Washington County Children's Program

WCCP's Children's Parade & Entertainment - a 35-year tradition!

The Children's Program has been part of the Machias Wild Blueberry Festival since both entities were created in the mid-1970’s. On the Friday night of the Blueberry Festival, hundreds of children and parents line up on Broadway for the Children's Parade. WCCP hands out dozens of bright blue balloons and the parade sets off at 6 p.m., trooping down Main Street and up Center Street. Tricycles, wagons, doll carriages and strollers are all welcome. Surprise participants such as pied piper Gene Nichols, children's entertainers, Bruce the Moose, and the Tooth Ferry (WCCP’s Mobile Dental Unit) may be on hand.

When the parade ends, the participants and public join at the Performing Arts Center at UMM for free live entertainment sponsored by WCCP. In 2010, our entertainment was the Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers with their original play, Everybody Loves Pirates. One of the children exclaimed, "they were literally amazing."

Everyone is welcome to take part in these free events! Parade lineup is at 5:45 p.m. at Machias Valley Baptist Church parking lot. If it rains, the parade is canceled (but the entertainment will go on as scheduled).

In the meantime, enjoy these photos from this year's events and our previous years. (Click small images to view larger photo.)

Watch a video from the 2010 Festival.

  • Ciara & Blair step up to lead the children's parade in 2009.
  • In 2010, WCCP held our biggest parade that we can recall with over 350 participants. What fun!
  • This cutie is just waiting for the parade to start.
  • What a crowd! After the 2010 show, kids got to meet the puppets.
  • Perhaps one of the sweetest berries, complete with rake. .
  • WCCP staff & board members work together to make the parade possible for so many children! (left to right: Donna Allen, Pam Beal, Wesley Mawhinney)
  • WCCP's Bruce the Moose poses with these girls just before the Children's Parade begins.
  • Whitney's Tool Shed children's train is a favorite part of the Children's Parade.
  • Costumes of all kinds can be seen during the Blueberry Festival Children's Parade, including this sweet little bee.
  • WCCP staffer Barb Koch and a young volunteer hand out balloons to children at the Blueberry Festival Children's Parade.
  • A trio of ladies in pink marches down Main Street in Machias during the Children's Parade.
  • Lilyana with her blueberry blue eyes & costume enjoyed her first WCCP parade!.
  • A little blueberry princess joins the Blueberry Parade!
  • Ahoy there, matey! A Children's Parade participant.
  • Talented staffer Jen Wood with signs she made for our parade route.
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Washington County Children's Program

207-255-3426 or toll-free 1-800-545-0873 - Email: wccp@wccp.net

Mailing address: PO Box 311, Machias, ME 04654

Location: 14 Steve's Lane (off Route 192), Marshfield, Maine

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