{"id":856,"date":"2016-05-20T02:00:54","date_gmt":"2016-05-20T02:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/?p=856"},"modified":"2016-05-23T00:40:05","modified_gmt":"2016-05-23T00:40:05","slug":"liberty-parade-through-the-years","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/liberty-parade-through-the-years\/","title":{"rendered":"Liberty Parade Through the Years"},"content":{"rendered":"<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-866\" src=\"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_9018.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_9018\" width=\"3888\" height=\"2592\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_9018.jpg 3888w, https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_9018-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_9018-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/IMG_9018-1024x683.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 3888px) 100vw, 3888px\" \/><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\"><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">Join the Todd community\u00a0for the<\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: center;\">13th Annual<strong> Liberty Parade<\/strong> &#8211; July 4th Todd, NC<\/h5>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sMqVpCqv6NI\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Interview with Liberty Parade founder, Martha Enzmann<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Go ahead, close your eyes and think about parades. What is the first thing that comes to mind?<\/p>\n<p>Did you picture a big city, marching bands, clowns, and balloons? The Liberty Parade is a different type of event! The event is designed around the picturesque mountains and the New River. Instead of marching down a busy city street the parade runs along lazy Todd Railroad Grade Road through historic downtown &#8211; about the distance of 6 city blocks &#8211; and culminates in the park with live music, dancing\u00a0and food.\u00a0You can choose\u00a0to join in the parade\u00a0or\u00a0simply watch and cheer it on.\u00a0No matter what you chose, this parade is like no other. You will love it!<\/p>\n<p>The Liberty Parade is put on by the Elkland Art Center and many volunteers as a way to involve the community and visitors in a fun and creative way to celebrate the 4th of July. The Liberty Parade embodies all of the elements that make Todd, North Carolina, the special place it is.\u00a0The New River and its ecosystem are depicted through the large puppets, costumes, banners and music that are created to support each year&#8217;s theme.<\/p>\n<p>What is the 2016 Liberty Parade theme?\u00a0This year the Liberty Parade theme is\u00a0S<em>ound.<\/em>\u00a0This plays on the sounds of the New River, wildlife, and nature found in Todd, as well as the importance of listening to one another.<\/p>\n<p>How does it work if you want to participate? Not only is the event free, costumes and props will be laid out in advance at the corner of highway 194 and Todd Railroad Grade Road (otherwise known as the Hornbaker&#8217;s field) for all to choose from. Getting read for the parade is as much fun as walking in it. Participation opens up a window to make new friends, learn about the community, and to be a part of something bigger than ourselves. To put on a great parade takes more than a little creativity. The event can cost around $15,000 to put on! There is no charge for the event, but <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdrise.com\/liberty-parade-2016-tuning-in\/fundraiser\/elklandschoolartcenter\">donations<\/a> in any amount will help defray the costs of the parade and show your appreciation\u00a0to\u00a0Elkland Art Center and the Todd community.\u00a0Help the Elkland Art Center reach their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdrise.com\/liberty-parade-2016-tuning-in\/fundraiser\/elklandschoolartcenter\">crowd funding goal of $10,000\u00a0by donating<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>So where are you spending the 4th of July this year? We hope you come to Todd to celebrate with us in the Liberty Parade!<\/p>\n<h6 style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.crowdrise.com\/liberty-parade-2016-tuning-in\/fundraiser\/elklandschoolartcenter\">DONATE TO THE 2016 LIBERTY PARADE<\/a><\/h6>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-346\" src=\"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Todd-Parade-EAC.jpg\" alt=\"Todd Parade EAC\" width=\"960\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Todd-Parade-EAC.jpg 960w, https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Todd-Parade-EAC-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/03\/Todd-Parade-EAC-768x512.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 960px) 100vw, 960px\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><em><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-778 \" src=\"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1-13020163_10207770758765813_546297958_n-150x150.jpg\" alt=\"1-13020163_10207770758765813_546297958_n\" width=\"131\" height=\"131\" srcset=\"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1-13020163_10207770758765813_546297958_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1-13020163_10207770758765813_546297958_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1-13020163_10207770758765813_546297958_n-230x230.jpg 230w, https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/04\/1-13020163_10207770758765813_546297958_n.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 131px) 100vw, 131px\" \/>Blog Post By:\u00a0Emma Traut<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Emma is a visitor and lover of Todd. This spring she jumped on board to help with the redesign of toddnc.org and be a social media guru for the TCPO. Emma is looking forward to the Liberty Parade &amp; the Summer Concert Series this summer.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Join the Todd community\u00a0for the 13th Annual Liberty Parade &#8211; July 4th Todd, NC Interview with Liberty Parade founder, Martha Enzmann Go ahead, close your eyes and think about parades. What is the first thing that comes to mind? Did&hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":866,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33,36,20,42,19,34],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-about-todd","category-get-involved","category-todd-lifestyle","category-liberty-parade","category-outdoor-activities","category-plan-a-visit"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/866"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/toddnc.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}