Washington County Children's Program

WCCP's Children's Parade & Entertainment - FUN!

The Children's Program has been part of the Machias Wild Blueberry Festival since both entities were created in the mid-1970s. On the Friday night of the Festival, hundreds of children and parents line up on Broadway in Machias for the Children's Parade. WCCP hands out dozens of bright blue balloons and the parade sets off through town at 6 p.m.

When the parade ends, the participants and public join at the Performing Arts Center (PAC) at UMM for free live entertainment sponsored by WCCP. This year's entertainment was the Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers with their original play, The Headless Horseman of Sleepy Hollow. 

Thank you to the following for making our event a huge community success:  Deb Eckart, Mike Carter, David Whitney, Whitney's Toolshed, Jill Hayward, Naida Pennell, Machias Police Department, Machias Town Office, Alice Porter, Wayne Wood, Logan Wood, Bobby Cale, Cindy Rossi, Ciara Schoppee, Blair Hudson, Machias Valley Baptist Church, Centre Street Congregational Church, Nicole Ball, Ellen Farnsworth, Janet Weston, University of Maine at Machias, and the Washington County Children's Program Board and Staff members!  View news article on Janet Weston, WCCP's Grand Marshal of the Blueberry Festival Children's Parade on our News & Events page.

We're already looking forward to 2010 - the Parade & Entertainment will be on Friday night, August 20!

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

  • Ciara & Blair step up to lead the children's parade in 2009.
  • Marching in the parade with friends is a great way to start off your Blueberry Festival weekend!
  • WCCP staff & board members work together to make the parade possible for so many children! (left to right: Donna Allen, Pam Beal, Wesley Mawhinney)
  • It's so much fun get a close up look at the puppets! Children gathered around the Frogtown Mountain Puppeteers after their Blueberry Festival performance.
  • A little blueberry princess joins the Blueberry Parade!
  • Lilyana with her blueberry blue eyes & costume enjoyed her first WCCP parade!.
  • 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.
  • Several young blueberries catch a ride in the parade.
  • A child tries out the train caboose before the parade begins.
  • A trio of ladies in pink marches down Main Street in Machias during the Children's 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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