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Rehoboth Christmas parade brings holiday cheer
Nearly 100 community fire departments, organizations, businesses participate in annual event
The Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company hosted its annual Rehoboth Beach Hometown Christmas Parade Dec. 3. The Schell Brothers were Judge’s Choice for best float. CHRIS FLOOD PHOTOS
December 6, 2019
Following the tree-lighting Nov. 29, Rehoboth Beach continued the holiday fun Dec. 3 with the Rehoboth Beach Volunteer Fire Company’s annual Rehoboth Beach Hometown Christmas Parade. More than 100 fire departments, civic organizations and businesses participated in the parade. Immediately following the parade, in the Rehoboth Beach Convention Hall, hot chocolate and cookies were served while children visited Santa and trophies were awarded.
2019 Parade winners
- School band – first place, Cape Henlopen High School Band
- Color guard – first place, Cape Henlopen High School JROTC; second place, Sussex County EMS Color Guard
- Group auto – first place, Southern Delaware Jeep; second place, Eastern Shore Jeep Association; third place, Lowered Habits Car Club
- Auto class – first place, Art Wilson
- Church group – first place, Faith United Methodist Church; second place, The Lighthouse, A Baptist Church; third place, All Saints’ Thrift Shop
- General float – first place, Christmas Train; second place, Rehoboth Sunrise Rotary; third place, Delaware Seaside Railroad Club
- Commercial float – first place, Schell Brothers; second place, Short’s Marine; third place, Wharton’s Landscaping
- Group youth – first place, Sussex Dance Academy; second place, Latin American Student Organization of Cape Henlopen High School; third place, Hollymount 4H
- Group adult – first place, Fort Miles Historical Society; second place, Sussex Family YMCA; third place, Village Improvement Association
- Commercial – first place, The Voice Radio; second place, Bad Hair Day; third place, United States Postal Service
- Emergency services – first place, U.S. Coast Guard; second place, Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control – Lewes; third place, Delaware Department of Transportation plow
- Equestrian – first place, Maryland Rough Riders
- Pageant – first place, Miss Teen Delaware USA 2020 Samantha Repass; second place, Little Miss Sussex County Delaynie Wright; third place, Juvenile Miss Sussex County Georgia Murray
- Judge’s Choice – Schell Brothers
Fire categories
- Antique motorized – first place, Indian River Volunteer Fire Company; second place, Lewes Fire Department
- Fire utility/specialty – first place, U.S. Coast Guard; second place, Indian River Volunteer Fire Company
- Brush unit – first place, Georgetown Fire Company; second place, Millsboro Fire Company
- Engine – first place, Carlisle Fire Company; second place, Milton Fire Department; third place, Roxana Volunteer Fire Company
- Aerial – first place, Harrington Fire Company; second place, Lewes Fire Department
- Tanker – first place, Townsend Fire Company
- Ambulance – first place, Harrington Fire Company
- Best appearing fire – Harrington Fire Company
Santa and Mrs. Claus end the parade in style.
Dressed as Christmas elf, Ilean Meibaum, 4, waves to the crowd.
Dressed as Clara from the Nutcracker, Mary Kate Barnhart, from Sussex Dance Academy, is hoisted into the air.
The Delaware Seaside Railroad Club had a working model train going.
Dewey Beach Scooter Nation’s Robert “Boots” DiGiacomo leads the pack.
It felt like a white Christmas as the Schell Brothers’ “snow” fell on Rehoboth Avenue.
The green lights of Lowered Habits Car Club’s Trevor Bohenko’s car fit the scene well.
The Indian River Volunteer Fire Company was one of dozens of fire companies to participate.
The Faith United Methodist Church’s stable choice float won first place for the church group category.
The judge’s table basks in red as a fire truck from the Harrington Fire Company comes in for judging.
Cape Henlopen High School Junior ROTC gets the parade started.
Sussex County YMCA Zumba instructor Cindy Beaver, front left, leads her crew through a performance for the judges.
Dressed as a lion, Josh Gritton leads the Land of Misfit Agents float.
