units pull out of Chattooga High School Lot

7:00 PM – Parade Begins

The parade kicks off a series of holiday events that will happening all week.  Thursday evening, Chattooga County Schools will present their Winter Concert at Chattooga High School.  Friday, will be Christmas in the Park at Dowdy Park in Summerville.  Saturday, the Victorian Christmas, which was delayed from last Saturday because of rainy weather, will take place in Summerville.  Also on Saturday, the Friends of Sloppy Floyd State Park will present “The Peppermint Project” and TMMA Farms will have a second Saturday celebration of Christmas with the Alpacas.