Christmas Parade organizers announced Al Berry as the grand marshal Friday, Nov. 11.
Berry is a Florida Strawberry Festival board member emeritus and sales representative for the Plant City Times & Observer and In the Field Magazine.
The Plant City native had a 34-year career in broadcasting. He worked as a deejay at WPLA in Plant City before going into broadcasting sales. He ended up co-owning the station with Ercelle Smith, after Smith’s father sold them the station.
The Plant City Christmas Parade will be at 7 p.m. Friday, Dec. 2, in Historic Downtown. The parade will head north on Collins Street to Reynolds Street. It will then turn right on Reynolds Street and end by the courthouse.