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The Alsatia Club Mummers Parade

Craig Shipp • October 30, 2017

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The Mummers Parade - Hagerstown, Maryland - Over The years!

About the Mummers Parade - Alsatians have always had the interest of their city at heart and during a meeting in the early fall of 1921, the subject of vandalism arose. Members voiced concern over the property damage and personal injuries city-wide as a result of the antics of mischievous pranksters on Halloween. As the discussion proceeded, Lynn Forthman suggested that a celebration activity on Halloween night might attract people and as a result may help to eliminate some of the vandalism. A decision was made that night to sponsor a mummer’s parade on Halloween; and, as father of the idea, Lynn Forthman was nominated first general chairman of the parade committee.

Although time was minimal for organizing the first parade, Lynn and his committee met all deadlines and the first annual Alsatia Mummer’s Parade was held on Halloween 1921. The parade met with such widespread public approval that with the exception of the years 1941 through 1945, it has been the largest single annual event in Hagerstown. Crowds in excess of seventy-thousand people come to Hagerstown to view and participate in this parade which is the largest parade of its kind in the East. Radio and television coverage have made this annual event an almost valuable advertisement for the City of Hagerstown. In addition, it has also achieved its original purpose of helping to reduce property damage… not only in the City of Hagerstown, but also in Washington County and neighboring jurisdictions.

In its early years the parade was financed entirely by the members of the club. As it grew and became more expensive to produce, the assistance of the City of Hagerstown, the Board of Washington County Commissioners, the Board of Education, the merchants, manufacturers, business and professional men of Washington County have helped make it possible to fulfill the slogan of “Bigger and Better Each Year “.

The Alsatia Club Mummers Parade 2016 - video below:

Index for the 2016 video above:

00:00:00 Barbara Ingram School for the Arts - Seussical

00:01:00 High School Bands warming up - Smithsburg High School Leopard Band & Delaney HS both with with beautiful flag girls

00:04:51 & 00:46:40 AMTGARD Crystal Groves Doub Woods Park

00:06:05 & 00:43:45 Massanutten Military Academy - Woodstock, Virginia

00:06:48 & 00:56:52 Hailey Jo Shelton - Washington County Show Kids twirlers

00:07:27 & 00:12:46 Dancers - Miss Dominican Republic

00:07:47 Parade opening Alsatian banner boy scouts

00:07:52 Revolutionary War Soldier

00:08:01 Honor Guard

00:08:40 & 00:10:55 Smithsburg High School Leopard Band

00:09:33 & 00:11:43 WCJFL Giants Football Cheerleaders

00:12:02 D.M. Bowman & GIANTS football

00:12:20 Keller Williams Realty

00:12:33 Kasandra Cultural Center

00:14:28 Hagerstown Firetruck 1

00:14:44 South Mountain Creamery

00:14:50 Shiloh United Methodist Church

00:15:14 Mummers

00:15:23 Smithsburg Middle School Leopard Band

00:16:28 AG Expo Fair Queen - Magdalene Green

00:16:34 Scouts and Jeeps and WHAG TV cars + Dancers

00:18:12 Otterbein UMC

00:18:39 Miss Washington County Megan Kiley

00:18:53 Miss Washington County Outstanding Teen Taylor Ammons

00:19:22 Boonsboro High School Band

00:20:00 Mayor David Gysberts

00:20:26 Grand Marshall SFC Cory Jacob Remsburg

00:20:34 Miss Maryland Hannah Brewer

00:20:44 Miss Maryland Outstanding Teen Allison LaForce

00:21:06 Brett Wilson & Neil Parrott

00:21:37 Congressman John Delaney

00:21:45 Western Heights Middle School Band & Various VIPs

00:23:32 Alsatia Beauty Queens and then Pack 66 and Elvis

00:24:34 Boonsboro Middle School Band

00:25:14 The Mason-Dixon Roller Vixens

00:25:37 Hagerstown Community College

00:26:14 Honor Guard Williamsport, MD Firefighters - then Boy Scouts

00:27:00 Barbara Ingram School for the Arts - Seussical

00:28:08 The Nutcracker - The City Ballet School

00:29:12 World War II Jeep and Living History

00:29:32 Beautiful Latin Dancers

00:31:09 Washington County Antique Tractor Club

00:31:26 Washington County Technical School then scary trucks and vintage cars

00:32:36 Mount Hebron High School Marching Unit

00:34:32 Blue-Gray Towing Recovery & The Buccaneers

00:35:28 Knights of Columbus

00:36:08 South Hagerstown High School Rebels

00:37:34 South End Barber Shop

00:37:56 Hagerstown XTREME Twirlers

00:38:16 Hagerstown Packers

00:38:32 E. Russell Hicks Middle School Huskies

00:40:38 Beautiful Latin Dancers

00:42:10 Panhandle Jeeps & The Vikings

00:42:46 Delaney High School Band The Lions Roar

00:44:09 Ali Ghan Shrine

00:45:20 Towson High School Marching Generals

00:46:33 Miss Washington County Farm Bureau

00:47:25 4 Star Athletic Complex Gymnastics

00:48:12 Dave’s Painting

00:48:16 Williamsport High School Blue Band

00:49:05 Apple Valley Waste

00:49:57 Kids First Swim School

00:50:23 Splits Parkour

00:50:26 Southern Fulton Jr-Sr High School Marching Band Indians with Super Girls

00:50:56 Hagerstown Edge Figure Skating

00:51:33 Star Wars and Swing Dancers

00:52:03 First Data YOPRO

00:52:34 James Buchanan Middle School and after the Girl Scouts the HS Rocket Band

