(SC) Dec. 11 - Town of MP Christmas Light Parade
Posted: Fri Dec 16, 2016 11:55 am
Date:
12/11/2016
Location:
Town of Mount Pleasant,
South Carolina
Description of Event:
This was the 21st Annual Town of Mount Pleasant Christmas Light Parade. This event was held at night offering a unique opportunity to light up our float and march in a nightime Christmas Parade.
Initially, we were just going to through together a small float on a 20 foot trailer. However, this grew to something much larger. As we started to work on the design and construction of the float, we decided we needed more space and used a 40 foot tractor trailer. Many hours and days were spent on the design of this thing and getting all of the necessary supplies. Many people contributed time, money, supplies, materials, etc...
By the time we were finished, we had a spectacular float. It was a made up scene on Endor with an AT-ST and Tie-Fighter as the main pieces. There are plenty of pictures below.
Once the parade began, we were accompanied by a 9-minute collage of Star Wars music, including the Imperial March, the opening theme song and 2 others. You could here the music about 0.25 milers prior to us getting to your location. We had a flag bearer leading the parade, with Kylo Ren at the point. Afterwhich, we had Stormtroopers lined up by rank (Orange Pauldrons, followed by Black Pauldrons, etc...). We had Scouttroopers (Biker Scouts), Shadowtroopers, jedi, rebels, X-Wing Pilot, AT-ST driver, leia, etc.... in the parade. The float itself followed the procession with R2-D2 at the helm and Leia waving to everyone and a full size Ewok playing the helmet drums. I could go on and on, but you will have to see the pictures below to get the full effect.
As of the date of this mission report, we have won the Community Float Competition and should wIn the Peoples Choice Award. As we walked, everyone cheered and may high fives were given. The crowd was 3 to 5 rows thick for 2.5 miles. It was an awesome experience and we had great weather.
We will be repeating this event next year and the Town of MP will be expecting an even better float and more Star Wars Characters. I strongly encourage everyone in our Garrison to attend this next year. Maybe we will build an AT-AT for this next one. You never know.
Approximately 15,000 people attended.
Did this event support a charity? If yes, which charity?:
No.
Event Length (Hours):
Setup started at 12:00 noon and breakdown was complete around 10:00 pm. Marching time was approximately 1 hour. Plus setup prior to the event was a couple hundred hours.
Carolina Garrison Members in Attendance:
1. Shawn Cantey (Heavy Weapons Trooper)
2. Taylor Seay (Biker Scout)
3. Genna Bain (Kylo Ren)
5. Stuart Eaker (ESB TK)
6. Rusty Meyer (ESB TK)
7. Chris Gould (Biker Scout)
8. Jason Boyd (Sandtrooper)
9. Conrad Stayton (ESB TK)
10. Brian Storey (AT-ST Driver)
11. Jeff Lewis (ANH TK Stunt)
12. Ryan McGee (ANH TK)
13. Frankie Gore (Tie Pilot Reserve)
14. Marc Sinclair (ESB TK)
15. Ryder Cantey (Kid Scout Trooper)
16. Andrew Wendt(sp?) (Shadow Trooper)
17. Chris Prestero (Shadow Trooper)
Handlers:
1. Amy Cantey (Hand out Candy)
2. Brooklyn Cantey (Hand Out Candy)
3. Delaney Cantey (Rey - Hand out Candy)
4. I know there were more (send me a PM if you know names of the additional)
Crossover Attendees from the Rebel Legion / R2 Builders Club / Mando Mercs:
. Caroline Boyd (Endor Leia - Rebel Legion / Blue Ridge Base)
2. Chad Varn (Jedi - Rebel Legion / Blue Ridge Base)
3. Brad Butler (X-Wing Pilot - Rebel Legion / Blue Ridge Base)
4. Edward Reed (R2-D2 - R2 Builders Club)
IF I MISSED ANYONE, I APOLOGIZE. PLEASE PM ME.
Check out some of the event photos below:
Photo of the group (minus a few) just before we started. What a bunch of handsome looking people.
A collage of pictures.
Early construction photo at the time of initial planning. Thankyou to Rusty Myers for allowing us to use his backyard.
Setup photos at the Omar Shrine Temple. We had to completely setup the float before moving into position.
Getting R2-D2 on the float only took about 7 people.
The Ewok had gotten to the top of the AT-ST (now what?)
We then moved the float to our starting point #24 out of 120 spots..
A few clouds rolled in, in preparation for the Empire's invasion.
All lined up and ready to go.
All of us had some sort of lights on us.
It's never to young to start the adventure....My 7 year old son in his scouttrooper (Galactic Academy TB 2418)
The procession began.....
That is one brave Rebel X-Wing Pilot to be around all of these Stormtroopers...
