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Join us for the annual Winter Park Boat Parade & Festival of Lights! This fun, community-wide water parade will feature holiday-themed and lighted boats gliding along the shorelines of lakes Virginia and Osceola. The Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens will host pre-parade activities including a water ski show at Rollins College at 3:30 p.m. The museum also hosts the official judging station for the Parade and will have music, food, wine and parking beginning at 4 p.m. in the Polasek Gardens. Dinky Dock off Fairbanks Avenue is another viewing area for the parade with the Lake Osceola parade beginning at sundown. All local licensed area boat owners are invited to participate. Boat registration is required with applications available by contacting the Polasek at 407-647-6294 or visiting the website wpboatparade.com All proceeds will benefit The Albin Polasek Museum & Sculpture Gardens and the Rotary Club of Winter Park Charitable Foundation.