Lansdale Mardi Gras Parade

2023 LANSDALE HOLIDAY MARDI GRAS PARADE RESULTS

DIGNITARIES:
1st – Rep. Steve Malagari
2nd – Lansdale Borough Council Carrie Hawkins
3rd – Judge Ed Levine

EMERGENCY SERVICES VEHICLES:
1st – Upper Gwynedd Fire Department
(invited to carry Santa next year)
2nd – Fairmount Fire Co.
3rd – Lower Providence Fire Department

BANDS:
1st – 100 Trombones
2nd – North Penn Marching Knights
3rd – Norristown Area HS Marching Eagles

ANTIQUE VEHICLE:
1st - North Penn Model A
2nd – Belle Mariposa
3rd – Center Square Fire Co.

COMMERCIAL:
1st – El Limon, Lansdale
2nd – All My Children Learning Center
3rd – The Main Freeze

WALKING:
1st – Envi Dog Rescue and Animal Sanctuary
2nd – East/West Karate
3rd – Annie Christ

TALENT:
1st – Miracle of Music
2nd – The Little Gym of Hatfield
3rd – Creative Edge Center for the Arts

FLOATS:
Best Presentation of Parade Theme: York Avenue Elementary School
Best Presentation of Non-Commercial Entry: Immanuel Church of the Nazarene
MAYORS CHOICE: York Avenue Elementary Home & School

PEOPLE’S CHOICE:
1st – AAA Catering w/Chef Chipper
2nd – Synergy Dance
3rd – North Penn Marching Knights

HONORABLE MENTION:
Grocery Outlet of Lansdale, they provided our very helpful Santa Elves collecting his letters ✉️✉️✉️

A big THANK YOU to everyone that participated, we hope you will all return November 23, 2024 for the 73rd Annual Lansdale Holiday Mardi Gras Parade.
Thank you to all the close to 10,000 spectators that lined our 1 mile parade route. Your smiles and cheers warms the hearts of our hard working parade volunteers.
CONGRATULATIONS to our 2023 winners!
All the winners will be contacted within the next couple days to make arrangements for delivery of your awards.

THANKS,
the Mardi Gras Team😊

A huge THANKS to EVERYONE who came out to the parade today. Tallying of results is currently going on and we will post the results upon completion. 😃🥇🥈🥉

2023 LANSDALE HOLIDAY MARDI GRAS PARADE
😀🤔 PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD 😁🎅
VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE PARADE ENTRY!
Voting begins Saturday when the parade starts at 1:00pm.
Voting ends 20 minutes after parade ends. 🗳
Pick up to 3 of your favorite parade entries.🏅

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/11AFAewlx6bUwqQ-gZNqY6g9U_bGeG_Q8XrrUOwY9t3s/edit

2023 Lansdale Holiday Mardi Gras Parade 🎄🎅🎉
Saturday, November 18 at 1:00pm

A Few Things To Note: ✍️
- Musical/Performance groups will have a brief opportunity to stop & perform in front of the Judge's Stand at Memorial Park.
- Great place to watch parade (see above)
- Hot Chocolate, Hot Cider & Pretzels will be available next to the Judges Stand
- Sweet Thangs food truck will be at Railroad Plaza with warm drinks and snacks available.
- Parade Button Sellers will be walking the parade route, have your $1 ready.
- Parade Buttons will also be available next to the Judges Stand.
- Be sure to watch for the voting info for the People’s Choice Award.
- Discover Lansdale T-shirt Clearance Sale, $5 a shirt, next to the Judges Stand.

Join us Saturday November 18th at 1:00pm for the 72nd Annual Lansdale Holiday Mardi Gras Parade!

This year’s theme is “HOLIDAY MELODIES”.🎶

Each year the families of the North Penn area look forward to bringing in the holiday season and welcoming Santa Claus to town with this special event. 🎅

NEW THIS YEAR, marching bands, music & performing groups will have the opportunity to perform in front of the judges stand at Memorial Park. 🎶

Don’t forget to bring your $1 for the long tradition of buying the annual Mardi Gras parade button.

Happy Holidays,
The Holiday Mardi Gras Team
DISCOVER LANSDALE

Something BIG will be joining this year's Lansdale Mardi Gras Parade.

