Community Parade

2011 Community Parade Friday, September 9, kicks-off 6 p.m.

Parade route: up Broad Street from Birch Street, left on State Street, left on Center Street, left on Cypress Street, right on Union Street. Ends at Union and South streets.

2011 Parade Theme: A Celebration of Hope: Remembering 9/11

For the 2011 Community Parade, we celebrate the resiliency of community and take a moment to remember and honor the victims of the 9/11 attacks as the 10th anniversary of this event approaches.

The Mushroom Festival’s honorary chair, Leon Spencer, explains our theme A Celebration of Hope: Remembering 9/11. “Despite the setback (the events of 9/11) created and the subsequent calamities that have occurred in the interim, including tsunamis, a weakened economy, unemployment, military strife, etc., we have never given up! As a community we continue to have hope that our needs will be met today and in the future, and there is clear cut evidence that that hope is alive in Kennett Square.”

As the parade approaches the reviewing stand at N. Union and E. State Streets, Leon will lead the community in a remembrance of 9/11 and a celebration of our community. Members of local fire companies will line State Street for a special flag raising as part of the remembrance.

Entries in the Community Parade are encouraged to create floats, marching units, and decorations that reflect this year’s theme.

We’d love to have you be a part of the Community Parade! How?  Here’s a few suggestions:

• Marching bands — large and small are welcome!
• Form a marching group or build a float with your neighbors and friends.
• Enter your unique forms of transportation: cars, trucks, horses, tractors, etc
• Youth groups, church groups, sports groups are all encouraged to march or come on a float

Click to download the parade flyer application.

The 2010 Kennett Square Community Parade

Theme: Kennett Square is Cool

"Kennett Square is a Magical Place to Learn and Grow" was the winner of the "Kennett Square is Cool" Float Contest.

Friday evening, September 10 was a great night in Kennett Square as the Mushroom Festival’s Community Parade marched up Broad Street, past the reviewing stand on Cypress Street and down South Union Street. Thanks to all the participants and spectators who helped to kick-off our 25th Celebration.