Enjoy Our Annual Holiday Boat Parades
Posted December 07, 2009
Looking for something fun to do this festive time of the year ? Sarasota, Bradenton and Venice all offer many family-fun events. One of them occuring this coming weekend is the Bradenton Yacht Club Holiday Boat Parade. Come see, or, if you have a boat, take part in the Annual
Bradenton Yacht Club Holiday Boat parade.
Sarasota and Venice host equally spectacular holiday boat parades this time of year.
The Bradenton Yacht Club Holiday Boat Parade takes place in Palmetto on the Manatee River. There's no fee to enter and it is open to all boat owners; power boats, sailboats and every sort of watercraft.
To join in with your own boat, you need to attend the mandatory captain's meeting on the previous Monday and then decorate your boat and show up on December 12th.
This year's chairperson for the yacht club event mentioned some of the many awards available at this year's event. For those entering for the first time and hoping to win one of the awards, she noted that
there are, of course, the typical judging categories for things like boat size, best corporate entry and best theme boat. But, she also mentioned that there are usually also "surprise awards"
that may be given for things like the liveliest crew or other attributes that strike the judges fancy at the time.
There will be several locations for spectator viewing at the yacht club as well as along the river.
The parade will end at the Bradenton Yacht Club where the decorated boats will be on display for judging and participating boat captains and their crews will enjoy a VIP celebration among all the hoopla and family-fun activities
including music by Backyard Bone and a visit by Santa.
Holiday boat parades, like so many other events that occur during all seasons of the year, are examples of why the Sarasota Sun Coast
is such a wonderful place to live. Other delightful events this time of year include the Selby Gardens "Lights in Bloom," a spectacular display of colorful lights and a wide range of entertainment, the annual Pineapple Drop at Midnight on New Years’ Eve in downtown Sarasota,
The PAL Sailor's Circus and the Siesta Key Beach Snowbirds Fine Arts & Crafts Show and St. Armands Winter Art Festival
in early January.
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