2021 plymouth holiday parade
This year, we are highlighting MVCS's commitment to foster a community connection with nature and the outdoors. We will be creating a mountain (of sorts) which we will carry down Main Street, surrounded by kids carrying backpacks and walking sticks, recreating both the "mountain," "village," and spirit of our school.
what can you do to help?
Donate supplies:
6 1x2 x 6’ (for diagonals - length somewhat flexible)
2 2x4 x 10’ (to be ripped into vertical hoists) or 3 10’ handrails/rigid poles
½” sheet plywood (to be cut into triangles)
30 feet of freezer paper
1 can of black spray paint
Super bright battery-operated lights to carry inside our “mountain” during the parade (will be returned)
help build
Parade Committee Chair John Christ will be hosting a construction party:
WHERE: the old dance studio in the MVCS Upper Elementary building
WHEN: Sunday, November 28, 10AM and Saturday, Dec. 4, 2 - 3:30PM CANCELLED
WHO: All MVCS families are welcome!
WHAT TO BRING:
Walking sticks to decorate for the parade
Scissors
Old newspapers (for putting behind sheets for spray paint protection)
Irons (we will need a couple to iron on the stencils)
join us to walk in the parade
All past and present MVCS families are welcome to join us to walk behind the MVCS banner and be the village surrounding our “mountain.” You don’t need to sign up- just show up!
WHEN: Saturday, December 4, 2021, 4:30 pm (Parade starts promptly at 5)
WHERE: Floats are set up on Green Street in Plymouth (below Main Street, next to the Pemi River)
WHAT TO BRING:
super bright battery-operated lights to illuminate our “mountain” from within
your beautiful homemade walking sticks
a backpack to carry
your MVCS spirit!
Please remember to dress for the weather; as soon as the sun goes down, so does the temperature!
general design plan
Our “mountain” will be made from an A-frame-like structure, draped in white sheets that will be pulled out (gently) with ropes held by kids. Adults will carry the support posts. An image of the mountains that MVCS sits at the base of will be stenciled against a black sky (turbines and all!). We will line the mountain horizon with fairy lights and also light our “mountain” from within. Our kids will surround the “mountain” and walk with their backpacks and walking sticks.
See the rough schematic to the left!