This Saturday: Middle River Lighted Boat Parade
We spoke with organizer Jim High about the annual tradition and some key vantage points.
It's not the Griswolds on the Chesapeake, but it's close. Middle River's ninth annual lighted boat parade takes to the water on Saturday. The holiday tradition will inclue as many as 55 boats decked out with lights and music. One boat, organizer Jim High said, once came with flaming dragons along for the ride. "Propane?" High suggested when asked how the dragons operated. "I don't know how they got it to work but they did work." Pyrotechnics, however, are far from unusual in some of the more elaborate holiday-themed displays. High, general manager of Baltimore Boating Center, said the annual event was first modeled off similar parades in "prestigious neighborhoods" like Annapolis, Solomons Island, Kent Narrows and the Inner Harbor. "It was…
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Bob
12:25 pm on Sunday, November 25, 2012
It should have been a great event to watch and enjoy but, the schedule this year somehow got lost. We and 18 other were at Maryland Marina at 6:45 and was told that some came along Frog Motar Creek at least toSunset Cover but not past the marina docks at about 6:00. Is there any way to keep the parade on the posted schedule that is if it will be back in 2013??. more ›