Registration Opens for Johns Creek Founders Day Parade

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Johns Creek’s upcoming celebration of its incorporation will allow residents to build friendships -- and a float to show off their sense of style.

Application forms are now available online for the 9th Annual Johns Creek Founders Day Parade, and will be accepted through Nov. 12.

The parade is set for Dec. 5, and caps a week of festivities that celebrates the city’s incorporation in 2006. The theme this year is “We are Johns Creek.”

The 1.4-mile-long parade has grown in popularity, with an estimated 10,000 people lining the route along State Bridge Road.

The 2014 parade was rained out, but the parade historically features marching bands, entertaining walkers, horse riders, plus floats built by civic groups, scouts, businesses and homeowners associations.

Competition is spirited as groups and organizations vie for Best Subdivision, Best Business/Civic Group and Best School/Scout float.

Past parades have included the World Financial Group’s NASCAR racecar, the Oscar-Mayer Wienermobile, the Marine Corps Color Guard, the Feed and Seed Marching Abominables, the Wells Fargo stagecoach, Medieval Times, and the Patriot Brass Band.

Last year, the Founders Day Parade was named an official Shriners Parade, resulting in about 50 Shriner units. Please note that when you do your planning, remember that there’s only one Santa -- and he rides in a firetruck at the end.

For questions, call Grant Hickey at 678-512-3351.

To secure a place in the parade, please fill out an application and email it to Grant.Hickey@JohnsCreekGA.gov, fax it to 678-512-3244, or drop it off at City Hall at 12000 Findley Road.

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Photo credit: 2015 Johns Creek Founders Day Parade