Interested in the upcoming March 9, 2021 City of FWB election? Twelve candidates are running to fill three seats on the City Council. The Greater Fort Walton Beach Chamber of Commerce & the local NAACP hosted this candidate forum on February 2, 2021 at the City Auditorium. The forum was moderated by Michelle Anchors.
Candidates:
Nic Allegretto
Gloria DeBerry
Jason Floyd
Sean T. Murphy
David Schmidt
Debra Riley
Brad Roehrig
Michael James Rojas
Travis Smith
Gareth Allan Stearns
Sonya Lynn Vazquez
T. Payne Walker
Location:
Fort Walton Beach Civic Auditorium
107 Miracle Strip Pkwy, SE
Fort Walton Beach, FL 32548
Date/Time Information:
Tuesday, February 2, 2021
5:00PM-8:00P
Contact Information:
(850) 244-8191
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Billy Bowlegs Torchlight Parade 2021
The 2021 Billy Bowlegs Torchlight Parade took place on May 3, 2021 on Eglin Parkway in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Hosted by the FWB Chamber of Commerce and sponsored by Step One Automotive Group. 0:00 – Opening 2:19 – Police Department of City of Fort Walton Beach 3:51 – Mayor of the City of Fort Walton Beach 4:25 – City of Fort Walton Beach City Council 4:51 – Fire Department of City of Fort Walton Beach 5:40 – Northwest Florida Track Club 6:11 – Step One Automotive Group 6:45 – Fort Walton Beach Library 7:12 – Ft Walton Beach Women’s Club 8:05 – The Rescued Rescuers Dachshund & Friends 9:31 – Fort Walton Beach Buccaneers 10:37 – Hot Head Burritos 11:14 – Star Wars 501st Legion 12:52 – Emerald Coast Elite, Inc 13:59 – Distinguished Young Women of Okaloosa County, FL 14:40 – Rye-Land Lawncare LLC 15:13 – FRIOS Emerald Coast 15:31 – Step One Automotive Group 17:40 – Okaloosa Republicans 21:11 – Miss Okaloosa County 23:58 – T-Mobile 24:15 – A Touch of Class Homecookin’ & Events 24:34 – Krewe of MAGnificent Space Pirates 24:59 – JVC Broadcasting 25:38 – Second Breath Styles 26:16 – Mardi Gras Club of FWB 28:42 – Navarre Krewe of Jesters 29:14 – Dippin’ Dots 29:41- Step One Automotive Group 30:24 – Krewe of Karibbean 31:07 – Krewe of Bowlegs 32:31 – NPM LLC Home Improvements 33:48 – Delivery.com 34:43 – Emerald Coast Parrot Head Club 35:32 – Golds Gym Fort Walton Beach 36:03 – Xtreme H2O Sports 36:43 – Step One Automotive Group 37:04 – Krewe of Bowlegs 38:18 – Krewe of Airship Pirates 39:34 – Krewe De Yak 39:59 – St Paul Vulcans 40:33 – Krewe of Dominique Youx 42:33 – Krewe of Bowlegs 44:42 – Closing Produced by Emerald Coast TV -
2020 Fort Walton Beach Christmas Parade
Enjoy this replay of the 2020 Fort Walton Beach Christmas Parade – “Christmas Nights & Winter Nights”, which took place on December 7, 2020 on Eglin Pkwy at 6:30pm CDT.
The weather was brisk but dry at folks came bundled up to watch business, local organizations and schools marching bands pass by and spread joy. Sponsored by the City of Fort Walton Beach and hosted by Ted Corcoran, the CEO of the FWB Chamber of Commerce and Heather Ruiz, the 2021 Chair of the board for the chamber who also represents Destin Commons shopping center. The Judges were Vince & Kimberly Mayfield (BitWizards), Seth Luttrell (chamber Dir Operations) and John Hofstad (Okaloosa County Administrator).
The winners of this year’s parade are as follows:
– Best Service – 501st Legion Parjai Squad
– Best Marching – Choctawhatchee High School Style Marchers
– Best Youth – Niceville High School Robotics
– Best Religious – Communidad Familiar Tabernaculo De Adoracion
– Best Commercial – RBM Contracting Produced byEmerald Coast TV Technical Producer & Editor – RJ Murdock
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Fort Walton Beach Christmas Parade 2018
Enjoy the 2018 Fort Walton Beach Christmas Parade themed as “Christmas Toys for Girls & Boys”. The parade took place on Eglin Parkway on the evening of December 3, 2018. Brought to you by the City of Fort Walton Beach, hosted by Ted Corcoran (FWB Chamber of Commerce) and David MacDonald (Santa Rosa Mall – parade sponsor). Produced by EmeraldCoastTV.com. Enjoyed the video? Please help us produce more local community event and sports video by subscribing to our YouTube channel: www.youtube.com/EmeraldCoastTVcom
