2012 Parade of Lights
The 27th Annual Parade of Lights  will be held Sunday, December 9th. Festivities will begin with a Santa’s Village event on the City Pier which featured a visit from Santa, ten tons of snow and the K-Lite holiday music mobile van. Deep Sea Wine Tasting Room will host a private Judging Party on Stearns Wharf as thousands of spectators cheer on about 28 boats decorated to the theme TBA. A spectacular fireworks display by BAY FIREWORKS will immediately follow the boat parade. The winners will be announced at the awards ceremony and by MC and POL Chair, Skip Abed. Stay tune for more details to come.
 



Parade Sponsors: The City of Santa Barbara, Harbor Merchants Associations, Stearns Wharf Business Association, and the Santa Barbara Yacht Club. Media sponsors include Cox Media, ParentClick.com, K-Lite & KYTD Radio, Haagen/Typecraft, Inc., and Santa Barbara Independent.

Parade Steering Committee: Skip Abed, Renee Smith, Mick Kronman, Brian Slagle, Patrick Henry, Greg Gorga, David Bacon, Steve Hyslop, Ryan Perry, Stacy Boodworth.

Special Appreciation: Deep Sea Wine Tasting Room, Harbor Restaurant, Moby Dick Restaurant, Char West, Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, The Endless Summer bar-café, Stacy Bloodworth Photography, Centerpiece Barbershop Quartet, Santa Claus, Harbor Patrol, Kathy Sangster and Damian Gadal, Bay Fireworks, Canoneer Jeff Shultz and crew, Waterfront Maintenance, Waterfront Parking Services and Harbor Patrol.  

Last year’s Prize Donations from 2011 POL Committee, Avalon Rafts, Blue Water Hunter, Boat Launch Mini Mart, Casa Blanca, Char West, Chucks of Hawaii, Central Machine, DeeTours, The Endless Summer, Chuck’s Waterfront Grill, The Fish House, Four Seasons Biltmore, The Great Pacific Ice Cream Co., The Hampton Inn, Harbor View Inn, Harbor Marine Works, Harbor Restaurant, Hotel Oceana, Hyatt Santa Barbara, Lobero Theater Live, Ocean Aire Electronics, Channel Islands Outfitters, Inc., Paradise Café, Salty Dog Dive Services, Santa Barbara Hotel Group, Santa Barbara Maritime Museum, Santa Barbara Sailing Center, Santa Barbara Zoo, Seacoast Yacht Sales, Southern Wine & Spirits, Ste. Michelle Wines, Tower Roofing Gutters, Trolling Motor Doctor, Waterfront Parking Services and West Marine Supply.


2011 Parade of Light Winners

2011 Judges:
Jack Byers, SBYC Commodore
Mike McCorkle, Commercial Fishermen
William MacFayden, Publisher/Founder Noozhawk
Jim Sloan, Harbor Commissioner
Russ Rogers, Owner Performance Painting Company

Grand Prize - Best Overall Float                  
Rachel Williams, Channel Cat
Boat theme: Santa’s Workshop

Category: Commercial Fishing
1st Place: James Escamilla, Mercy 06068
Boat Theme: Candy Cane Fishing Rod
2nd Place: Chad McClintock, True Grit
Boat Theme: Peppermint Seahorses
3rd Place: Chris Brown, Renegade
Boat Theme: None

Category: Commercial Other                       
1st Place: Shaun Hughs, Scrub A Dub
Boat Theme: A “Sweet” Sleigh
2nd Place: Kevin Leitch, Ranger (1917 Sportfishing Boat)
Theme: Candy Cane Holidays
3rd Place: No entries

Category: Power Boats                       
1st Place: Pete Seagoe, Sea Goer
Boat Theme: Peppermint Twist Christmas
2nd Place: Julia Leitch, Barbarian
Boat Theme: None
3rd Place: Roger & Sara Chrisman, Polaris
Boat Theme: Candy Canes

Category: Sail Boats                     
1st Place: Spencer MacRae, Okiva,
Boat Theme: Nautical Christmas
2nd Place: Joseph & Silvia Hahn, Blue Moon
Boat Theme: Candy Cane Holidays
3rd Place: Mary Lee Hopkins, Allegro non Troppo
Boat Theme: Go Canes!

Category: Human Power                  
1st Place: Lisa Foote/Scott Engleman, Yellow Kayak
Boat Theme: Santa and the Candy Cane Polar Bear
2nd Place: Daniel McCarter, Carbonerro
Boat Theme: Dynamic Candy Cane
3rd Place: Tara Brown/Kathie McClure, Double Kayak
Boat Theme: Human Candy Canes

Golden Bilge Pump Award for Last Place                   
Stephen Dunne, Tantalus

  
  
  

Photos by Stacy Bloodworth © Copyright 2011