2012 Asheville Holiday Parade: Road closings, route, lineup

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WILL Santa offend again by wearing a suit with BLACK TRIM?

WHO will take home top parade performance honors this year, the Hillcrest Highsteppers or the upstarts of the Urban Arts Institute? Find out Saturday…

The 2012 Grand Marshals are Asheville Olympic silver medalists Manteo Mitchell and Lauren Tamayo. The theme is “Silver Bells and Snowflakes,” and the annual parade, a tradition since 1946, is this Saturday at 11 a.m. in downtown Asheville.

Website here

Route here

Road closings here

2012 Line Up Order by Number

The lineup order is posted below. Pick up a copy of The Scene on Friday, November 16 for a complete parade program. See you at the 66th Annual Asheville Holiday Parade at 11 am, Saturday, November 17 and don’t forget to come to JingleFest at Pack Square Park from 1–4 pm for more entertainment!

1 Grand Marshals – Olympic Silver Medalists Manteo Mitchell & Lauren Tamayo
2 Asheville Police Department
3 Asheville Fire Dept.
4 Buncombe County Sheriff’s Office
6 Toy Boat Community Art Space
7 Asheville High School: ROTC, Band, Cheer & Dance
8 Asheville Savings Bank
9 Ten Thousand Villages
10 Angie’s Dance Academy
11 Beta Lambda Zeta Chapter Seta Phi
12 Window World of Asheville
13 Viper All Star Cheer
14 Mountain Xpress
15 WLOS ABC 13/WMYA My 40
16 Center Stage Dance Studio
17 Two Men and a Truck
18 Asheville Humane Society
19 Shindig on the Green – Folk Heritage Committee
20 ABCCM
21 Western Carolina University Dancers
22 Paramount Kia of Asheville
23 Calvery Baptist Child Enrichment Center
24 A. C. Reynolds High School Marching Rockets Band
25 Charles D. Owen Middle School Cheerleaders
26 Mountain Elite All-Stars
27 Bojangles
28 Clear Channel Asheville/Ingles
29 Urban Arts League
30 Asheville Historic Trolley Tours
31 Erwin Youth League
32 Emmanuel Lutheran School Athletic Department & 3rd Grade Class
33 105.9 the Mountain
34 MONTFORD PARK PLAYERS
35 Asheville Dance Theatre, Inc
36 Waffle House Inc.
37 Brevard College Dance & Cheer
38 Great Smoky Mountains Railroad – Polar Express
39 Asheville Gymnastics
40 Telco Credit Union
41 Mitchell High School Marching Band
42 Harmony Motors
43 Wellspring Farm Baa Humm 4h Club and NC Llama Rescue
44 Alpha Kappa Alpha Sorority
45 Hometown Holiday Jam
46 Irene Wortham Center
47 LaZoom Comedy Tours
48 New World Celts – Asheville Chapter
49 OSEGA GYMNASTICS
50 Carolina Ready Mix and Builders Supply Inc.
51 State Employees Credit Union
52 Clyde A. Erwin High School “Warrior Pride” Marching Band
53 Girl Scouts Carolinas Peaks to Piedmont
54 Sound Extreme Entertainment
55 Fairview Elementary School Fairview Flyers Unicycle Team
56 The Lord’s Acre
57 Deerfield Episcopal Retirement Community
58 Mount Carmel Child Enrichment Center
59 Asheville Sun Soo Martial Arts
60 Aeroflow, Inc.
61 Brother Wolf Animal Rescue
62 Land of Sky Regional Council Clean Vehicles Coalition
63 Anthony’s Sports and Virtual Ambush
64 Hillcrest Majorette and Drom Corps
65 Asheville Hockey League
66 GEICO
67 The Haywood Street Congregation
68 Asheville Youth Football & Cheerleading Association
69 Asheville on Bikes
70 Pack and Post
71 Leicester Youth Basketball and Cheer Leading, LYL Leicester Youth League
72 Champion Credit Union
73 Enka High School: Air Force JROTC & Marching Band
74 Bricks 4 Kidz
75 Trinity Baptist Church
76 N. C. Rhododendron Festival
77 Christine’s Cardio Fitness
78 Liberty Tax Services
79 Distinguished Young Women of Buncombe County Scholarship Fund
80 Hominy Valley/Enka Youth Cheerleading and Football
81 IWANNA USA LLC
82 T. C. Roberson High School: Air Force Junior ROTC and Marching Band
83 Bee Tree Missionary Baptist Church
84 Biltmore Baptist Church Home School Dance Program
85 Hall Fletcher Elementary School Magnet School of Science and Techonology
86 Boy Scouts of America – Soqua District
88 Horse Riders – Mary Ellen Woods
88 Santa & Reindeer – (Express Employment Professionals)
5 Mission Health

…and of course, Santa!