HOLIDAY PARADES 1963-2022

Celebrating the 60th Anniversary of our Holiday Boat Parade on December 10, 2022, in the Marina del Rey Boat Harbor. We want to thank the Los Angeles Board of Supervisors for your ongoing support of the Parade over the past 60 years!

YEAR THEME GRAND MARSHAL
2022 Sparkle On The Water Holly J. Mitchell | Los Angeles County Supervisor
2021 Joy On The Water Steven Krems, M.D. & Nurse Joanne Laguna Kennedy
2019 Kids Make Holidays Bright The Kids
2018 Holiday Water Wonderland Supervisor Janice Hahn
2017 Let’s Dance Carol Costello (Journalist)
2016 An Animated Holiday KK Clark (Olympic medalists)
2015 Adventures On the Sea Florence Henderson
2014 Happy Birthday Marina del Rey Leon “the mortorman” Kaplan
2013 Holiday Magic Jeanie Buss/Phil Jackson
2012 Celebrating 50 Years: A Solid Gold Christmas Kerri Walsh Jennings (Olympic medalists)
2011 Christmas Carnival Mike Sakellarides (94.7 FM Wave)
2010 Rock-n-Roll Christmas Larry Morgan (100.3 FM)
2009 Christmas in Paradise Zac Sunderland
2008 Santa Claus is Coming to Town Santa (Pat Davis)
2007 Holiday Magic Garth Kemp (TV weatherman)
2006 Water Winter Wonderland Stefanie Powers (Actress)
2005 Star Light, Star Bright Frank Fetta (Conductor)
2004 Sights and Sounds of the Holidays Bill Sharman (Former Laker Coach)
2003 Through the Eyes of a Child Supervisor Don Knabe
2002 Holiday Lights Across America  
2001 Holiday Lights Around The World  
1999 Lights Through the Century Connie Stevens
1997 Holiday – Stone Age Through Space Age  
1996   Tony Danza (Actor)
1994   Glenn Yarbrough (Folksinger)
1993   Jean-Michel Cousteau (Ocean explorer)
1992   Fred Roggin (Sport announcer)
1991   Florence Henderson (Actress)
1990   David Wolper (Producer)
1989   Howard Keel (Actor)
1988   Cloris Leachman (Actress)
1986   Ed McMahon (TV host)
1984   Ernest Borgnine (Actor)
1983   Mark Spitz (Olympic medalists)
1982   Dick Van Dyke (Actor)
1979   Supervisor Yvonne Brathwaite Burke
1978   Robert Goulet (Singer)
1977   Dick Whittington (Radio)
1976   Stuart Whitman (Actor)
1975   Tim O’Connor (Actor)
1974   Barbara Rush (Actress)
1973   Ann B. Davis (Actress)
1972   Joey Bishop (Actor)
1971   Buddy Ebsen (Actor)
1964   Leif Erickson (Actor)
1963   David Jennings (Developer)