On of my favorite pictures.
12/11/2016
Location:
Town of Mount Pleasant,
South Carolina
Description of Event:
This was the 21st Annual Town of Mount Pleasant Christmas Light Parade. This event was held at night offering a unique opportunity to light up our float and march in a nightime Christmas Parade.
Initially, we were just going to through together a small float on a 20 foot trailer. However, this grew to something much larger. As we started to work on the design and construction of the float, we decided we needed more space and used a 40 foot tractor trailer. Many hours and days were spent on the design of this thing and getting all of the necessary supplies. Many people contributed time, money, supplies, materials, etc...
By the time we were finished, we had a spectacular float. It was a made up scene on Endor with an AT-ST and Tie-Fighter as the main pieces. There are plenty of pictures below.
Once the parade began, we were accompanied by a 9-minute collage of Star Wars music, including the Imperial March, the opening theme song and 2 others. You could here the music about 0.25 milers prior to us getting to your location. We had a flag bearer leading the parade, with Kylo Ren at the point. Afterwhich, we had Stormtroopers lined up by rank (Orange Pauldrons, followed by Black Pauldrons, etc...). We had Scouttroopers (Biker Scouts), Shadowtroopers, jedi, rebels, X-Wing Pilot, AT-ST driver, leia, etc.... in the parade. The float itself followed the procession with R2-D2 at the helm and Leia waving to everyone and a full size Ewok playing the helmet drums. I could go on and on, but you will have to see the pictures below to get the full effect.
As of the date of this mission report, we have won the Community Float Competition and should wIn the Peoples Choice Award. As we walked, everyone cheered and may high fives were given. The crowd was 3 to 5 rows thick for 2.5 miles. It was an awesome experience and we had great weather.
We will be repeating this event next year and the Town of MP will be expecting an even better float and more Star Wars Characters. I strongly encourage everyone in our Garrison to attend this next year. Maybe we will build an AT-AT for this next one. You never know.
Approximately 15,000 people attended.
Did this event support a charity? If yes, which charity?:
No.
Event Length (Hours):
Setup started at 12:00 noon and breakdown was complete around 10:00 pm. Marching time was approximately 1 hour. Plus setup prior to the event was a couple hundred hours.
Carolina Garrison Members in Attendance:
1. Shawn Cantey (Heavy Weapons Trooper)
2. Taylor Seay (Biker Scout)
3. Genna Bain (Kylo Ren)
5. Stuart Eaker (ESB TK)
6. Rusty Meyer (ESB TK)
7. Chris Gould (Biker Scout)
8. Jason Boyd (Sandtrooper)
9. Conrad Stayton (ESB TK)
10. Brian Storey (AT-ST Driver)
11. Jeff Lewis (ANH TK Stunt)
12. Ryan McGee (ANH TK)
13. Frankie Gore (Tie Pilot Reserve)
14. Marc Sinclair (ESB TK)
15. Ryder Cantey (Kid Scout Trooper)
16. Andrew Wendt(sp?) (Shadow Trooper)
17. Chris Prestero (Shadow Trooper)
Handlers:
1. Amy Cantey (Hand out Candy)
2. Brooklyn Cantey (Hand Out Candy)
3. Delaney Cantey (Rey - Hand out Candy)
4. I know there were more (send me a PM if you know names of the additional)
Crossover Attendees from the Rebel Legion / R2 Builders Club / Mando Mercs:
. Caroline Boyd (Endor Leia - Rebel Legion / Blue Ridge Base)
2. Chad Varn (Jedi - Rebel Legion / Blue Ridge Base)
3. Brad Butler (X-Wing Pilot - Rebel Legion / Blue Ridge Base)
4. Edward Reed (R2-D2 - R2 Builders Club)
IF I MISSED ANYONE, I APOLOGIZE. PLEASE PM ME.
Check out some of the event photos below:
Photo of the group (minus a few) just before we started. What a bunch of handsome looking people.
A collage of pictures.
Early construction photo at the time of initial planning. Thankyou to Rusty Myers for allowing us to use his backyard.
Setup photos at the Omar Shrine Temple. We had to completely setup the float before moving into position.
Getting R2-D2 on the float only took about 7 people.
The Ewok had gotten to the top of the AT-ST (now what?)
We then moved the float to our starting point #24 out of 120 spots..
A few clouds rolled in, in preparation for the Empire's invasion.
All lined up and ready to go.
All of us had some sort of lights on us.
It's never to young to start the adventure....My 7 year old son in his scouttrooper (Galactic Academy TB 2418)
The procession began.....
That is one brave Rebel X-Wing Pilot to be around all of these Stormtroopers...
On of my favorite pictures.
