Participants wanted for Blueberry
Festival Parade:
Saturday Dover July 31st, 2010
Parade time start is 11 am
Area businesses,
families and community groups are invited to participate in the Deerfield
Valley Blueberry festival's Big Blue parade, a summer tradition in the town of
Dover, sponsored in part by The Mount Snow Valley Chamber of Commerce,
Boyd Family Farm, RSN and by a grant from the Town of Dover economic
development fund. The parade
occurs on Saturday July 30th, the opening weekend of the ten day
festival, and will wend north through Dover on Route 100 from the entrance of Dorr
Fitch Road, past a reviewing stand at the Paw House Inn and end at Country Club
Road.
Any business, family or group can
participate in the parade including antique cars, horse groups, and kid’s bike
groups. Prizes will be awarded to floats
that best match with this year’s two parade themes: All Things Blue and Agricultural First Place $225 Second Place $100
or Our Heritage Our Communities First
Place $100 Second Place $50. Featured
participants to date include the Grafton Coronet Band,
The Mount Snow Valley Chamber of Commerce
and Boyd Farm. Registration for business
floats is $50 and for $10 for non-profits.
Non float entries are free, and all entries must register with the
chamber. Registration forms are
available to download at www.VermontBlueberry.com
The 3rd Annual Deerfield
Valley Blueberry Festival, named a Vermont Top 10 summer event by the Vermont
Chamber of Commerce, begins on July 30th and runs through August 8th. In addition to the 2nd Annual Big Blue parade,
featured events in 2010 include: Blue Pin Bowling at North Star Bowl &
Video, Downtown Wilmington Village Stroll, Blueberry Story Contest at Holden
Spa & Sauna, Field of Blue at Boyd Farm, Art at the Park at Mountain Park Plaza, The blueberry Street Party in Wilmington and the Deerfield Valley Rotary Blueberry Pancake Breakfast.
The Mount Snow Valley Chamber of Commerce is a non profit
association of business and private members organized for the purposes of
advancing the economic, industrial, professional, cultural and civic welfare of
the