00:55:04 POW MIA You Are Not Forgotten then HagerstownBMX Bikers

00:56:52 Washington County Show Kids & Show Company

00:58:17 Springfield Middle School Cougar Marching Band

00:59:16 Fountaindale School of the Arts

00:59:43 Clear Spring High School Blazer Band

01:00:21 St Mary Catholic School

01:00:40 Dazzling’ Diamondettes

01:01:39 TNT Gymnastics

01:01:53 Northern Middle School then Rollerblade team

01:03:22 Clear Spring Cardinals Football

01:04:04 Silver Starlettes and then dancers

01:07:02 OSD On Stage Performance Studio of Dance and Gymnastics

01:07:53 Robert W. Johnson Community Center dancers

01:08:30 New Edition Legacy Marching Band

01:09:29 Infinity Elite Dance Team Jazz, Pom, Cheer & Hip Hop then Boy Scouts and USMH

01:10:14 Superstar Twirlers St. Thomas PA

01:10:37 Miss White Oak Outstanding Teen Miss America Organization - Miss Northern Maryland Outstanding TEEN

01:10:56 North Hagerstown Hub Band

Click Here for 2016 photos!

EPIC Halloween Night - Alsatia Mummers Parade 2015 in 4k UHD video below:

2015 video index:

00:00 & 33:08 HCC Hagerstown Community College theater department group Robinwood Players

01:34 Miss Maryland 2015 Destiny Clark

02:03 Miss Western Maryland 2015

02:06 Audi Colombo

02:10 More beauty pageant title holders

02:29 Miss Frostburg Outstanding Teen 2015

02:33 Russell Hicks Middle School Chorus Boys and Girls

03:04 James Buchanan High School Rocket Band Mercersburg,

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03:16 and 10:26 Barbara Ingram School for the Art The Little Mermaid beautiful Mermaids getting ready for the parade!

03:40 Smithsburg High School Leopard Band flag girls

03:51 Towson High Marching Generals

04:10 Rifle Spinning girls from James Buchanan High School Rocket Band

04:26 more beautiful flag girls

04:54 05:08 and 25:50 Washington County Show Kids - world class baton twirlers

05:43 Leopard Flag girls again

05:52 North High HUBS Cheerleading Cheerleaders

05:57 Beautiful Mermaids from Barbara Ingram School for the Arts

07:16 and 07:45 Police Color Guard Honor Guard

07:28 Boy Scouts honor guard and Colonial Soldier

07:50 ALSATIA opening banner

08:45 Boonsboro School Band

09:49 Giants

09:49 AMTGARD Crystal Groves

10:14 National Pike Festival Beautiful Horses

10:26 Barbara Ingram The Little Mermaid

12:35 Boy Scouts Pack 54

12:41 Miss Frostburg Outstanding Teen 2015

12:49 The Jefferson House Lawn Care Civil War History float

12:57 North High HUBS Cheerleading Cheerleaders and Band

14:14 Real Mummers!

14:30 Packers Football players

14:39 Dazzlin Diamondettes

15:24 various Beauty Queens

15:50 Smithsburg High School Beautiful Leopard Flag Girls and Band

16:52 Hagerstown Mayor - David S. Gysberts

17:01 Sparky the Fire Dog

17:06 Washington County Board of County Commissioners

17:15 Vintage Fire Truck

17:20 Beautiful Pageant Girls

17:56 Williamsport High School Blue Band

18:48 Parade VIPs and Grand Marshals!

19:33 ALSATIA CLUB Parade Queen Emma Hogan

20:20 Sons of Confederate Veterans

20:27 South Hagerstown High School Rebels

21:45 Hagerstown Suns Baseball Team

21:53 Caporales San Simon USA Beautiful Dancers

24:48 SAYARA Ali Ghan Shriners Child Care Hospitals

25:52 Washington County Show Kids - world class baton twirlers from Boonsboro, Maryland

26:56 Dulaney High School Band The Lions ROAR - Timonium, MD

28:29 Junior Firefighters 2 Williamsport, MD

28:43 Antique Tractors

29:06 Competitive Speed Skaters

29:49 Southend Barber Shop float with Micky Mouse!

29:54 Mount Hebron High School Marching Unit Ellicott City, MD

32:32 Miss White Oak Outstanding Teen

32:38 Vintage Williamsport Bus

32:48 Vintage Chrysler

33:08 HCC Hagerstown Community College theater department group

33:40 Vixens Mason-Dixon Roller Derby

34:15 E. Russell Hicks Middle School Marching Band

35:36 Cub Scouts Pack 66

35:48 The New Baltimore Twilighters Marching Band

37:20 Boy Scout Troop 23 Funkstown, Maryland

37:34 From this point on in the video clips were shot in very low light using the new Sony A7sII at 51,200 ISO - it was very dark heading back up the parade route away from the lighted reviewing stand area.

48:09 City Ballet School's Nutcracker float

Click Here for 2015 photos!

Alsatia Mummers Parade 2014 - 4k UHD video video below:

2014 video index - Pageant girls are one of the bright spots in the annual Alsatia Mummers Parade in Hagerstown, Maryland. These beautiful and talented young ladies are able to hand out pretty smiles and the have the pageant wave down pat. They are always willing to participate in community events.

00:06 Miss Maryland 2014, Jade Kenny

00:14 Miss Washington County Outstanding Teen 2014

00:37 Miss Western Maryland 2014, Taylor Lokey

00:44 Miss Rocky Gap 2014, Paige Dutrow

00:55 Miss Rodeo Pennsylvania 2014

01:10 Alsatia Mummers Parade Queens

01:35 Washington County Farm

02:25 Junior Miss Washington County, Ryckel Bean

Click Here for the 2014 photos!

Alsatia Mummers Parade 2013 - video below: