The Gubby’s Ho Ho Hoe-Down Holiday Parade!
Leading off with the RhyDin High School Majorettes, the Dragons Marching Band will perform “Electric Hoe-down” on entirely acoustic instruments - introducing this year’s holiday parade theme: Down Home Holidays! Bring all the tacky and kitsch fun and march in the parade!
Starting at the Marketplace downtown, the Parade will end at the Winter Wonderland holiday festival, where parade participants and audience alike may enjoy the sights and smells and tastes of the holidays.
The Society of Practical Krampus will be collecting bad children as they make their way down the parade route, and the Haxxan Choreographed Witches will be stirring the pot as they groove on down the road. Jólakötturinn, the Yule Cat, a giant fluffy tabby of DOOM, will be making sure that everyone has gotten new clothing for the Holiday, too!
Hotei-osho, one of the seven gods of Fortune, portrayed by our own Eregor, will be riding in a vintage convertible Datsun Fairlady and tossing small stuffed animals and good fortune as he heads down the parade. Hanukkah Harry will toss out geld from a classic Pontiac Firebird Trans Am.
Our fearless Governor Pharlen VonTombs will be riding in the iconic Beverly Hillbillies open truck, tossing candies to the crowd from a precariously perched rocking chair, with her husband Jack VonTombs driving and her children secured in various places on the truck.
Bringing up the end of the parade will be our own Shirtless Santa, Jochin Nagadari, who will be in a glorious red convertible Dodge Phoenix drawn by eight gorgeous Centaur lads and lasses! They will be tossing candy canes, holiday themed beads and crackers to the crowd, and later, will pose for photos with all the holiday icons!
There will be free hot chocolate, cookies, and coffee for parade goers and participants alike at the Winter Wonderland main area! Jólakötturinn will oversee the handing out of coats, scarves, hats, and gloves to those that need them.
So: Bring your wagons, your dance troupes, your youth club groups, your classic cars, your bikes and trikes and dancing dogs! All faiths and none are entirely welcome! Sign up and get into formation, the parade begins at 6 RhyDin Time and ends when Shirtless Santa reaches Winter Wonderland!
(NPC event! Post in your parade crew or your watching duds and experiences. :3 It’s a kitschy HillBilly theme, so go wild with it. Jochin (ab)used with permission. Admire his manly abs and savory gun show! Let me know if you have a character or NPC who would like to portray Hotei-osho or Hanukkah Harry. Or add in your own holiday icon! )