2024 Corgi Corps Middleburg Parade

Hello Corgi Owners and Lovers!!
It is that time of year again to start marking your calendars for the annual Corgi Corps group in the Middleburg Christmas parade! This year Christmas in Middleburg is going to be held on Saturday, December 7th. Please note that the Parade time is at 2:00 pm. Many of you who have attended in years past know that there are lots of fun activities the entire day (see schedule, below), and our parade entry has been a fun and favorite parade entry for many years. We all make a sign with our Corgi’s names on it and wear it around our necks, and then march down the parade route with our beloved Corgi’s, many of whom are attired in festive doggy Christmas attire (totally optional!). Be sure to make your sign big enough so that the spectators on the sidewalks can see the name of your Corgi from afar!
To give you an idea of how some of us dress up our Corgi’s, click on the web address for photos of decorated Corgi’s in 2016 parade!! https://www.washingtonian.com/2016/12/06/here-are-lots-of-pictures-of-dogs-in-christmas-outfits/
The parade participants will be asked to line up around 1:15 pm and we are usually assigned an area near the Sporting Library or the American Legion Hall, on the west end of town on the Plains Road. I will continue to email details to you as I get them from the Parade Committee, such as the staging area location. Important parking information and other items can also be found on the Christmas in Middleburg web site, www.christmasinmiddleburg.org. I encourage all of you to consult this website (especially https://christmasinmiddleburg.org/purchase-parking/) since there is important parking information for 2024 on it.
December 7th, 2024: On Saturday, Christmas in Middleburg is your day to start the season with our joyful family
This year it is important to march in a more cohesive manner and also to march fairly efficiently (quickly). In years past the parade was over an hour and a half, which the Organizers feel is too long.
Please spread the word amongst your Corgi friends that the more Corgis the merrier! If you do forward this email to someone who isn’t on this email list, please copy me so I can capture their email address for my records. Also, because I have had problems sending this email to a large distribution group, I am sending it in smaller stages of about 50 email addresses per email. If you get this email twice, I apologize.
I will be sending out a follow up email with our lineup location and other details the week of the parade. Our Corgis, Abby, who is 4 years, 8½ months old, and our new puppy, Bandon, who is 10 months old, are looking forward to seeing all of you this year!! Bandon is a Pembroke with a tail and I can’t wait for you all to meet him!
Please feel free to contact me with any questions!!
Holly Hoopes Hudimac

Message from Rose - I will check to see if we can have an ugly sweater party at Lost Barrell and get a parking deal. I will post that event separately to get an accurate parking count.