Parade

The 2015 Sedalia Area Chamber of Commerce Christmas Parade was held Saturday morning, Dec. 5, on a cool, but sunny day. A total of 92 units took part in the parade, which attracted thousands to the historic downtown Sedalia area. The theme this year was "Christmas Around the World."

What a beautiful afternoon to have a homecoming parade. The Smith-Cotton Homecoming Parade was held in Historic Downtown Sedalia around 3pm on Friday, October 2. With Sedalian's crowding the sidewalks to see their children or friends kids in the parade.

GRAIN VALLEY, Mo. (AP) — A Missouri marching band has nabbed a spot in the 2016 Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade. Macy's made a surprise announcement at Grain Valley High School near Kansas City. The retailer says hundreds of marching bands from across the nation vied for 10 performing slots...

The annual Sedalia St. Patrick's Day Parade took place Saturday morning (March 14) under the direction of parade organizer Terry Cockrell. This was the first St. Patrick's Day Parade he organized and allowed anybody to enter the parade. The entries were on the small side this year, but there was a spirited crowd that lined Ohio Street to watch the participants wearing green...

The Sacred Heart Gremlins celebrated Homecoming with a parade from 6th and Ohio to the Sacred Heart High School on Friday afternoon (Sept. 19). The Sacred Heart Gremlins will play the Windsor Greyhounds on Saturday (Sept. 20) at 7 pm...

Sedalia celebrated the Fourth of July in grand fashion through the day. The celebration started with a parade in Downtown Sedalia, hosted by Terry Cockrell, at 10 am. The parade lasted about a half hour and ended in time for the Good Ole Fashioned Fourth of July Celebration at Centennial Park in Sedalia...

The University of Central Missouri hosted a parade and pep rally on Monday (March 31) in honor of the Mules basketball team, who won the NCAA National Division II Championship.

For St. Patrick's Day last Monday (March 17), I took the day off to head to Kansas City to celebrate with some friends. I'm not Irish at all, but my girlfriend is 50 percent Irish and she really, really loves St. Patty's Day.

The very first Sedalia New Year's Day Parade may have had cold conditions, but 16 units braved the elements to showcase their groups and organizations.

It's not over yet, Mother Nature! When the annual Sedalia Christmas parade was cancelled due to inclement weather not once, not twice, but THREE times earlier this month, many thought for sure that the elements had won, and sadly, there would be no parade this year. Well, turns out that's not the case!