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The Bamberg Christmas
Parade to be held on Saturday
December 6, 2008 at 10:00a.m.
will mark the 30th year that Paul
Sandifer of Bamberg has served
as parade chairman.
“I thoroughly enjoyed it and
I hope, I can do it for another 30
years, I enjoy working with the
public,” Sandifer said. “I worry
sometimes about how many units
we will have and then I look back
that last day and say it looks
great,” he said.
Sandifer stated that as
demanding as the job of organizing
the Christmas parade is, he
couldn’t do it without the help of
the Christmas Parade Committee,
most of who have been with the
parade as long as he has.
Members of the Bamberg
Christmas Parade Committee are
Dave Gmerek, Dave Gmerek Jr.,
James Fisher, Michael Fisher,
Marjorie Broxton, Mary Broxton,
Mary Robinson, Emma Ruth
Dowling, Chris Sandifer, and
Kevin Sandifer.
Sandifer also said that he
thanked Carl Kilgus for setting
up the sound system each year,
and the Bamberg Job Center for
setting up the tables and chairs.
“We all work together as a
family, I couldn’t do it without
them, and they’re just as big a
part of putting it together as I am, without the committee the
parade wouldn’t be possible, they
deserve a pat on the back,” Sandifer
said. Sandifer said the theme for
this year’s parade will be “O Holy
Night.” The committee will be
accepting entries in the parade until
Friday December 5, 2008 at 6:00 p.m.
Sandifer stated that participants
in the parade must adhere to
the following rules:
High school queens must ride
on a float or a t-top, and can’t ride
on the hood for the safety of the
participants in the parade.
Candy must be thrown on the
sidewalk. Sandifer said there is still
plenty of room for clubs, organizations,
go-carts, bicycles, “ the bigger
it is the better,” he said.
As is the custom each year this
time, the main attraction will be the
arrival jolly old Santa Claus. Santa
will ride in the rear department of
the Denmark Fire Department’s latter
truck. “Everything’s shaping up
real well,” Sandifer said.
To place an entry in this year’s
Bamberg Christmas Parade you
may contact chairman Paul Sandifer. |