Will your group, organization or business be joining us this year?
Info: http://www.discoverlansdale.org/mardi-gras-parade.html

Planning for Lansdale's "Holiday Melodies" Mardi Gras Parade is underway and we are looking to invite musicians *of all types to join in on the fun! 🎺🎷🎸🪕🎻🪗🎼🎧🎹🎤🥁

Please comment below / or send us a PM with performers you know of within a 10 mile radius of Lansdale, so that we may invite them to participate in this most beloved event.

* percussion ensembles, military bands, drum and bugle corps, bagpipes, schools of music, concert bands, marching bands, bluegrass bands, brass bands, jazz bands, rock bands, big bands, chamber groups, Broadway singers, choirs, glee clubs, theater troupes, acapella groups, carolers, etc...

Thanks for helping us make this year's Mardi Gras Parade, the best yet!

2022 Lansdale Holiday Mardi Gras Parade Results

DIGNITARIES:
1st – Lansdale Borough Council, Meg Currie Teoh
2nd – Mayor Garry Herbert
3rd – Little Miss Lansdale

EMERGENCY SERVICES VEHICLES:
1st – Lower Providence Fire Department (invited to carry Santa next year)
2nd – Upper Gwynedd Fire Department
3rd – North Penn Fire Company

BANDS:
1st – Souderton Big Red Marching Band
2nd – Brian Boru Pipes and Drums
3rd – North Penn Marching Knights

ANTIQUE VEHICLE:
1st “Toyland” Ellyn Heffelfinger
2nd – North Penn Model A Club
3rd – Jim Hartman

COMMERCIAL:
1st – AAA Catering with Chef Chipper
2nd – Landis Tree Service
3rd – Henning’s Trains

MARCHING/WALKING:
1st – York Avenue Elementary Home & School
2nd – Dancing on Eire School, Irish Dance
3rd – West Norriton AMBUCS

FLOATS:
Best Presentation of Parade Theme: Elm Terrace

Best Presentation of Non-Commercial Entry: Immanuel Church of the Nazarene

MAYORS CHOICE: York Avenue Elementary Home & School

PEOPLE’S CHOICE:
1st – AAA Catering w/Chef Chipper
2nd – North Penn Marching Knights
3rd – York Avenue Elementary Home & School

A big THANK YOU to everyone that participated, we hope you will all return November 18, 2023 for the 72nd Annual Lansdale Holiday Mardi Gras Parade.

Thank you to all the close to 10,000 spectators that lined our 1 mile parade route. Your smiles and cheers bring smiles to our hard working parade volunteers.

CONGRATULATIONS to our 2022 winners!
All the winners will be contacted within the next couple days to make arrangements for delivery of your awards.

Thanks,
the Mardi Gras Team

2022 LANSDALE HOLIDAY MARDI GRAS PARADE
😀🤔 PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD 😁🎅

VOTE FOR YOUR FAVORITE PARADE ENTRY!
Voting begins Saturday when the parade starts at 1:00pm.
Voting ends 20 minutes after parade ends.
Pick up to 3 of your favorite floats.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/11AFAewlx6bUwqQ-gZNqY6g9U_bGeG_Q8XrrUOwY9t3s

Santa will be at Henning's Trains this Saturday after the Lansdale Holiday Mardi Gras parade.

LANSDALE HOLIDAY MARDI GRAS PARADE THIS SATURDAY!! 🎄

Have your dollar ready for this years 2022 parade button. Button sellers will be walking along Main Street and available at the judges stand in Memorial Park.

If you missed last years button, ask the button sellers, we will give you one with your purchase of this years button, two for one special! 😃

These buttons help support the financial cost of the parade, we appreciate your help. ❤️

All the registered participants should have received an email with your parade lineup location. If you did not check your spam folder or email bill at [email protected] 👍

We are giving until the end of this week to register for the 2022 Lansdale Holiday Mardi Gras Parade. 🎄

A lot of first time entries this year, including the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile.

Gonna be fun, don't miss out!

2022 Lansdale Holiday Mardi Gras Parade

Discover Lansdale and the Mardi Gras Team are pleased to announce the 71st annual Lansdale Holiday Mardi Gras Parade on Saturday, November 19th, 2022 starting at 1:00pm.
This year’s theme is “Victorian Holidays”.
All entries must be received by November 1, 2022

* SAVE THE DATE *
2022 Lansdale Holiday Mardi Gras Parade
November 19, 2022 🎅 🎉

Further information will be announced soon 🌲

Just a quick reminder, the missing Mardi Gras parade buttons are in and we will have them available at the Lansdale Tree Lighting Ceremony this Friday evening at Railroad Plaza.

