Family and friends brought together to watch Holiday Caravan
Published 12:10 am Thursday, November 24, 2016
Bayada Home Health float. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
N. Main Baptist Church Bethlehem Marketplace. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Grand Marshall Janet Ward Black. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
3 year old Stella Guyer eating cotton candy. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
East Rowan cheerleaders. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
West Rowan Band. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Graceless Thomas, 9 years old. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Center Stage Dance Company, photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Oasis Shriners Hillbilly Unit. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Oasis Shriners Hillbilly Unit. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Unicycles. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Rowan County veterans. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Center Stage Dance Company, photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Southern Style Cloggers. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Spotlight Dance company photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Miss Holiday Caravan Adrianna Kelsey. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Miss Weather Girl Amarriya Harris. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Livingstone Band drum major. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Livingstone Band photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Livingstone Band photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Sir Purr. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
1887 Calliope. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
The Pointe Dance company. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Keeping warm at the parade. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Sacred Heart float. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
West Rowan FFA float. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
East Rowan Band plays in the 2016 Holiday Caravan. Photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Triple Threat Dance and Charm dancers in the Holiday Caravan. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Salisbury Pediatric Dentistry float. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury
Spotlight Dance company float. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Spotlight Dance company photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Carolina Pipe Cleaning truck. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Carolinas Health Care System float. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Carolinas Health Care System float. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Oasis Band. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Happy's Farms train. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
North Rowan ROTC. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Catawba dance team. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Salisbury High JrRotc Air Force team. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Unicycles. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Transformation Church float. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Santa and Mrs. Claus. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury post
Mr and Miss Catawba. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Rowan County American Legion 2016 team. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Unicycles. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
North Rowan band. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
North Rowan band. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
North Rowan band. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
NC Transportation Ghost train horns. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Gemstones Academy and Compass float. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
You Nique Starz Dance team photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Kimbrell's Furniture float. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Giving out Free Hugs on the parade route. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Miss Rowan County Mary Scott Norris, and Miss Rowan Carolina Princess Ally Davis. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Bank of NC float. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Rowan girls Little League Softball champions. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Salisbury Fire Dept Marchers. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Salisbury Fire Dept Marchers. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury
Novant Heart and The Forum float. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury post
Wayne Correll with Athena and Adivah and Leslie Jones . the girls had mermaids. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury post
Piedmont Pistons. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
West Rowan band. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Big crowd. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
East Rowan band. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Jackson Joyce, 9 years old . photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Happy's Farm train in the 2016 Holiday Caravan. Photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Harding University High Band participates in the 2016 Holiday Caravan. Photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
Harding University High Band. photo by Wayne Hinshaw, for the Salisbury Post
By Amanda Raymond
amanda.raymond@salisburypost.com
SALISBURY — Mamie Fleming went to this year’s Holiday Caravan with her two daughters. She has lived in Salisbury for her whole life and has come to the parade every year.
She said it’s a time to see people she might not have seen all year.
“If we don’t get together any other time, this is when we do,” she said.
Many others used Wednesday’s 57th annual Holiday Caravan to reconnect with family and friends. It started at 2 p.m. in Spencer and rolled into Salisbury at 3 p.m.
More than 130 organizations and businesses rode, danced and marched down Main Street as hundreds of people crowded sidewalks to watch.
Janet Ward Black, attorney and principal owner of Ward Black Law in Greensboro, was this year’s grand marshal.
Adrianna Kelsey served as Miss Holiday Caravan, with Destiny Lutz and Hannah Mayhew serving as first and second runner up, respectively. Amarriya Harris was Miss Weather Girl.
Food Lion was the presenting sponsor.
The cloudy day was a crisp 58 degrees when the parade started and most people were fine with sweaters and sweatshirts. Some had blankets wrapped around their shoulders or flung out on the ground to sit on.
Businesses and organizations brought out colorful floats and donned holiday costumes. Some played music while others threw out candy. Kings and queens waved from vehicles and police and fire department vehicles blared their sirens.
Cassandra Kluttz and her family and friends set up chairs and blankets an hour before the parade. She said they always try to set up in the same spot. They even coordinate who is bringing lunch and snacks.
“We have a system,” Kluttz said.
Kluttz said she usually comes to support her family and friends participating in the parade.
Sabrina Hepler, who brought her 6-year-old daughter to the parade, said she likes watching the floats go by and she loves the bands.
Bands from Livingstone College and Vance High School could be heard long before they were seen. Other high school bands also played during the parade.
People on the sidewalks called out to friends and family members on floats and enjoyed cotton candy and funnel cakes from nearby vendors.
Fleming said she enjoys events like the parade because it unites the community.
“We need to stick together, we need to be together,” she said.
Kluttz said she likes seeing how happy the candy and seeing Santa Claus makes the children. She said the parade helps support local businesses, along with bringing people together.
“It reminds us that the whole town’s a family,” she said.
The parade will be broadcasted on WAXN-TV64 on Dec. 11 at 10:30 a.m.
Contact reporter Amanda Raymond at 704-797-4222.
