This year’s Colonia Pride Day Parade takes place On Sunday, October 2nd from 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm. This parade is full of non stop cheers and fun, and you don’t want to miss it.
The Parade starts at School #21 on Inman Ave. Participants will march all the way down Inman past the Fire Department. This year it is ending at the Fire Department so the community can enjoy Fire Prevention Week with the CFD. 2016 the first year the Fire Department has been added to the parade route. The Parade is here to celebrate Colonia and all the good that this town has to offer.
After this year’s parade the fire department will be cooking hot dogs and hamburgers for anyone who wants a tasty treat. In addition to the normal barbecue, Kids will enjoy, rock climbing, and a fire truck slide. The fire house will be open to everyone to view all fire safety equipment.
The Colonia Pride Day Parade started in the year 2000 and this year marks the 17th annual parade.They Created the Colonia Pride Day Parade, so that the Colonia citizens of Woodbridge township could show their pride and let everyone else in Woodbridge know how much we love living in Colonia.
Colonia high school has been participating in the parade since 2000, and Mr. Perdoni has lead the marching band for the last 12 years. Through speaking to Mr. Perdoni, the inside information was released that this year’s band song will be the popular pop tune “Shut Up and Dance With Me” by Walk The Moon. Last year the band performed a part of their half time routine and as they marched the belted out the swing song “sing, sing, sing”.
Both Mr. Perdoni and the Band students are Excited to March this year. Perdoni states that “The Parade is good to recruit because we will see some younger kids there and when they see the band everyone is usually impressed. When it sounds good hopefully they will wanna join someday so it’s important that we do stuff like this…. I love a good parade!” The Colonia Pride Day Parade is the Start of the Colonia High Bands long season. It is the test trial to see how well they will do in all there competitions this year.
First year Color Guard member Jen Webber talks about how excited she is to walk in this years Colonia pride day parade. When asked why she was so excited she said “ It’s something I have never done before. It’s new to me, and different and I love to try new things. We have prepared and practiced all that we can. One Piece of advice I was given by an older member of the band was…If you think your smile is cheesy it’s not cheesy enough!”
Along with the Colonia High Band the cheerleaders will be walking in the parade too. The cheerleaders, equally important as the other festivities are ready to turn up the spirit and walk our streets with all the pride and pep they have in them. Also they plan on performing their “band cheer” as they chant and dance along with the band. “ I feel good to represent my town, I’m excited to march in a parade and show my pride to everyone I know!” said Manasa Kallur JV cheerleader.
This years Colonia Pride Day Parade will be a great experience for all Woodbridge township members. Support Colonia and all it stands for at this years annual Colonia pride day parade.
