We're 70 days away...time to get to work on those parade entries!

Join in our parade – we want your floats, your marchers, your musicians…let’s make this year’s parade the biggest and best yet. Are you a member of a community group? A marching band? A theatrical troupe? We want YOU! The parade application is available on our website, so get your marching shoes polished, your costumes sewn, and your floats ready to go!

Every five years, we celebrate Cheverly Day with a big parade! We're planning the biggest parade yet for our 85th anniversary and we need every community group to participate to make it a success!

The parade route is right through the heart of town -- Cheverly Avenue -- and will begin at 10am on May 21.

Click here for the online application or download it here -- we're looking for floats, marching bands, marchers, clowns...you name it. Interested? Contact us.

Looking for ideas for floats, giant puppets, or other parade entries? Here are a few resources to start:

How to Build a Float

Make Paper Flowers for a Parade Float

Build a Giant Puppet

Build a Giant Pageant Puppet

Parade Floats on Pinterest

Creating Parade Banner Ideas on Pinterest

Parade Ideas on Pinterest

More Parade Ideas on Pinterest

Now...get to work!

Only six months away!

Cheverly Day 2016 is just a little over six months away! Join your friends, family, and neighbors on Saturday, May 21, to celebrate 85 years of life in Cheverly. We’ll have a parade, great music, food and drink, fireworks, and loads of activities and attractions sure to please!

We’ve come a long way from 1931 – an era of tremendous challenge and sacrifice, but also a time of people working together in communities. We enjoyed the music of Cab Calloway, Kate Smith, and Guy Lombardo, and movies by Charlie Chaplin and Bela Lugosi. Did you know that The Star Spangled Banner became the official National Anthem of the United States in 1931? The first Donald Duck cartoon and Dick Tracy comic launched that same year, and the Empire State Building and George Washington Bridge in New York opened. Lou Gehrig played his 1,000^th baseball game. Babe Ruth hit his 600^th home run. And Cheverly, Maryland, was incorporated on April 18, 1931.

We’re looking forward to sharing Cheverly’s 85^th anniversary with the entire community, and we need your help. Start planning those parade floats and entries now! Want to get involved in planning the big event? We’d love to have your input. Email cheverlyday@gmail.com to lend your support. Of course, visit our website www.cheverlyday.org for the latest news on all things Cheverly Day 2016!

When is Cheverly Day 2016?

It hasn't even been a week yet, but we've already been asked about the date for our 85th Anniversary Celebration. Mark your calendar for Saturday, May 21, 2016! 

Look back at our 80th Anniversary Parade and Cheverly Day 2011 here, and start planning your float or contribution to the big event! We'll also be looking for lots of volunteers to help with all aspects of Cheverly Day 2016...visit with us at Cheverly Community Market on May 31 to find out how you can get involved.