Parade News

When you have an event as fun as the Lights of Lugoff everybody wins.  The spectators, participants, the city, and all involved get to enjoy one of the best holiday events in the midlands.  However, some people get to be a little more winninger (it’s a word, we promise!  No need to look it up, you can trust us…) than others.  Here are this year’s parade winners!

• Best Overall:  Pine Grove Baptist Church
• Best Overall Professional Float: Hospice Care of Tri-County sponsored by Jeff Gainey Lube
• Best Overall Non-Professional Float:  Carolina Performing Arts
• Best Use of Lights:  Value Pest
• Frank Rabon Jr. Spirit Award:  Powers & Gregory
• Best Church:  Rowan Presbyterian
• Best School:  Lugoff Elementary
• Best Civic Group:  Kiwanis
• Optimist Choice:  Patterson School of Dance
• Optimist Choice Youth Performance Award:  Kershaw County Show Choir

Congratulations to all our winners and everyone involved with the Lights of Lugoff Christmas Parade!

Thank you to all of our sponsors that help make the Lights of Lugoff parade a success!

• Carolina Chrysler Jeep Dodge
• Great Falls Propane
• Heritage Chevrolet Buick GMC
• Johnson’s Transmission
• Kershaw Health
• Lugoff House of Pizza
• Lugoff Paint & Body
• Lugoff Ford/Toyota
• Mark Williams Collision
• NBSC
• Powers and Gregory
• Powers Funeral Home
• Sentinel Health Partners
• Sonic
• SneakySanta.Com
• Sub Station 2
• Truvista
• Wolfe Mechanical
• East Coast Special Tees
• Frank Rabon Construction
• Mitch Rabon Realty
• Outlaw Signs

The 2011 Lights of Lugoff Parade Lineup has been posted and it figures to be the best year for the parade yet! The participants in the parade have increased by 20% over last year and we’ve got familiar faces and all new participants joining the fun this year. You’ll see Horses, Dancers, and Robots oh my! More rapid than eagles the ambulances will come, with “The Big Guy” anchoring all of the fun. Now cheerleaders, now churches, now schools, and all the rest of ya’ll. Now dash away, dash away, all to the Lights of Lugoff Parade this Saturday, December 10th, at 7:00 PM! Santa says bring a jacket too!

Nine out of ten trick-or-treaters agree, the next best thing after a huge haul of candy on Halloween night is getting ready for the Lights of Lugoff Christmas Parade! We’re in our fourth season of Kershaw County’s only night time Christmas Parade and we can’t wait to see all the floats this year.

Planning is underway, and we have just added the details, guidelines, and forms to the site today. We’d love to see YOUR float in the parade this year so start thinking about how creative you can get and send in your form by December 8. Don’t forget to save some room for candy canes while you are munching on all that Halloween candy, and let us be the first to say Merry Christmas!

The 2010 edition of the Lights of Lugoff Christmas Parade was another fun-filled experience for everyone involved, from the participants to the spectators. Picking the best entries in the parade is like picking your favorite child, it just can’t be done! However, since every parade is required by law to pick the best of the best, we give you the 2010 Lights of Lugoff Christmas parade award winners:

Best Over All: Friendship Baptist Church
Over all Non-Professional: Allure Salon and Day Spa
Over all Professional: Fine Arts Center of Kershaw County sponsored by First Palmetto Savings Bank
Frank Rabon Spirit Award: Sheriff Elect Jim Mathews
Best Use of Lights: K & B Mechanical, LLC
Best School: Lugoff Elementary School
Best Church: Wildwood Worship Center
Best Civic Group: Lugoff Elgin High School Key Club
Optimist Choice Award: Vet Medicine and Surgery sponsored by Speedy, Tanner and Atkinson

Congratulations to all the winners, parade participants and spectators for making this year better than ever!

Light up your holiday season and join in the fun at Kershaw County’s only night time Christmas Parade!!

Planning is underway for the third annual “Lights of Lugoff Christmas Parade,” sponsored by the Lugoff Optimist Club, and excitement is in the air. The lights of a night time parade are magical for young and old. What better way to showcase your club, school, business, church, etc. So start brainstorming now for ideas, send in your entry form and join us as we celebrate the season in Lights!

We would like to thank all of our sponsors below that help us to put together the Lights of Lugoff Christmas Parade!

Everyone! Everyone who attended the 2009 Lights of Lugoff Christmas parade that is. Despite cold temperatures at start time the parade was a big success with more parade floats than 2008 and a huge crowd that enjoyed the sights and sounds of this year’s parade. A good time was had by all and the judges have decided that all the parade entrants were winners and the following floats were EXTRA special:

Best Overall: Patterson School of Dance
Best Overall Professional Float: Fitness Zone
Best Overall Non-Professional Float: Jim Matthews for Sheriff
Spirit Award: Friendship Baptist Church
Best Use of Lights: ValuePest.Com
Optimist Choice Award: Lugoff First Baptist Church

If you have any comments or suggestions related to the Lights of Lugoff Parade, please contact Sherri Barrett at sherri@camdenheartcare.com.

….and there is a whole lot of stirring going on. Parade participants are making last minute preparations to get ready for the big event tomorrow. If you are participating in the parade please take a look at the “NIGHT OF THE PARADE” document below to get the information you need for where to be at what time, where to park, etc.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION REGARDING NIGHT OF THE PARADE

You can view the order of the floats in the parade by clicking the link below:
2009 Parade Line Up Order