Harleysville Halloween Parade scheduled for Oct. 20
LOWER SALFORD >> The 36th annual Harleysville Halloween Parade hits the street 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 20.
“It’s a good community event,” said Dean Shollenberger, a Harleysville Rotary Club member and the parade chairman.
“There’s kids in costumes. There’s floats,” he said.
Local fire and ambulance vehicles are also in the parade, he said.
“We’re hoping to have some antique cars this year,” Shollenberger said.
Registration and line-up begins at 10 a.m. at Indian Valley Middle School.
Judging is at 10:30 a.m. Prizes are awarded in nine categories — Babies & Toddlers, Pre-K & Kindergarten, Grades 1-3, Grades 4-6, Individuals, Groups, NonMotorized Floats, Motorized Floats, and Pets.
The parade route begins at Indian Valley Middle School, goes down Maple Avenue, takes a left onto School Lane, left onto Kulp Road, left on Park Avenue and ends at the Harleysville Community Center.
“There’s free drinks and hot dogs at the community center afterwards,” Shollenberger said.
The food and drinks are provided by the Harleysville Rotary and Jaycees. The awards presentations also take place at the community center after the parade.
At one time, the Halloween Parade went onto Main Street, which is also Sumneytown Pike, but that was changed in recent years so Main Street does not have to be closed and detoured for the parade, Shollenberger said.
In case of inclement weather, listen to WNPV 1440-AM and 98.5-FM on parade day for cancellation information.
There is no rain date for the parade because there are several other activities going on in the community during October, Shollenberger said.
“The fire police are so tied up in October that we can’t reschedule,” he said.
For more information, Shollenberger can be contacted at 215-256-7615 or by emailing dshollenberger@ harleysvillebank.com.
“It’s a service project by the Rotary and the Jaycees to have a nice community event that doesn’t cost people anything,” Shollenberger said.
Donations by local businesses cover the costs, he said.
“Certainly we can’t do it without the community,” Shollenberger said.