Canton Optimist Club Annual Christmas Parade

Music Fest and Market Place

Gold Sponsors: SouthState Bank and Credit Union of Georgia

Canton Optimist Club 

2023 36th ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARADE 

36th Annual Christmas Parade on December 9, 2023 at 6:00 p.m

Canton Optimist Christmas Parade Registration

All participants and guests are asked to bring a canned food item for the Cherokee Schools Food Pantries.  We will collect the donations at both the parade staging location and at the gazebo area in Cannon Park.  All donations will go to serve Cherokee Country children.


Parade Information Detailed Below:



1 Weather - The parade will go on Saturday. 


2 Candy - Do not distribute candy from the parade until your group has reached Academy Street in the route.  This is for safety reasons.


3 Floats and Most Vehicles Staging


STAGING AT CHEROKEE HIGH SCHOOL WILL BEGIN AT 3:30.

PLEASE DO NOT ARRIVE FOR STAGING BEFORE 3:30.

Entries in Red Have Not Paid the Entry Fee

Enter CHS at the traffic light intersection.  You will be directed to where you should go at Checkpoint 1.  See the map below.  Please know your Parade Order # and provide that to us when you check in.  That will help us direct you more quickly.


Parade Order # Lineup Space # Entry Name

2 437 Credit Union

3 436 Canton Optimist Club

4 435 T & J Fowl Farm

5 434 Blake

7 433 Creekland Middle School-American Sign Language Club

8 432 St. Clement's Episcopal Church

11 431 DT Chiropractic

12 430 Canton Waleska Flowers and Gifts

13 429 The Bone Family

14 428 Wade armour

15 427 Miss Cherokee County

16 426 Toss N' Haul Dump Trailer Rental LLC

17 425 Sequoyah Regional Library System / RT Jones Memorial Library

18 424 High Pressure Rescue LLC

19 423 Girl Scout troop 22178

20 422 3B Land Solutions

21 421 Atlanta Premier Perry Fastpitch Softball

22 420 Helping hands helping others out of Canton Georgia

23 417/418/419 Aspire Dance Arts

24 413/414/415/416 Kinetic by Windstream

25 412 Cub Scout pack 752

26 386 Millwood’s Mobile

27 387 North GA Trailer

28 388 Hercules Welding

29 389 The Breanna Leigh Chadwick Memorial Foundation

30 390 Ivar Automotive

31 391/392 Ark Restoration

32 393/394 ServiceMaster by Bailey

33 395 Canton Rotary Club

34 396 Discovery Point Hickory Flat

34 397 Cub Scout Pack 241

36 398 East Cherokee Soccer Club

37 399 HANDY HENRY'S SANTA'S WORKSHOP

38 400 MIB DragonCon Parade Crew

39 401 Burns Smith Law, P.C.

40 402 The Grinch and Crew

42 403/404/405 Avery Cubs Chorus

43 406 Genuine Electric

44 407 Down South Land management

46 408 Cherokee County Republican Party 

47 409 GI Junk Guy 

48 410 Spears Landscape Management 

49 411 Palmetto Moon

50 464 - 499 Cherokee County Jeepers

51 506 - 515 Girl Scouts of Cherokee County

52 505 Shriners

53 504 Shriners

54 503 Shane’s Paint and Body 

55 502

56 500-501 Edwards and Cox Family 

57 345 - 359 Georgia Bounty Runners 4wheel Drive Club

58 Parallel Park 1 Hickory Flat Optimist Club and Cherokee County Special Olympics

59 Parallel Park 2 Rock Springs Baptist Church Youth Group

60 Parallel Park 3 Synovus Bank

61 Parallel Park 4 Howell Grading

62 Parallel Park 5 Patriot Towing Services

63 Parallel Park 6 All South Grading and Concrete 

64 344 GA Army National Guard


4 Walkers and Some Vehicles Staging


STAGING AT WEST MAIN STREET WILL BEGIN AT 4:00.

Entries in Red Have Not Paid the Entry Fee.

West Main St will be blocked to traffic.  You may park around City Hall, Brown Park, or behind the court houses on North St.  One of our volunteers at West Main will direct you to your location.  Please know your Parade Order # and provide that to us when you check in.  That will help us direct you more quickly.


Parade Order # Lineup Space # Entry Name

1 West Main 1 Cherokee HS Air Force JROTC

6 West Main 2 Hasty Elementary’s American Sign Language Club

7 West Main 3 Ceeekland Middle School-American Sign Language Club

9 West Main 4 RM Moore Elementary School STEM Academy

10 West Main 5 Cub Scout Pack 1153

11 West Main 6 DT Chiropractic

20 West Main 7 3B Land Solutions

31 West Main 8 Ark Restoration

33 West Main 9 Rotary Kids Club from Teasley Middle School

36 West Main 10 East Cherokee Soccer Club

39 West Main 11 Burns Smith Law, P.C.

41 West Main 12 Tribal Force Cadet Corps (formerly known as Fort Phoenix)

42 West Main 13 Avery Cubs Chorus

45 West Main 14 Po Boys Car Club