Saturday, December 8, 2012 was the annual downtown Chattanooga Holiday Starlight Parade. Although it was December, the weather was only mildly cool and very dry. In other words, it was a perfect evening for a perfect Christmas Parade. (Actually, I should say Christmas parades since the boat parade was right after the street parade). It seemed that the whole city turned out for the largest and most fun parade of the year. Check out the below pictures to see the highlights of the 2012 Holiday Starlight Parade in Chattanooga, TN.
212 Market's entry sign
Parade goers waiting at the corner of Broad Street and Aquarium Way.
Picture of Broad Street in Chattanooga at dusk
Picture of Broad Street in Chattanooga in Holiday lights
Kids playing at the Tennessee Aquarium Plaza
Kids playing with light sabers before the start of the parade
Chattanooga's Christmas Tree on the Tennessee River
McKamey's Animal Center
Mosteller's Garage Float
Mosteller's Environmental Cleanup
Decorated Rollback at the Holiday Starlight Parade 2012
Play Ball! The Chattanooga Lookout's Tram
American Red Cross Disaster Services
Decorated dune buggies in the Chattanooga Holiday Parade
Howard High School Marching Band 2012
McKamey's Float -- that is a big dog following the truck
The doggies walking have lights around them
United Twirling Dancers-hard to tell in pictures but the batons are lite up
More pictures of United Twirling
More United Twirling Pictures
Last picture of United Twirling
Another picture of Mosteller's Garage Truck
Waiting for the start of the 2012 Holiday Starlight Parade
Picture of Howard High School Marching Band
City of Chattanooga's Holiday Lights
Let the parade begin in Chattanooga, TN 2012
Only in the South will we let kids play in water in the middle of December.
Not sure what this is but I thought the Chinese dragon effect was pretty cool.
