Maine
The Maine Lobster Festival Big Parade is returning to Main Street
ROCKLAND – The Maine Lobster Competition Large Parade will happen at 10 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 6 on Important Road in Rockland. It is likely one of the largest parades in Maine.
The 2022 Large Parade theme is “We Are All Champions,” and this yr’s grand marshals are native successful highschool sports activities groups. The board of administrators, members, and volunteers need to acknowledge all the scholar athletes who labored so onerous to have successful seasons, and sit up for celebrating them within the parade.
Native lobstering legend Virginia Oliver, aka, The Lobster Woman, was chosen to be the 2020 Grand Marshal. Attributable to COVID-19, the Competition was unable to carry that parade however is worked up to welcome her this yr’s parade. Virginia lately celebrated her 102nd birthday, and will likely be escorted by the Owls Head Transportation Museum.
The Maine Cabin Masters return to the parade once more this yr and will likely be greeting followers at Mildred Merrill Park on the Competition grounds after the parade.
Pat Patriot, the mascot of the New England Patriots, will likely be marching within the parade and greeting followers on the Competition grounds after the parade.
5 days of enjoyable and feasting on the fabulous coast of Maine, the Maine Lobster Competition attracts 1000’s of individuals to the Midcoast area and has an extended custom of giving again to the local people. The 2022 Competition will likely be held Aug. 3-7 and can characteristic new and thrilling occasions in celebration of its seventy fifth anniversary. For extra details about the Maine Lobster Competition, go to the web site at www.mainelobsterfestival.com, “like” it on Fb, comply with it on Twitter at @MELobsterFest, and on Instagram at @mainelobsterfest.