Register Now for McLean Winterfest 2014

McLean WinterFest has opened registration for this year’s holiday parade, which will be held on Sunday, Dec. 7 at 3:30 p.m. on Old Chain Bridge Road.

Groups interested in participating in the parade should go to www.mcleanwinterfest.org to complete the registration information and submit it to parade officials. Each entrant will receive confirmation of their registration with this year’s parade rules. Registrations will be accepted until Nov. 18.

“Our parade date last year smacked into Thanksgiving weekend,” said Clyde Clark of the WinterFest parade committee and former chief of the McLean Volunteer Fire Department. “We’re glad we don’t have that obstacle to overcome this year. And we’ll again be giving away WinterFest balloons and parade reminders at our annual McLean Volunteer Fire Department Open House on Saturday, October 11th.”

This year’s parade promises to be bigger and even better than last year. The parade will start at Old Chain Bridge Road at Fleetwood Road and march to Elm Street, as it has in years past. Food trucks that have already confirmed their participation this year will be:

• Mama’s Donut Bites
• Doug the Food Dude
• DC Sliders & Dogs

On-stage holiday acts will again precede the parade stepping off. Those interested in participating in the pre-parade entertainment should contact Maureen Scholz at mscholz@mcleaninsurance.com.

Parade fans can “Like” McLean Winterfest on Facebook and follow on Twitter as the excitement mounts for WinterFest 2014. Connect on the WinterFest web site at www.mcleanwinterfest.org.

PHOTO from WinterFest 2013; courtesy of organizers