11/25/2007 05:50:07 PM
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campo5474
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Guys,
Every year, there are several towns in South Louisiana that host an
Annual Houseboat Christmas Parade. This parade is typically a light
show of 30-50 houseboats decorated in Christmas Lights paraded
through the night. This is a really big event for us on Belle River
so I am just wondering is this event just a "Louisiana Thing"
or is there anything like this in others places?
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Sincerely,
Jason
Miss Sandi
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11/25/2007 06:00:49 PM
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OLD HOUSEBOATER
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Where ever the water is soft and there are houseboats, there are parades. We participated in the Christmas boat Parade of Lights for 13 years at Joe Wheeler Marina in Rogersville Alabama.
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OLD HOUSEBOATER
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11/25/2007 06:35:18 PM
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MILLERTYME
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Around these parts they do christmas in july parades. The club I am a member of sponsers one every 4th of july in conjuction with the City of Aurora's Firecracker festival. There are realy bragging rights over winning the trophy for best in class(cruisers or Houseboats) and best of show.
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11/26/2007 05:50:39 AM
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BananaTom
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Welcome aboard!!
We have one here in Pensacola also, but all boats.
The one in South Florida, Fort Lauderdale area, runs for three nights in a row, last time I was there. It is huge. They start south, and travel north on the ICW. Travleing a section per night, stop for the day and continue the next evening. There is even a barge with a circus on it from the Swap Shop. High wire acts and elephants performing as the boat parade travels past. Pretty impressive.
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Banana Tom
Edited: 11/26/2007 at 05:52:11 AM by BananaTom
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11/26/2007 06:42:32 AM
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WattsBarbarians
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We lived in the Tampa FL area in the late 80s. There was a parade of decorated boats in Hillsborough Bay at Christmas and folks would line up along Bayshore Blvd to watch. Don't know if that continues today.
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Mike
1989 Sumerset 14x64
Twin Volvo AQ131C SP
Watts Bar Lake
Spring City, TN
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11/26/2007 09:58:41 AM
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BamaBoater
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We plan on going to the Guntersville, Alabama Boats on Parade this Saturday. Really looking forward to it. It will be our first.
BamaBoater on the Tennessee River
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11/27/2007 07:41:09 AM
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Skallywag
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We even have 'em out here in California. Some of us even tow others that are motion impaired. Lots of great Christmas music.
Skally
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Chance Favors The Prepared Mind!
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11/27/2007 03:17:17 PM
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ted655
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Breaux Bridge, LA. just had theirs, (more small boats than HBs).
======"This is a really big event for us on Belle River"=====.
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Where is Belle River?
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12/01/2007 06:23:53 PM
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campo5474
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Belle River is located in Pierre Part, LA about 14 miles North of
Morgan City. Our parade is scheduled for December 15th. Usually we
have many big Houseboats as well as a fewer small boats. Last
year we had I believe 33 houseboats. we expect a bigger crowd
this year.
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Sincerely,
Jason
Miss Sandi
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12/03/2007 09:24:54 AM
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BananaTom
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We traveled to Milton, FL for the weekend. At 2 pm they had the Red Neck Christmas Boat Parade. Very amuzing. The at 5:15 the parade with the boats lite up. We rode in that one, what an awesome time their on the Black Water River.
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Banana Tom
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12/03/2007 11:34:15 AM
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BamaBoater
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We traveled to our favorite lake to watch their Boats on Parade. The boats were beautiful all lit up and their horns a'blowing for the judges. There was a mixture of small boats to huge boats to sailboats.
BamaBoater on the Tennessee River
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12/17/2007 04:38:31 PM
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ted655
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This past Saturday night, Campo 5474 & others treated a huge crowd to a Christmas & fireworks parade down on Belle River, LA..
It was great, the boats were really decorated. Our pictures are not what they should be, but the memory's will last for a long time.
Thanks to the Belle River boaters & Merry Christmas to all!.
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12/17/2007 05:20:02 PM
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Jollytime
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Ted, Do you or Campo have any pics you can post? Sounds like
it was a good time!
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12/17/2007 07:17:57 PM
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campo5474
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We are sorting through the pics and should be posting them soon. To
tell you the truth it was quite scary with 30+ mph wind. The Cold
Front came through about 30 minutes before leaving the dock. The
Temperature dropped from about 75 to 45 in less than an hour. It
was an adventure I will never forget as we had 83 people on
board, 4 escort boats, a DJ, Shrimp and Crab Gumbo,lots of Hot
Chocolate, and 168 Artillery Shells(fireworks).
At the end of the day all went well with no incidents to speak
of.
As a result I am researching Thrusters. Does anyone have any
experience with HyraNautic Thrusters?
We really enjoyed having Ted and Marybob and look forward to
creating many more memories with them.
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Sincerely,
Jason
Miss Sandi
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12/17/2007 08:37:39 PM
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ted655
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My ma ma didn't raise no fools
After seeing the front hit & counting the first 75 guests, we opted to stay on shore, keep warm in the bar & wave from the dock.
Hey! Someone had to get the wide shots, right. I was afraid I would get pushed in the closet & miss the whole thing.
Here is Campo's boat before it left the dock.
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