2012 Bowmanville Santa Claus Parade

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#41-#43:Snow Miser-Teens 4 Teens Food,Toy and Clothing Drive,#44-Pirates Of The Caribbean,#45-Bowmanville High School Band,#46&#47-Twas The Knights Before Christmas-Kinsmen Club of Bowmanville,#48&#49-1928 Model A Ford Roadster-Bill & Fran Andrew,#50-Kendal Fife And Drum Band.

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#51-Harry Potter and Hogwarts Classmates,#52-#57-Therepeutic Paws Of Canada,#58-#60-Ontario Street Public School Christmas Locomotive-Grade 3 students and parents.

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#61-#63-Ontario Street Public School Christmas Locomotive-Grade 3 students and parents,#64-#66-Santa Patrol-172 Clarington Air Cadets,#67&68-Happy Feet,#69&70-Christmas With Sponge Bob-First Student Bus Lines.

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#71-Christmas With Sponge Bob-First Student Bus Lines,#72-Whitby Brass Band,#73-Keep Christ In Christmas-Knights Of Columbus-St.Joseph's Council(Bowmanville),#74-Wizard Of Oz,#75&76-"NDP"(New Democratic Party)campaign to elect Larry O'Connor.We are having a bye election on November 26th to elect a representative for this area to go to Ottawa,was left vacant by Bev Oda who resigned in July due to questionable spending habits.#77&78-Christmas Shopping In downtown Bowmanville-Historic Downtown Bowmanville,#79-Winnie The Pooh,#80-Thrup Nee Bit-two Bagpipers and a Conga player.

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#81-Thrup Nee Bit-Two Bagpipers and a Conga player along with Celtic Lassies,#82-#84 -Walking Dead Xmas-Stacey Family and Friends,#85-#87-Music Box Dancers-Precision Dance Company,#88-Berenstein Bears,#89-Durham Regional Police Pipe Band,#90-Avon Wants You-Avon Canada

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#91-Snowflakes,#92-Beyond the Sun,#93-Royal Canadian Sea Cadet Corps Bowmanville,#94-Mecko and friends,#95-Cobourg Concert Band,#96-#98-Santa Claus,#99-St.John Ambulance.The parade was a little shorter this year at 45 entries,down from 61 last,there is $500 entry fee for entering,have to have a certificate of insurance,the parade being a community event and no advertising,that's why our hockey team the Clarington Eagles can't be in it,uniforms are considered advertising yet all the bands wear uniforms and the Sea and Air Cadets wear uniforms,in the Oshawa parade Saturday night their team the Generals wore their uniform tops,the Central Public School band wasn't in it due to a government /teacher thing,teachers withholding services,this was one of then yet the Bowmanville High School Band was in the parade.

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Button for this year's Parade,helps pay for putting it on plus the $500 entry fee per float which I think is a little steep.