Spring Greetings and Happy Parade Season 2019!
In case you missed it at the annual Cochranton Community Fair Breakfast Buffet Benefit, we announced our 2019 Parade Theme:  "Growing Our Future"!!  Our annual parade is scheduled for Wednesday, August 7, 2019.  Deadline to apply is July 15, 2019.
The committee is looking forward to a great parade during the week of the Cochranton Community Fair in August and to seeing YOU!
Updates made today to the website -- you can now utilize our online application system for this year's parade.  Information regarding the parade is available on the "Parade Details" tab and applications are available on the drop-down tab "Parade applications." 
Paper/hard-copies of the Invitation Letter, Applications, etc. have been going out in the mail this week.  If you participated in the parade in the last few years, watch your mailbox for your copies to be arriving any day now. 
If you do not receive a paper copy (sometime things do get lost), please feel free to download the same information from the website -- and share it with others who may be interested in joining us this August!
Have an awesome spring/summer!!

2018 Parade Plans are well underway!  Our theme for 2018 is "Farms, Families, Fairs
& Fun!  We hope you can join us as a participant, spectator, volunteer, or donor!  We welcome you!
Please be patient as updates are in progress for the website and application process.  Our goal is to have everything ready for you after May 5, 2018.  Stay tuned!  March on..........

Parade season is well underway! 
We are looking forward to your company on Wednesday, August 9, 2017 in our little town of Cochranton when 'thousands' come for our street party and fair.  Updates forthcoming. 
Theme this year is "Country Scenes" for both the Fair Parade and our fund-raising event Christmas Tree Lane. 
Online applications for the parade are available as of today; PDF versions will be available mid-May (that you may download and print out).
We are always looking for volunteers and welcome new faces!  Contact us at cfp@mdvl.net !

    Technology is meant to make our lives more efficient, less stressful, and overall better than they were pre-technology.  I'm beginning to seriously doubt this.  Those doubts have been around for quite some time.
    Every year as the parade draws near, technology seems to become possessed by the spirit of a full moon or perhaps gremlins.
    The committee graciously appreciates the support of all our participants when there are delays of any kind.  We do our very best to run an efficient operation, but, more importantly, a fun-filled parade experience for participants and spectators alike. 
    Technology interferes and sometimes it seems as though we should go back to old-fashioned methods.  By the same token, technology allows us communication without busy signals, the ability to leave messages, and the ability to reach more people than ever before.
Good and bad, like all things in this world, technology encompasses a bit of both.
    Plans were to be sending out parade numbers today and this evening.  Looks like that will be happening the day prior to the parade and the day of the parade.  We thank you for your good spirits and look forward to seeing you Wednesday evening! 
    To our spectators, c'mon down to Cochranton and check out all the fun things at the fair before and after the parade!  Live band at 8PM following the parade!  Food of all types at the fairgrounds!  Animals to pet!  Rides for the kids!  Home-show exhibits!  Games to play!  Friends to make! 
    Remember, please, walk-ins are not permitted in our line-up.  To those who applied and are registered, we look forward to seeing you at sign-in!  If you missed applying for this year's parade, send us your contact information and we will make sure you get an invitation next year!
    As the years go by, our committee members get a bit older and eventually retire from parade duties.  We encourage you to consider getting involved and joining our fun group so that this tradition in our community may continue for many years!  Please get in touch with us and join us!  First requirement:  you should really love a parade!  Requirement Number Two:  You must be willing to volunteer your time; parade committee members are volunteers, unpaid
See you at the fair And at the parade!   For fair information, please visit the new website www.cochrantonfair.org .