The Big Parade and Festival
The Big Parade is an annual community parade and festival. It is normally held on the first Saturday in May. It is often considered the biggest display of town and college collaboration each year.
The event begins with a march around Tappan Square by both town and college members often bringing giant homemade floats down the street. The parade is followed by post-parade festivities in Tappan Square.
[edit] History
It was started in 2002, the brainchild of Zach Moser ’02, Seth Capron’02, Katy Goodman ’02, and Page Neal ’03.
[edit] Links
- “Big Parade Floats Through Oberlin”, , in the Review (13 May 2007)
- “Big Parade is in jeopardy”, in the Review (3 Mar 2006)
- “Save the Parade”, in the Review (24 Feb 2006)
- “Big Parade gets even bigger”, in the Review (22 Apr 2005)
- “Big Parade comes to town”, in the Review (7 May 2004)
- Oberlin College press release on the Parade (22 Apr 2003)
[edit] Pictures
- Pictures from 2003 by Rob Calhoun
- Pictures from 2007 from oberlin.edu
