Shippensburg Holiday Parade & Kid’s Activities | November 20 & 21

24th Annual Shippensburg Holiday Parade will take place Friday, November 20th at 7 pm.   Sponsored by the Downtown Organizations Investing Together (D.O.I.T), the parade will feature marching bands, school groups, church youth groups, Boy and Girl Scouts, businesses and other organizations, and Santa Claus.  Line up starts at 5:30 pm in the area of the Shippensburg Borough Office on Fayette Street and advance toward King Street. Parade will end at Prince Street with the annual tree lighting ceremony. The theme is “A Christmas to Remember.”  The theme is open to your interpretation of your favorite things about Christmas.

For a parade entry form, email shipdoit@yahoo.com or call 717-254-9550.  No fee to enter. Prizes will be awarded to Floats & Walking Groups that exhibit the theme.  Deadline to register is November 13th.

Weekend Activities:

Friday, Nov. 20, 2015:
5:00 pm Merchant/Businesses Open for Sales, Register for Door Prizes
Window Decorating Contest Judging (pick up score sheets at participating business and Chamber of Commerce)
7:00 pm Parade
7:45 pm Tree Lighting Ceremony (King & Prince Street)
8:00 pm Visits with Santa, free carriage rides, and refreshments at Orrstown Bank, 77 E. King St. after the Parade.

Saturday, Nov. 21, 2015:

9 am  Bazaar at Branch Creek Senior Center 115 N Fayette St.
10 am Merchant/Businesses Open for Sales, Register for Door Prizes
11am – 1 pm Brunch with Santa at Christ United Methodist Church 47 E. King St.
11 am – 2pm Games, Gingerbread House Making, Christ United Methodist Church 47 E. King St.