Parade Route
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The Parade will start at Memorial High School
on Gaylord and continue East on Gaylord to
N. Piney Point. The Parade will turn
South on N. Piney Point and end at 325 N. Piney Point, at the Memorial Drive Baptist
Church.
There will be a shuttle service to the main festival site from Memorial High School and the Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church (Memorial @ Blalock) parking lots.
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Contact Information
General
Information
Marc Schwartz
mschwartz@hsskgroup.com
Volunteer
Info
Steve Peters
713-232-1518
steve.peters@amegybank.com
Booth
Info
Susan Schwartz
susanschw@aol.com
Parade
Info
Marc Schwartz
mschwartz@hsskgroup.com
Memorial
Drive
Baptist
Church
Jim Doremus
jdoremus@ghg.net
Donations
Ruthie Sager
rsager@bunkerhill.net |
Festival Facts
- The Villages
Independence
Festival (“VIF”) was
established in 1992 as a celebration of Family and American
Independence
. The
VIF purpose is to promote our common heritage and our family ties that
bind the Villages together.
- The event starts
with a parade, which terminates at the Festival Grounds on the Church
property (
Memorial
Drive
Baptist
Church
).
- There are numerous
rides and games for children. There is a petting zoo, pony rides, mazes, slides, a train,
fishing ponds and bag toss games for the youngest attendees. Face painters, hair spraying and spin
art for the teens.
- For the adults,
local community groups set up booths where members talk about community
programs and events.
If your community group wants a booth contact Susan Schwartz at susanschw@aol.com.
- The musical
entertainment varies from year to year. Recently, the Festival has opened with the singing of the
National Anthem, in the past this has been led by a Metropolitan Opera
tenor, local talent and whatever else comes in between. When we don't have live music, we have
a DJ playing CDs. In the past the
Choir has performed towards the end of the Festival.
- The Festival always
ends with the big ladder truck from the fire department spraying water
from the top of its fully extended ladder over the kids who gather in
the middle of the grounds.
- Attendance is
generally between 4-5,000.
There is no cost to
attend, we are not trying to raise money for any cause, and in fact
fundraising is prohibited.
- The six
Memorial-Spring Branch Villages that participate in this event are
Bunker Hill,
Hedwig
Village
,
Hilshire
Village
, Hunters Creek, Piney
Point and
Spring Valley
.
- These villages were
incorporated separately around 1954.
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