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Event Dates
Dec 07, 2007
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Downtown
Gatlinburg, TN 37738
Phone: (800) 568-4748
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Fantasy of Lights Gatlinburg Christmas Parade, Presented by Schwan's
Special appearances by the Tuskegee Airmen and the Budweiser Clydesdales highlight the lineup for Gatlinburg’s 32nd annual Fantasy of Light Christmas Parade on December 7.
Schwan Food Company and the City of Gatlinburg invite you to bundle up and generate a spirited dose of holiday cheer at 7:30 p.m. on Friday, December 7 in Downtown, with more than 100 parade entries including marching bands and giant helium balloons taking to the streets.
The Tuskegee Airmen recently received the Congressional Gold Medal, Congress’ highest civilian honor, in Washington, D.C., some 60 years after serving the United States in World War II. From 1942 to 1946, nearly 1,000 pilots, as well as mechanics, bombardiers, navigators and gunnery crews, and administrators trained at Tuskegee Army Air Field in Alabama and went on to distinguish themselves in combat.
The world famous Budweiser Clydesdales, the symbol of quality and tradition for Anheuser-Busch since 1933, make their first East Tennessee appearance in Gatlinburg with the eight-horse hitch harnessed and pulling the famous red beer wagon. Horses chosen for the Budweiser Clydesdale Hitch stand approximately 18 hands - or six feet - at the shoulder and weigh 2,000 pounds. Each must be bay in color, have four white stockings, and a blaze of white on the face and black mane and tail.
Santa’s Autograph Party cranks up at 6 p.m. on Dec. 7 at Riverbend Mall, in the midst of a main viewing area for the Parade at Traffic Light #3 in front of the Gatlinburg Welcome Center. The parade begins at Traffic Light #1A on Hwy 321 and ends about an hour-and-a-half later at Traffic Light #10.
Jamming sidewalks and balconies along the parade route, a crowd in excess of 80,000 people is expected to soak up the illuminating festivities during this second phase of Gatlinburg Winter Magic, the City of Gatlinburg’s popular holiday lights program which is receiving a $1.5 million expansion.
To learn more about these and other events in Gatlinburg, call 800-56-VISIT (568-4748) or visit the Gatlinburg website at www.gatlinburg.com.
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