The Robins Regional Chamber is pleased to announce that the 57^th Annual Robins Regional Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade will be held on Saturday, December 6, 2014.  Featured as Grand Marshal this year will be local musician and rising star, Jared “Jarod” Cotton, who was a former contestant on American Idol.  Cotton is a graduate of Houstuon County High and will be featured on the very first float of the parade.  The big event begins at 10:00 a.m. at the intersection of N. Houston Road and Watson Blvd.

Themed “A Star-Spangled Christmas,” this year’s parade is geared toward the spirit of Christmas from a patriotic perspective.  Enabling sponsor for the 2014 parade is the United Pastors Fellowship.  As incentive to enhance the competition for those vying for best in show for each category, participants are encouraged to use their imagination with theme-related decoration, creativity, originality and of course, music!  Last year the Grand Marshal Award, judged by the Chamber’s Parade Committee, was awarded to Just the Girls.  They will again follow this year’s Grand Marshal in the parade line-up.  The parade units will be judged by a select group of business and community members.  Other associate sponsors for this year’s parade include Flint Energies and iHeart Media, Inc. 

The Robins Regional Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade is one of Georgia's largest Christmas holiday events and provides a great opportunity for area organizations and businesses to gain valuable exposure and show off their community spirit.  Each year thousands of community members attend this much anticipated holiday event where business owners, educational organizations and recreational entities unite in an effort to make the season jolly!  In addition to the thousands of spectators attending in person, radio listeners will be able to listen live to the parade broadcast on local stations and television viewers will once again be able to watch the broadcast on 13WMAZ and 13WMAZ.com. 

Entries include: Vehicles; marching units; creative floats; leased or pre-decorated floats; and vehicle clubs.  Registration is officially closed for the 2014 Christmas parade, but the Chamber invites everyone to come out and watch this exciting extravaganza as nearly 130 units parade down Watson Boulevard on December 6^th!

The Robins Regional Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade is an annual project of the Chamber's Community Affairs Division, led this year by Priscilla Raffield, Houston Healthcare.  Fritz Marggraff of Progressive Consulting Technologies, Inc. is the Christmas Parade Chairman.  For more information, please call the Robins Regional Chamber at 478.922.8585.