Cochranton Events

MISSING THE 2020 PARADE?
WE ARE TOO!
UPDATE 3/20/21: 2021 Parade Theme is Cochranton Memories!! YES! We ARE planning to have the annual parade on Wednesday evening, August 4, 2021!! Stay tuned!!
BUT, as of today, February 20, 2021, The Cochranton Community Fair Board has announced it is moving forward with plans for the 2021 fair, so our committee is pleased to announce we are moving forward with plans for our annual midweek parade! We will be posting updates as they become available! Check back soon!
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BUT, WE HAVE A HALLOWEEN SURPRISE!!
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2020 Christmas Tree Lane Theme:
Dreaming of a White Christmas was our 2020 theme, but it is with heavy hearts that we announce the cancellation of this year's event. Sadly, our normal host site is unavailable due to Pennsylvania's health regulations regarding the pandemic; we searched for an alternate location and have met with the same situation for all host sites.

Please keep the many local organizations and businesses which normally host big events in your thoughts and prayers as they lose revenue with no hall rentals this year.

We intend to Dream of a Wonderful Christmas for all, a better 2021, and a return of our beloved Christmas Tree Lane in 2021!
In the meantime, take the extra time for your families and friends and start your plans for next year.

Until then, we are looking at a couple of EXCITING OUTDOOR ACTIVITIES FOR THE COMMUNITY.
Click HERE to view our 1st Annual Halloween event in Cochranton!!

With HUGE THANKS to ARMSTRONG CABLE, You could watch ALL THE Cochranton Fair Parades from 1997 through 2019, beginning July 27th and aired for about a week!! Just imagine...... Thanks to Armstrong for keeping the parade spirit alive this summer just past!!
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TWENTY-THREE YEARS of parades, YOURS TO WATCH for an entire week or so!!
THANK YOU, ARMSTRONG CABLE!!

Welcome to the home of the Cochranton Community Fair Parade Committee!!!
We love a parade and hope you do too!
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2020 PARADE THEME was Cochranton Memories.
It is with sad hearts that our all-volunteer parade committee formally announces that the 2020 parade is, in conjunction with the Cochranton Community Fair, cancelled for 2020. This decision was not reached lightly and we held off hope that we would be able to go forward with the parade even in the absence of an active fair week.
Many factors played a part in this decision including, but not limited to: following social distancing guidelines that may or may not be in place in early August, giving fair opportunity to our participants to plan other activities without having to wait until the last minute for our cancellation, sparing the residents of Cochranton the concern of large crowds coming into town on the heels of the global pandemic, and keeping things on the same schedule with the fair itself.
We are thankful for our volunteers who put in many unseen hours of work for this event and are thankful they will stick with us for the 2021 parade!
We know that participants and spectators will be disappointed in this decision, but as noted above, we not make this decision without due review of the options to fall within state guidelines and keep everyone (participants, spectators, and volunteers) safe in the coming weeks. We, as your parade committee members/volunteers, are disappointed too! We LOVE our parade, our little town, and all of you! We shall miss seeing your creativity this year at the parade!!
We do ask the courtesy of not speaking badly of our volunteers as we have seen regarding some other community events. Many events rely on each other for support and no volunteer wants to see their beloved special event cancelled. Our volunteers are no different.
We are determined to be back in 2021, bigger and better than ever! Please put your thinking caps on and join us in 2021!! We can't wait to see you all!!

Throughout the year, our committee is busy with plans for the annual parade which takes place on Wednesday evening during the week of the Cochranton Community Fair (always the first Full week of August) and with plans for Christmas Tree Lane which takes place the weekend prior to Thanksgiving each year and serves as our sole fund-raising endeavor for the parade. We encourage you to pull up your chair and enjoy our events!

On this website, you will find parade information, a gallery of pictures which will grow over time, a contact page for basic queries, and applications to participate in both the parade and/or Christmas Tree Lane, posted seasonally.

Check the weather for our 2021 Parade and 2020 Christmas Tree Lane at this link:
http://www.weather.com/weather/today/Cochranton+PA+16314:4:US
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WE LOVE OUR COMMUNITY AND ALL THE VOLUNTEERS WITHIN IT!!
Therefore: Please do not call the Fair, the Cochranton Borough, the Pageant Directors, or the Cochranton Volunteer Fire Department with parade questions. The Borough is a gracious host for our event, but its staff is not involved in the planning of the parade. The Fire Department volunteers are always gracious helpers too, but they do not organize the parade and should be granted their volunteer time in fighting fires, rescuing those in need, and protecting all of us. Let's let these wonderful folks do their jobs without adding more to their work loads! (They end up calling the parade staff and questions get passed around, please save these good folks their valuable time by contacting us directly.) Thank you so very much for your understanding!

﻿Welcome to the home of the Cochranton Community Fair Parade Committee!!!We love a parade and hope you do too!﻿____________________________

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Welcome to the home of the Cochranton Community Fair Parade Committee!!!
We love a parade and hope you do too!
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