ORGANIZER: Mike McDonough
MEETING LOCATION/TIME: 11:00 AM, Saturday, December 13, 2025 at the Thomas Hunter MIddle School, 387 Church Street, Mathews, VA 23109. The parade will take place rain or shine
COMMUNICATIONS: FRS Channel 18
EVENT NAME: Mathews Annual Christmas Parade & Holiday Meal
EVENT DESCRIPTION: The theme of this year's parade is "Jingle on the Bay". The parking lot at the Thomas Hunter MIddle School will be available beginning at 11:00 AM to gather together and decorate our Zee's. At 12:00 Noon we will form up into our parade contingent on Church Street; Mike McD will get us signed-up with the parade organizers based on the number of registrations here on the ZSCCA website. The Parade begins at 1:00 PM on Church Street, turns left on Main Street, then proceeds approximately 1 mile to the parking lot of the Chesapeake Bank. After the parade we will proceed together to the Mobjack Tavern for our meal, the address is 5036 George Washington Memorial Highway, Hayes, VA 23072. Please register at your earliest convenience on the ZSCCA website Upcoming Events list if you intend to participate so Mike McD can have a good car count for our Parade Entry and a good headcount for the restaurant.
NOTE FROM THE PARADE ORGANIZERS: As in the past, there will be only one Santa Claus in the parade so please do not have a Santa on your entry. If you would like to give out candy, walkers must pass it out instead of throwing it.
Liability Waiver: You will be asked to acknowledge the ZSCCA liability waiver when you register for this event.
Please familiarize yourself with ZSCCA Group Drive, Convoy and 2-Way Radio Use best practices by reviewing these documents (copy/paste the link into your preferred browser):
1. Basics of Convoy Driving https://docs.google.com/document/d/1dcW9puuDMIdUYghV1dG0_-W1Imo-KdasUUr7RzvhjOM/edit?tab=t.0
2. Proper use of two-way radios https://docs.google.com/document/d/1soCKNW3CAz7zGRwlgeQY7Xf5zUo5ah1JAMhPM0MPbzw/edit?tab=t.0
3. Requirements for particiaption in group drives and convoys https://docs.google.com/document/d/1AffzBYpJhBcQ9toiTkhoAWyBEghAEHvaOaR61RHQf-Y/edit?tab=t.0
### THANK YOU FOR REGISTERING TO PARTICIPATE IN THIS EVENT ON THE ZSCCA UPCOMING EVENTS LIST ###