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A SEASON OF CELEBRATION
audiences updated sky shows.
Sights and Sounds on Second, a festive and much-loved
holiday event in its 9th year, is epanding its children·s
activities this year, says Pam Gillette, spokeswoman for
0ain 6treet Fort 3ierce. ´This year·s festival will be Àlled
with magic in the air and music all around the downtown.”
Local dance studios will perform and so will the Sunrise
Jazz Combo. The parade theme is A Magical, Musical Christmas.
Grand marshal is the Fort Pierce Jazz & Blues Society.
After the parade, watch the tall Christmas tree light up
against the evening sky, followed by the dancing lights and
music of the Holiday Lights Spectacular in the park.
There are plenty of parades around the Treasure Coast. In
Stuart, the Visiting Nurse Association is sponsoring the 57th
annual Stuart Christmas Parade with a theme of I’ll be Home
for Christmas. Filled with beautiful floats, it starts at p.m.
on Ocean Boulevard at Monterey Road and ends at Georgia
Avenue. Thousands of eager watchers line Ocean Boulevard,
and probably the best place of all to view the parade is
near the judge’s stand just west of Hospital Avenue.
“This year we have a new app for web-based voting,”
says .erri Whittle, eecutive vice president of the 91A of
Florida. “We’ve added the Viewer’s Choice Award for the
crowd·s favorite float.µ
Port St. Lucie hosts the Festival of Lights and tree lighting
plus a parade at the civic center. But there are even more
parades – one in Hobe Sound, one in Sebastian, and one on
the island in Vero Beach.
Then there are the “can’t miss” boat parades. Sponsored
by the Marine Industries Association of the Treasure Coast,
you·ll Ànd one in each county. This year 0artin and 6t. /u- >>
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