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Parade Line Up for the 250th Parade
please note that this document is subject to change but reflects the Parade effective Friday evening, September 24
AMHERST’S 250th ANNIVERSARY PARADE LINE UP
DIVISION I – Staging at South Pleasant Street
1-1 Amherst Police Department
1-2 VFW / American Legion
(Amherst– Hadley) ColorGuard
1-3 USAFLiberty Band
1-4 Salute to Veterans 4cars
1-5 Amherst Fire Department 4units
1-6 Grand
Marshalls Horse/ Wagon
1-7 First CongregationalChurch Float/ Choir
1-8 Amherst History Museum GirlScout walkers
1-9 Amherst Libraries 100walkers
1-10 LSSE Van/ walkers
DIVISION II – Staging at South Pleasant Street
2-1
Hopkins
Academy Band
sponsored by UMASS Amherst
2-2 Town Seal – Book & Plow Float
Town Banner
sponsored by The Roberts Group of Companies
2-3
Amherst
Town Officials
2-4
AmherstClub Float
2-5 Amherst Senior Center Van/ walkers
2-6 Carol Hepburn / Animal Control Minihorse/cart
2-7 Greenfield Savings Bank Horsedrawn wagon
w/Band
2-8 Muddy Brook Farm Horsesw/riders
2-9 Hampshire County Farm Bureau Horsedrawn antique
dump cart
2-9a Hess Family / East Village Farm Horse/ wagon
Tractor / wagon
2-10 Distinguished Ladies & Gentlemen 4 cars
2-11 Chamber of Commerce walkers
2-12 QuaboagHighlanders Pipe & Drum
2-13
Amherst Tritons Swim Team 50– 60 walkers
2-14 Hadley Car/ Selectmen
2cruisers
Float
DIVISION III – Staging at Kirby Theater
Loop
3-1 Budweiser Horses
3-2 PVTA Trolley UMassmascot
3-3 ValleyLight Opera walkers
Hampshire
College Pres. Ralph Hexter /
& walkers
Police cruiser
Farmvehicle
3-5 Tally Ho 4-H Float
3-6 10th
Mass.Volunteers Fife & Drum Drum Cadence
3-7 Amherst Women’s Club 4cars
3-8 Mary Mattoon DAR horse& wagon
Car
Walkers
3-9 Banish Misfortune Horse drawn wagon with Irish Music
sponsored by A.J. Hastings
3-10 Belchertown Police Dept. Cruiser
3-11 Our ElectedOfficials Sen.Olver,
Sen. Rosenberg,
Rep. Story,
Reg. Prob. Sullivan
3-12 ThursdayClub Float/ music
Walkers
Special Presentation
3-13 J & J Farms Wagonpulled by
tractor
3-14 Museum 10 Walkers
DIVISION IV – Staging at Kirby Theater
Loop
4-1 Marksmen Drum & BugleCorps
4-2 Hatfield Selectmen Car
4-3 League of Women Voters Pickup;
Sedan;
convertible; Prius;
Walkers
4-4 Three County Fair Float
4-5 Blue Star Equiculture Horsedrawn wagon
4-6 Caballos DePaso 6horses / riders
4-7 Dept. of Conservation & Recreation Smokey &
2 brush Trucks
4-8
North
County Line Dancers Float / countrymusic
4-9 Shaolin Kung Fu Walkers/ van
4-10
AmherstBetter Chance
4-11 South Amherst Congregational Church Walkers/ signs
4-12 Cowls Building Supply Boomtruck
4-13 V-One Vodka 2trucksouse
South Amherst Congregational Church
V-OneVodka 2 trucks
DIVISION V – Staging at
Hitchcock Road
5-1 MinutemanBand
sponsored by PeoplesBank
5-2 Umass Police Department 2cars / motorcycle
Horse
HonorGuard
UMass Alumni Association Alumni sign
