2016 Christmas parade this Saturday

The 2016 El Dorado  Springs Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade will be this Saturday beginning at 1 p.m., but  before that be sure to go down to the Crafts and Home-Based Business Expo in the Park.

10 a.m. – 3 p.m. Crafts & Home-Based Business Expo in old Community Building in the Park. Get your Christmas shopping done before and after the parade and keep your dollars local. (Expo closed during parade.)

1 p.m. A “Hollywood Christmas” Parade commences.

Post Parade: Kids can visit Santa Claus at the Lions Club Santa House plus The Springfield Batman will be on-hand in the Park.

Who’s in the 2016 parade? See this fantastic line-up of almost 60 participants including the EDS Marching Bulldog Band, Springfield Parkview Lassies Drum & Bugle Corps, The Batman, and…

Conservation Dept.: 1 – EDS Police Dept, Lead; 3 – Grand Marshal, Dr. Robert Magee; 4 – EDS Fire Truck #1; 5 – G3 Miss Merry Christmas Candidates (6 vehicles); A) Bailey Tyler – Miss Merry Christmas 2015 EHS Junior; B) Cambria Witt – Runner-Up EHS Senior; C) Emma Meyer – EHS Senior Candidate; D) Alyssa Hammons – ECS Junior Candidate; E) Tenera Turner – EHS Sophomore Candidate; F) Madison Hacker – EHS Freshman Candidate; 6 – 2015 Winner Miss Merry Christmas Abigail Batson (with LM/M Santa); 7 – Little Mr and Miss Santa Contestants; 8 – Camp Clark National Guard-1/4’ Plate Steel Armored Hum V; 9 – Camp Clark National Guard-Palatized Load System; 10 – Camp Clark National Guard-Armored LMTV Troop/Equip Carrier; 57 – EDS Fire Truck #2 (with Santa Claus).

W. Hickory at Main: 2 – VFW Color Guard – Stand for symbol of America, liberty and freedom; 2A – Charles Foreman and Gary Vickers – 1953 Army Jeep.

Lions Club Park: 11 – Route 54 Cruisers.

Library Parking Lot: 12 – Cliffhanger ATV Park.

West Poplar: 13 – Floyd Wosoba – 1970 GTO; 14 – Darren Toliver, 1976 Malibu Classic; 15 – Lonnie Vann, 1929 Model A Rumble Seat Roadster; 16 – Christian Motorcycle Association – “One heart At A Time;” 17 – American Iron Car Club.

North side, E. Fields: 18 – El Dorado Springs R-2 Marching Bulldog Band; 19 – EHS/EMS Journalism Students – Papparazzi of Hollywood; 20 – Girl Scouts; 21 – New Kids On The Block 4H – Polar Express; 22 – El Dorado Christian School Boys Basketball Team.

South side, E. Fields: 23 – El Dorado Christian School Girls Basketball Team; 24 – Union Hall 4-H Club – Frosty the Snowman; 25 – Lighthouse Children’s Theater – Magical Land of Oz; 26 – Veronica Roberts/Chris Riley – Most Famous Hollywood Reindeer; 56 – Lions Club – Parade Traffic Control – Parade Entry.

South side W. Fields, Main-Jackson: 27 – Pedi Nails; 28 – Sac Osage Electric Co-op; 29 – EHS FFA Students; 30 – EHS Choir Students; 31 – Cedar County Memorial Hospital – The Grinch Who Stole Christmas South; 32 – Back Yard Portable Buildings/Schwalm Family – It’s a Wonderful Life; 33 – Norval-Schwalm Appliance & Furniture; 34 – El Dorado Optimist Club – National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation.

North side W. Fields, Main-Jackson: 35 – Sonic Drive In – Island of Misfit Toys; 36 – El Dorado Cycle & Outdoor; 37 – Skate Town – The Elf and Classic Hollywood Stars; 38 – Bethel Freewill Baptist Church – Super Heroes Bow at the Cross; 39 – First Baptist Church – Home Alone; 40 – Leo and Mary Lady – 60th Wedding Anniversary; 41 – Nine Wonders Optimist Club – Charlie Brown Christmas.

North Side W. Fields, near Jackson: 42 – Community Church – Charlie Brown Christmas; 43 – Ron Brown – 1948 Gibson Tractor; 44 – Fugate Motors – Toys For Tots; 45 – Springfield Batman FJ Cruiser Batmobile; 46 – Springfield Batman Can Am Maverick X3; 47 – Parkview Lassies Drum and Bugle Corps.

Equestrians – W. Fields, west of Jackson St: 48 – State Representative Warren Love  -Posting Missouri State Flag; 49 – Claire Silvers – 2 Horse Hitch-Halflinger Horses; 50 – Dani Filkins – Miss Missouri High School Rodeo Queen; 51 – Stark Farms – Heath Stark; 52 – Stark Farms – Hesston Stark with Tabor Berning; 53 – Stark Farms – Travis Stark; 54 – Stark Farms – Dale Stark; 55 – Stark Farms – Travis Berning with Paislee Berning

Participants on Fields Blvd, Hickory, and Poplar Streets please look for stakes with your number for line-up assignments.

Parade entries must be lined up by 11:45a.m. to be judged.

Please, participants follow numbered order so MCs line-up is correct.

Late Entries should register with a chamber representative and will line up just before equestrians on Fields Blvd., west of Jackson St.