Update: Buttons are available at Henning’s Trains 128 S. line St. and at the Parks & Rec building 7th & Line St.

EMERGENCY SERVICES: Towamencin Fire Company
2nd: North Penn Fire Co. 3rd: Centre Square Fire Co.

MARCHING/WALKING: Manna on Main Street
2nd: North Penn Cheer, 3rd: North Penn Squires & Cheer

ANTIQUE VEHICLES: North Penn Model A Club
2nd: Toyland, 3rd: Jim Hartman

TALENT: Dancing on Eire School of Irish Dance
2nd: New Dance Workshop

BANDS: Souderton Big Red Marching Band
2nd: North Penn Marching Knights

COMMERCIAL: Chef Chipper at AAA Catering
2nd: Henning’s Trains, 3rd: HD Paving

FLOATS

- BEST PRESENTATION OF PARADE THEME: Elm Terrace Gardens

- BEST PRESENTATION OF NON-COMMERCIAL ENTRY: Home At Last Dog Rescue

- MAYOR’S CHOICE: Chef Chipper at AAA Catering

PEOPLE’S CHOICE: North Penn Marching Band

THANK YOU to everyone that participated, we hope you will all return November 19, 2022 for the 71st Annual Lansdale Holiday Mardi Gras Parade.

CONGRATULATIONS to our 2021 winners!

All the winners will be contacted within the next couple days to make arrangements for delivery of your winners plaques.

Thanks,
the Mardi Gras Team

There will be hot chocolate available at the judges stand in Memorial Park during the Lansdale Holiday Mardi Gras Parade today 🎅
Parade starts at 1:00pm

IMPORTANT PARADE BUTTON UPDATE!
As we were sorting the parade buttons tonight, we discovered a major problem. We ordered 1,000 buttons, paid for 1,000 buttons, invoice says 1,000 buttons, we only received 100 buttons. No, unfortunately we did not check the quantity before hand, took a few out when they came for pictures but didn't second guess how many were in the box. Major lesson learned.

Obvious we can't fix before tomorrow, now just gotta do our best to deal with the problem.

We filled most of the preorders but didn't have enough to fill all.

We WILL get the remaining 900 buttons within the next week. After this weekend we will post on the Discover Lansdale ( discoverlansdale.org ) web site and our various pages how you can get the buttons.

We are TRULY sorry for the error.
Hard to express how upset we are. 😥

BUTTON UPDATE:
We will have the missing parade buttons available Friday December 3rd at the annual Lansdale Tree lighting at Railroad Plaza.
THANK YOU to everyone for your understanding.

Update: Buttons are available at Henning’s Trains 128 S. line St. and at the Parks & Rec building 7th & Line St.

Santa's helpers will be with him collecting letters to Santa at the end of the annual Lansdale Holiday Mardi Gras parade this Saturday, starts at 1:00pm.

New This Year!
2021 Lansdale Holiday Mardi Gras Parade
PEOPLE'S CHOICE AWARD

Use the QR code to vote for your favorite parade entry.
Pick up to 3 of your favorites.

Voting begins when the parade starts this Saturday at 1:00pm.
Voting ends 20 minutes after the parade ends.

https://qr.page/g/mxe1SswO4

Also joining us for this years Lansdale Holiday Mardi Gras Parade this Saturday at 1:00pm is the Souderton Big Red Marching band.

One picture is from 1995 and the other 1992.

Here is another one of the North Penn Marching Knights in 1970.
Almost 50 Years Ago!!

The 2021 “National Champion” Knights will be in the 70th Annual Lansdale Holiday Mardi Gras Parade on Saturday November 20, 2021 at 1:00pm.

This is the North Penn Marching Knights in 1993.
Almost 30 Years Ago!!
The 2021 “National Champion” Knights will be in the 70th Annual Lansdale Holiday Mardi Gras Parade on Saturday November 20, 2021 at 1:00pm.

EDIT: The image came from a group of negatives that were labeled 1993, though looking at some others it appears to be 1992. We've read today suggestions of '91 or '92.

First Annual Lansdale Christmas Mardi Gras Parade - Thursday November 30, 1950