Chancellor / family & alumni
Electric car
Float
Alumni van
5-4 Big Y Walkers
5-5 Tom Perron Antiquetractor
Antiquecar
5-6 WMUA /
Amherst Farmers Supply PolkaMusic
5-7 Hadley Farm Museum Horsedrawn
stagecoach - sponsored By Loomis Applewood
5-8 Douglass Funeral Home Horsedrawn hearse
5-9 Grace Episcopal Church Walkers
Trailer
5-10 FirehouseDixie
Dixie music
sponsored by Amherst College
Firetruck
5-11 Robin MacRostie Stiltwalker/
Birthday cake
5-12 Mass State Police Antiquecruiser
3cruisers
5-13 Fenton’s Barrel Train Float
1936Dodge pickup
5-14 First Congregational
Churchof
Hadley Float
5-15 Town of
South Hadley Selectmen
DIVISION VI – Staging at
Walnut Street
6-1
Massachusetts NationalGuard Band
6-2 UMass – Air Force ROTC HonorGuard
GreenfieldRecruiting Station Humvee
6-3 Westover Crash Truck
6-4 UMass – Army ROTC 2people / banner
Humvee
6-5 Shutesbury Police Department
6-6 Ninja Turtles Bus
6-7 WarehousePoint Fife & Drum Fife & Drum
sponsored by Blair, Cutting & Smith
6-8
Mullins
Center Zamboni
Amherst Skating Club
Amherst Hockey
Assoc.
6-9
Wesley
Methodist
Churchof Hadley Float
Walkers
6-10 Pelham Police Dept. 2cruisers
DIVISION VII – Staging at Woodside Avenue heading South
7-1
Lincoln Minutemen Fife & Drum / Muskets
sponsored by UMASS
7-2
Eric
Carle
Museum VWBug & Caterpillar
7-3 Amherst Rotary 2cars
7-4
Amherst
College Police Dept. Cruiser
Sunderland Fire Truck
Selectmen
Float
Tantasqua Warrior Marching Band
sponsored by Amherst Brewing Company
7-7 Bear Acker 1940Ford Pick up
7-8 Withdrawn
7-9 Larch Hill Collaborative Float
7-10 His Majesty’s 10th Regiment of Foot
sponsored by Amherst Farmers Supply
7-11 Withdrawn
7-12 Boy Scouts #504 Float/ walkers
DIVISION VIII – Staging at West side of South PleasantStreet
8-1
Waltham American LegionBand 35 members
sponsored by Daily Hampshire Gazette & Amherst Bulletin
Trolley
8-2 Kestrel Trust Walkers
8-3
Emily
Dickinson
Museum P/u truck
8-4 Mapleline Farms Float
2Tractors
Homedel. truck
8-5 TD Banknorth Walkers
8-6 UMassOompah Band German music
Ontractor trailer
8-7 Silverscape Design Car
8-8 9th Mass Light Artillery Muskets
Trailer
8-9 Leverett Fire Firepumper
8-10 Lions Club Eyemobile
DIVISION IX – Staging at Woodside Avenue heading North
9-1 ExcelsiorDrum & Bugle Corps
sponsored by TD Bank
9-2 Linn & Bill Allen Antiquecar
9-3 Atkins Farms Tractor/ wagon
Walkers
Van
9-4 No.
Amherst CSA Oxen drawncart
FarmEquipment
Acapellagroup
9-5
Amherst
Survival
Center
9-6
Worcester Brass Band
Dixie music
sponsored by
Firetruck
9-7 Brookfield Farm Tractor& wagon
9-8 Dakin Pioneer Valley Humane Society Walkers / dogs
9-9 Western MA Antique Truck Club 2Brockway dump
1Mack Tractor trailer
9-10 Brian Thackeray Antiquepick up
DIVISION X – Behind Kirby Theater/Front of Orr Rink
10-1 Shriners
sponsored by Northampton Cooperative Bank
10-2 Wagner Farms TrailerTruck
Harvester
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