City of Cedartown celebrates with annual Christmas Parade on Thursday night
Santa Claus arrived on Main Street on Thursday night at the tail end of this year’s Christmas Parade in downtown Cedartown, ushering in the season after one of the longest parade groups in recent years.
The city announced the winners of this year’s prizes following Thursday night’s event, noting that the top prize of $1,000 went to Church of God of the Union Assembly Sardis Road for the Christmas Star Award for 2023.
The Christmas Magic Award was the Youngs Grove Elementary School Chorus who took a $500 prize, a Christmas Spirit Award for $500 for Second Steps Dance Studio, and a Christmas Sparkle Award of $300 for The Wicked Sisters.
This year’s theme of Gingerbread Lane brought a variety of floats. Check out the full photo gallery below to find all the photos from the event.
Joy Fredrick was the 2023 Grand Marshal for this year’s parade. She was previously head of the Youth Summerfest and Church Olympics, held for more than 20 years in Polk County helping youth get school supplies, clothing and haircuts prior to the start of the academic year. The program held its final event in 2023.
Full photo & video
Full photo gallery here
Additionally, Monthly+ subscribers can enjoy the parade again in full without commentary in the link below. (Available after 4 p.m. – still uploading as of this posting- KtE)
Full Parade Video for Monthly+ Subscribers here
