WELCOME PARADE FANS!

It is almost that time again: For the annual Lehigh Spring Festival Parade!

You may want to get your platform shoes, bell bottoms and leisure suits out of the closet, as we are going Disco this year with "STAYIN' ALIVE".

This year's theme will represent the endurance of Lehigh Acres and its wonderful citizens. Even with difficult economic times, we are standing strong and are "Stayin' Alive".

You can look forward to another spectacular, breathtaking and "grooving" Grand Parade, which will convert the center of Lehigh Acres into one giant disco. As in previous years, the parade will start as in promptly at 11:00 am, on Saturday, March 27, 2010, and will wind down Homestead Road between Beth Stacey Boulevard and Arthur Avenue.

The judge's tent and parade narrators will be located in front of the SunTrust Bank on Homestead Road. If you will be part of the parade, make sure to put your smile on, and show our judges that you deserve a trophy! If you will be just watching and enjoying the parade from the sidelines along Homestead Road, make sure you'll cheer on each and every parade participants as they make their way down the parade route. Our always cheerful and funny parade narrators, Danny Stephenson and Vicki Culver, will entertain you while enjoying the show. And who knows, Vicki might even bring a disco ball along!

Due to uncontrollable circumstances on our behalf, we had to make a few important changes, which mainly affects our valued parade participants. For the first time in the Festival's history, we had to implement a mandatory registration fee in the amount of $ 35.00. For 2010, the Lehigh Spring Festival is solely responsible to cover the entire costs for set-up and security prior, during and after the parade. Unfortunately we had to take these measures in order to partially cover our expenses, which we are responsible for. However, we decreased the amount for multiple vehicles to only $ 20.00.

I sure hope that you will enjoy the 2010 Spring Festival Parade and that you will join us at the Veterans Park for some great food, drinks and entertainment during our nine day Spring Festival. Don't forget, the festival will kick off on Friday, March 19, 2010!

We all look forward seeing you along the parade route or as a participant!

Sincerely,
Andy Reisinger
Parade Chairperson