The Orange community celebrated with the power of The Force on Saturday.
The Orange May Parade adopted a Star Wars theme this year — there’s a trend of celebrating “May the Fourth Be With You” on May 4, a play on the famed Star Wars phrase — and this year’s theme was, “Come to the Orange Side!”
A giant shark lurks menacingly from behind during the Orange May Parade on Saturday, May 4, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Thelma Davis Martin, an original 1970s Soul Train TV show dancer, right, gets Marisela Mena moving during the Orange May Parade on Saturday, May 4, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Sparky, a 12-year-old dog rescued from the Navajo Indian Reservation in New Mexico, enjoys the Orange May Parade while owner Damaris Perez carts the canine around on Saturday, May 4, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
The Orange County Model A Ford Club rolls through the Orange May Parade on Saturday, May 4, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
The Shriners zip around in their tin lizzies during the Orange May Parade on Saturday, May 4, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Cub Scout Auggie Wayland, 8, with troop 453, tips his hat while commandeering a Star Wars “landspeeder” during the Orange May Day parade on Saturday, May 4, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Dancers add a bit of color to the Orange May Parade on
Saturday, May 4, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Dancers add a bit of color to the Orange May Parade on
Saturday, May 4, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Ben Finley plays a cardboard guitar during the Orange May Parade on Saturday, May 4, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
American Legion Post 132 models uniforms depicting a World War I U.S Army private and an American Red Cross nurse during the Orange May Parade on Saturday, May 4, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
Costumed Chinelos dancers, including one with Bugs Bunny on his head, take part in the Orange May Parade on Saturday, May 4, 2024. (Photo by Mindy Schauer, Orange County Register/SCNG)
The May Parade in Orange started in the 1930s and marched on for decades before ending in the ’90s for lack of funding. Several years ago, the Orange Chamber of Commerce rekindled the tradition and this year close to 100 entries were featured.
