Parade

Christmas on parade (12/06/11)
Locals flooded the Shelbyville square and parts of North Main and Madison streets on Saturday to watch the annual Christmas parade, which is sponsored by the Shelbyville Jaycees. A new time (it started at 4 p.m.) along with beautiful weather were likely factors in the great attendance of this year's parade...

Christmas Parade ready to roll Saturday (12/02/11)
The 38th annual Shelbyville Christmas Parade, sponsored by Shelbyville Jaycees and Shelbyville & Bedford County Chamber of Commerce, will be held at 4 p.m. on Saturday with a rain date of 2 p.m. Sunday. The theme will be "Old Fashion Christmas," and State Sen. Jim Tracy will serve as grand marshal...

'Old Fashion Christmas' Parade set for Dec. 3 (11/08/11)
The 38th annual Shelbyville Christmas Parade, sponsored by Shelbyville Jaycees and Shelbyville & Bedford County Chamber of Commerce, will be held 4 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 3, with a rain date of 2 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 4. The theme will be "Old Fashion Christmas."...

Cannon seen in national ad (12/23/10)
Sharp-eyed Times-Gazette readers might have seen a local face in Sunday's issue of Parade magazine, which is included in the print edition of the Times-Gazette and more than 500 other newspapers each week. Calvin Cannon, whose program to provide prom tuxedoes to needy young men received a grant from the Pepsi Refresh Project, can be seen in a montage of grant recipients on the first page of a two-page Pepsi ad in the magazine. ...

Floats, runners team for a perfect parade (12/07/10)
Sweet Pea Academy Preschool's float won the Grand Marshal's award in Saturday's Shelbyville Christmas Parade. First place went to Pleasant Grove United Methodist Church with Pam Smith Painting and Shelbyville Parks and Recreation Department taking second and third respectively. See more photos in Wednesday's Times-Gazette and a photo gallery and video now on www.t-g.com...

Marines aren't playing around about toys (11/28/10)
When the 37th annual Shelbyville & Bedford County Christmas Parade passes through town Saturday afternoon, expect to see a lot of uniforms. Police officers and firefighters will be in uniform, of course, and so will the marching bands. But one uniform to keep an eye out for is that of the United States Marine Corps...

Special flag will fly for veterans (11/09/10)
The annual Veterans Day parade, beginning at 6 p.m. Thursday, will include a special ceremony in front of the Bedford County Veterans Memorial on the square. An Army Ranger who has fought twice in Afghanistan has provided a flag flown in battle which will be raised to half-staff at the memorial once the parade arrives. Bedford County Mayor Eugene Ray will read a special proclamation, and then the flag will be taken down and ceremonially folded...

Back on the march (10/28/10)
All three high school bands are expected to participate in this year's Veterans Day parade, local Veterans Service Officer Gordon Warren said on Wednesday. The parade will be held Nov. 11 starting at 6 p.m. The bands were a focus of controversy last year, when Veterans Day fell on a Wednesday and band directors declined to participate. ...

Horseback rider celebrates too much (12/08/09)
One of the many horse riders in Saturday night's Christmas parade was arrested for public intoxication after passing out on her mount, Shelbyville police said. Officers were notified of a possibly-intoxicated woman "wearing a red coat who was riding on a white horse" on the Shelbyville square...

Today is deadline to enter city's annual parade (12/01/09)
Today is the deadline for entries for Saturday's 36th Annual Christmas Parade, sponsored by Shelbyville Jaycees and Shelbyville & Bedford County Chamber of Commerce. "Candy Canes and Christmas Carols" will be the theme of this year's event. Tiffany Stephens of Shelbyville Jaycees said entries are coming in well; as of 8 a.m. today, about 100 had been turned in, comparable to past parades...

Veterans Day Parade to roll without bands (11/11/09)
Bedford County's Veterans Day Parade will begin at 6 tonight along the normal parade route. The parade will form at the intersection of Lane Parkway and Cannon Boulevard, proceeding south on Cannon to Holland, east on Holland to the square, north on Main to Madison and then east on Madison to Celebration Drive...

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