MCJ @ West Metro Parade of Lights December 8th

We are going to be entering the West Metro parade of Lights in West Columbia again this year.

12th Street will close for staging at 3:00 pm. The parade rolls at 5:30.

We'll be meeting at Ripley Lighting Controls / SouthCon at 2023 Platt Springs Rd, West Columbia. We will meet around 2:30 and plan to roll out to head to the staging area at 3:30, but we'll have time at Ripley to decorate, remove tops, doors, etc, and we'll all roll from there. We need to have everyone in the group meet at Ripley and go into the parade staging area together. It makes it much easier on the parade coordinators.

But, if for some reason you can't meet us there, we are #33 and will be lining up on the left side of 12th street.

My plan is to get down there pretty early and get something to eat while we wait in the staging area.

2:30 - Meet at Ripley Lighting Controls 2023 Platt Springs Rd, West Columbia
3:30 - Leave Ripley Lighting controls and go to our staging area on 12th Street by the Advance Auto Parts
4:00-5:00 - get dinner at the Bojangles or KFC nearby
5:30 - Parade starts
7:00 - Parade ends, and we will head back over to Ripley Lighting Controls to get doors/tops/etc.

I'd like to get in on this if I can Brooks. -Spencer

sounds great, I'll post more info after we get the details tonight.

12th Street will close for staging at 3:00 pm. The parade rolls at 5:30. We'll be meeting at Ripley Lighting Controls / SouthCon at 2023 Platt Springs Rd, West Columbia. We'll post times after I talk to Tripp, but we'll have time at Ripley to decorate, remove tops, doors, etc, and we'll all roll from there. We need to have everyone in the group meet at Ripley and go into the parade staging area together. It makes it much easier on the parade coordinators. But, if for some reason you can't meet us there, we are #33 and will be lining up on the left side of 12th street.

My plan is to get down there pretty early and get something to eat while we wait in the staging area.

updated the first post with information from the meeting.

The building actually says SouthConn Technologies, not Ripley, and we'll probably be around the side at the loading dock.

Do you just pull off plug of typical Christmas light strand and wire to 12 volts?


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I think you can get 12 volt lights, but the better option is run an inverter and normal 110V lights. The mini LED lights have a really low current draw and can be run off of the small cigarette lighter inverters.

yeah, the 50 light led strands pull 0.4Watts, so you can easily run 10 strands of them on a cheap inverter.

We will update this weekend if anything changes with the parade, I'm not sure how rain would affect it but I'm assuming it would not be good.

Dont forget, the more light the better, some of the parade route is pitch back, so we are the only lights for people to see. And if you have auto headlights on your vehicle we will have to cover them up.

What’s the latest word on the parade for tomorrow? Has any body heard if it is still on or not?

From their Facebook

"We finally got confirmation from the Cities of Cayce & West Columbia that postponing the parade to Sunday, December 15th is possible. NO DECISION HAS BEEN MADE YET.

We know there is a lot of preparation for being in our parade. Our plan, as of now, is to monitor the weather and make an initial decision around lunchtime on Saturday. If the forecast holds true and we have significant rain AND the forecast for rain on Sunday is 50% or higher, we will probably postpone the parade. If we decide to go ahead and continue with the parade this Sunday, we will more than likely cancel for this year if it rains during staging."

After consulting with the National Weather Service and the Cities of Cayce & West Columbia, the West Metro Parade Committee have decided to POSTPONE tomorrow's West Metro Holiday Parade of Lights to SUNDAY, DECEMBER 15th.

If you are a participant, please let us know by Wednesday, December 11th if you are still participating in the parade.

Are we still planning to enter the parade since a good number of people will be at Uwharrie? I hope we can.

Count me in if you are.

Yes we will discuss details this week. We will need someone to be the organizer as all of the current officers will be at Uwharrie.

Brooks, I've to bail on you bud. I've got to go into the office this afternoon :frowny: Maybe next year........ I'll try to make it to the next meeting though.

Parade is postponed to next sunday spencer.

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Guess I should've read the second page before responding. I think I'm good to go for next Sunday

Who will still be able to go? I need a club member to turn over the line-up information to this week.