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The 2010 Carolinas' Thanksgiving Day Parade will take place on Thursday, November 25. Information on sponsorship opportunities and participation in this year's parade will be posted to this website soon. Stay tuned!

The 2009 Carolinas' Thanksgiving Day Parade marched in uptown Charlotte at 10 A.M. on Thursday, November 26, 2009! In 2008, we were recognized as the fourth largest Thanksgiving Parade in the United States, and this year's parade was even larger!

Over 120 units participated in this year's parade, including -- for the first time -- a giant Turkey Balloon. Mr. Turkey had to bend way over at some spots along the parade route to avoid the power lines and traffic lights, but he made a grand debut.

Thanks to everyone who participated, and thanks to everyone who came uptown to see the parade in person and who watched it at 1pm on WBTV. The parade will be re-broadcast on WBTV from 5 to 7 AM on Christmas morning.

Our Carrousel Scholarship Awards Ceremony took place on Wednesday, November 25, 2009, at the Charlotte Marriott City Center. Click on "winners" (above) to see the names of our 2009 Carrousel Scholarship Winners and the winners of our Parade Band Awards.

Carolinas' Carrousel, Inc. is now on Facebook. Check out the page and become a fan of Carolinas' Carrousel and the Carolinas' Thanksgiving Day Parade!

 

2009 Parade Participants
(to date-in alphabetical order)

AAA Car Care

Area 15 Art Car

Ashe County Husky Vanguard Marching Band-Class A Award Winner

Autobell Car Wash

Bailey Brass Band

Bailey Concert Band

Belk

Bimbo Bakeries

Bobcat Models Kids

Bojangles

Cadet Steppers

Captain Jack-May 20th Society

Caribbean Cultural Initiative

Carolina Clowns

Carolina Dogwood Queen Laura A. Page

Carolina Raptor Center

Carolina Thunder

Carolinas Aviation Museum

Carrousel Queen & Court

Carrousel Representatives

CPI Security Systems

Charlotte Bobcats

Charlotte District Marching Band

Charlotte Fire Department

Charlotte Scooter Cult

City Coach Company Vintage Bus

Clean Air Carolina

CPCC

Creative Ej

DEI Corvette & Hauler

The DiMuzio Brothers

Drills of Hope-Step & Drill Award Winner

Druid Hills Neighborhood Assoc.

DrumSTRONG

Duke Energy

East Burke HS Cavalier Marching Band-Spirit of Carrousel and Class AAA Award Winner

Fifth Third Bank

Garinger Marching Blue Funk Sound Machine

Greenville CYO Marching Corps-Step & Rhythm Award Winner

Grier Hts. Community Steppers

Gus the Talking Bus

High Strollers Stilt Walker

Homer the Dragon

HUHS Marching Band of Gold

Hung Gar Kung Fu Academy
Independence HS Marching Patriots

James Martin Middle School Step Team

Kiss 95.1/K104.7

LEGOS Adventure Tour

Little Miss NC State Queens

Lug Nut

Mariachi Guadalupano

McDonald's Big Red Shoe

Mecklenburg County Park & Rec

Mecklenburg County Sheriff's Department

Memories of Mayberry--Barney & Gomer

Miss Mecklenburg County Queens

Myers Park HS Marching Mustangs

NASCAR Hall of Fame

North Carolina Outstanding Teen Katherine Puryear

NC Rhododendron Queen Liddy Matthews

NC State Cinderella Scholarship Pageant

NC Youth Football League Cheerleaders

Oasis Shrine Wagoneers

PAL Cheer Squads

PET Dairies--Scenic Segways

Phillip O. Berry Marching Cardinals

Pirates Against MS

Piedmont Natural Gas

Providence HS Pride of Providence Marching Band-Class AA Award Winner

Puerto Rican Cultural Society

Raggs

Razzle the Clown

Seemore Goodstuff

Sir Purr

Sky Hy Steppers

Time Warner Cable

Twisted Entertainment

US Nat'l. Whitewater Center

Wells Fargo Stagecoach

West Charlotte HS Alumni Association

West Charlotte HS Cheerleaders

West Charlotte HS Marching Band

West Mecklenburg HS Marching Band

WBTV Personalities

WBAV/WPEG

WGIV

WTVI
YMCA Y-Guides


Parade Pictures
Photos from the 2009 Carolinas' Thanksgiving Day Parade and the
Carrousel Scholarship Awards Ceremony are available for viewing and purchase by visiting:

Select: Holiday Events & Misc Pageants>Carolinas' Carrousel Pageant and Parade. After that, choose from various awards ceremony and parade galleries.

   

This project was made possible, in part, with funding by the Arts & Science Council and the North Carolina Arts Council, an agency of the Department of Cultural Resources, and the National Endowment for the Arts,

which believes that a great nation deserves great art.

 

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Phone - 704.525.0250 -- Fax 704.525.0230
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