Dowagiac Candlelight Christmas Parade lineup for Friday, Dec. 5, at 7:30 p.m.

Published 3:56 pm Friday, November 28, 2008

By Staff
1. Franklin Ward, portraying Town Crier, leads parade.
2. Dowagiac Police Department vehicle.
3. Coloma EMS ambulance.
4. Dowagiac Fire Department fire truck 1.
5. Dowagiac Fire Department fire truck 2.
6. Charlie Troop, 126th Cavalry marching unit.
7. Charlie Troop, 126th Calvary military vehicle 1.
8. Charlie Troop, 126th Calvary military vehicle 2.
9. Mayor Don Lyons and City Council car(s).
10. Dowagiac VFW Post 1855 Honor Guard marching unit.
11. Dowagiac Elks Lodge golf cart.
12. Debbie Peters, walking unit, portraying Mrs. Claus.
13. Bernie Laymon, portraying Santa's elf. Motorized unit.
14. Richard Veit of Coloma, walking, portraying Abe Lincoln.
15. Frosty the Snowman portrayed by Angie Frazier of Vincent J. Jewelers (car).
16. MOMS Club of Dowagiac marching unit.
17. Miss Michigan Teen Elizabeth Kolden (car).
18. Positively Dance performing unit.
19. John Touse of Constantine transporting in his carriage our Old-World Santa and winners of the Christmas Open House children's drawing: 10-year-old Sara Wright and 7-year-old John Hassle Jr.
20. Cub Scout Pack 531 marching unit.
21. Around the Clock Learning float.
22. Miss Dowagiac Scholarship Pageant contestants marching unit.
23. Open for late marching unit.
24. Eau Claire Bag Ladies van with music.
25. Advanced Limo 1 of Benton Harbor, transporting Bag Ladies.
26. Advanced Limo 2 transporting Bag Ladies.
27. Treasures Down Under of Cassopolis marching unit.
28. Treasurers Down Under car.
29. Encore Dance Company marching unit.
30. Red Hat Mamas of COA car.
31. Miss Decatur float.
32. Forest Glen Assisted Living van.
33. Girl Scouts Troop 731 float.
34. Patrick Hamilton Elementary School bus.
35. St. John's Lutheran Church float.
36. Wayne Township Fire Department truck 1.
37. Wayne Township Fire Department truck 2.
38. Dowagiac Little League float.
39. Judd Lumber Co. flatbed truck.
40. Cass County Prosecutor Victor Fitz car.
41. Pokagon Band Head Start float.
42. Pamida float.
43. Dowagiac Middle School Band.
44. Miss Niles/Brandywine float.
45. Williams A-1 Expert Tree Service unit 1.
46. Williams A-1 Expert Tree Service unit 2.
47. Mechanicsburg 4-H Club float.
48. Hillview Farms of Dowagiac grain truck.
49. Federated Covenant Church float.
50. Pokagon Volunteer Fire Department truck 1.
51. Pokagon Volunteer Fire Department truck 2.
52. C. Wimberley Auto Group transporting Ronald McDonald.
53. C. Wimberley Auto Group transporting second costumed character from McDonald's restaurant.
54. Word of Life Family Church float from Cassopolis.
55. Pleasant Valley Church motorized vehicle.
56. The Smile Center float from Cassopolis.
57. Mr. and Ms. Riverfest from Niles car.
58. SMC Symphonic Band on flatbed trailer.
59. Four Flags Apple Festival float from Niles.
60. Sister Lakes Fire Department EMS.
61. Sister Lakes Fire Department truck 1.
62. Sister Lakes Fire Department truck 2.
63. 4-W 4-H float.
64. Cass/St. Joe County Scholarship Pageant with Queen Cally Hass and Outstanding Teen Lacey Stanage (car).
65. Dowagiac Area Federal Credit Union float.
66. Open for late motorized unit.
67. Silver Creek Township police vehicle.
68. Borgess-Lee Memorial Hospital float.
69. Dowagiac Chieftain Marching Band.
70. Miss Dowagiac Scholarship Pageant float with 2008 queen Lori Key and her court.
71. Twistee's float.
72. Southwest Michigan Scholarship Program with Miss Southwest Michigan 2009 Megan Goodenough and Miss Southwest Michigan Teen Taylor Bonds (car).
73. First Christian Church float.
74. Miss Cassopolis 2009 Emily Phillips and court in a horse-drawn carriage.
75. Penn Friends Church Liturgical Dance Ministry float.
76. Patty Yoder and Stables at the Patch horse unit.
77. Open for late motorized unit.
78. Pokagon Tribal Police SUV.
79. Hospice Care of Southwest Michigan float.
80. Berrien Teachers Credit Union motorized unit.
81. Dowagiac VFW Post 1855 float.
82. Dowagiac VFW Men's Auxiliary represented by Mike Szymonski and family in a horse-drawn carriage.
83. First United Methodist Church float.
84. North Red Hill 4-H float.
85. North Red Hill 4-H horse unit.
86. Luxury Limos of Michiana.
87. Keene's Auto Body and Sales motorized unit.
88. Niles Haunted House Scream Park's 1970s funeral hearse.
89. Midwest Energy Cooperative with costumed character Buddy Bolt.
90. Midwest Propane with costumed character Gordy Gas.
91. Second Baptist Church van.
92. Swann Boxing Square truck.
93.Alice Swann car.
94. Relay for Life of Cass County motorized unit.
95. Aaron's Sales and Leasing delivery truck.
96. Caldwell's Tree Service bucket truck.
97. Open for late motorized or horse unit.
98. Indian Lake Fire Department truck 1.
99. Indian Lake Fire Department truck 2.
100. Indiana Michigan Power with costumed character Louie the Lightning Bug and friends bucket truck.
101. JK Enterprise semi-trailer.
102. Charles Miller Sons Trucking semi-trailer.
103. True's Towing.
104. Open for late motorized or horse unit.
105. Cass County Sheriff's Office vehicle.