Oviedo celebrates 20th Martin Luther King, Jr. parade, festival

Oviedo’s recently revamped parade and festival wound from Oviedo High School to Center Lake Park where it ended in a celebration of the life, struggles and achievements of Martin Luther King, Jr.

Photos by Maci Castillo

Oviedo Citizens in Action drive by the parade they helped organize.

Engine 26 of the Seminole County Fire Department sports a banner honoring MLK.

The Oviedo Historical Society walks with their mascot.

Sonic Drive-In’s cherry limeade mascot strikes a pose at the parade.

The Oviedo Police Foundation drives by in a Jeep.

The Oviedo Bowling Center shows off a banner.

Oviedo Cub Scout pack 608 show off handmade posters.

 Oviedo State Farm agent Jeffrey B. Campbell drives through the parade with the State Farm mascot.

Oviedo High School’s Black Student Union strolls through the parade.

Some of Hagerty High School’s Black Student Union sport BSU T-shirts as they walk.

Oviedo Mayor Megan Sladek bicycle spews a stream of bubbles as she rides in the parades.

Mission Road Church members smile and wave as they show off their glitzy MLK display.

The Girl Scouts of Citrus Wild River Community walk through the parade.

Olympic bronze medalist and Orlando native Omari Jones waves at the crowd as part of the Johnson Hill-Washington Heights Community Outreach.

Johnson Hill-Washington Heights Community Outreach members sport signs honoring MLK as they walk through the parade.

The Oviedo High School Marching Lions play a variety of instruments as they step through the street.

Oviedo Police Chief Dale Coleman rides in on a golf cart, greeting parade goers.

Grant Chapel AME Church’s tinseled truck pays homage to MLK.

World Series champions Lake Mary Little League served as the parades grand marshals this year.

Parade Grand Marshal and Spectrum News 13’s Tammie Fields tosses candy to kids in the crowd. 

Chuluota’s Cub Scout pack 39 leads the parade.

Oviedo police swing by the MLK parade on motorcycles.

Parade grand marshals UCF’s Jazz in Motion quartet play a tune.