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WEST CHESTER CHRISTMAS PARADE?

I heard there is going to be a xmas parade in West chester early December.

 

QVC hosts always were part of it....anyone know if they will be this year?

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It doesn't look like it.  The Chamber of Commerce announced that 6abc meteorologist Adam Joseph will emcee again this year, but didn't say anything about QVC folks.  And QVC was for many years a main sponsor of the parade but isn't listed this year.  The title sponsor this year is Penn Medicine's Chester County Hospital.  ... That makes sense, the healthcare industry is making all the money these days.  

 

This is from 2018.  Adam Joseph is on the left.

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We don't need a weatherman announcing the parade. It should be QVC hosts only in my opinion.  Always loved listening to Dan harken back to the nostaligiac days of his youth during the parade. I wonder QVC decided not to sponsor the parade because of poor financials?  Such a shame as QVC is a cornerstone of the West Chester PA economy.

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@qvc chick  No, QVC is out.

 

The parade itself was cancelled in 2020 and 2021.  It's back on Dec. 2, 2022, but with no involvement or sponsorship from QVC. 

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@Reever wrote:

We don't need a weatherman announcing the parade. It should be QVC hosts only in my opinion.  Always loved listening to Dan harken back to the nostaligiac days of his youth during the parade. I wonder QVC decided not to sponsor the parade because of poor financials?  Such a shame as QVC is a cornerstone of the West Chester PA economy.


@Reever  If QVC isn't sponsoring it this year then there will be no hosts involved.

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@Reever wrote:

I wonder QVC decided not to sponsor the parade because of poor financials? 


That probably had something to do with the decision. But I did read that QVC's four-year commitment to sponsor the parade ended in 2019.  Then, of course, the parade wasn't held in 2020 and 2021 due to the pandemic. 

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@Reever wrote:

We don't need a weatherman announcing the parade. It should be QVC hosts only in my opinion.  Always loved listening to Dan harken back to the nostaligiac days of his youth during the parade. I wonder QVC decided not to sponsor the parade because of poor financials?  Such a shame as QVC is a cornerstone of the West Chester PA economy.


Do you live in the West Chester area?  I do and Adam Joseph is a much beloved weathercaster and member of our community.  He works for the ABC station in Philly, which is 30 miles from us.

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@Reever wrote:

We don't need a weatherman announcing the parade. It should be QVC hosts only in my opinion.  Always loved listening to Dan harken back to the nostaligiac days of his youth during the parade. I wonder QVC decided not to sponsor the parade because of poor financials?  Such a shame as QVC is a cornerstone of the West Chester PA economy.


West Chester, PA is a college town.  West Chester University is there, providing income to the township.

 

 

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@qvc chick  I live near West Chester, and I always liked watching the QVC coverage of the parade. It provided a great holiday feel to the Q broadcasting.

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@suziebee1 wrote:

@Reever wrote:

We don't need a weatherman announcing the parade. It should be QVC hosts only in my opinion.  Always loved listening to Dan harken back to the nostaligiac days of his youth during the parade. I wonder QVC decided not to sponsor the parade because of poor financials?  Such a shame as QVC is a cornerstone of the West Chester PA economy.


Do you live in the West Chester area?  I do and Adam Joseph is a much beloved weathercaster and member of our community.  He works for the ABC station in Philly, which is 30 miles from us.

 


"Meteorologist Adam Joseph joined the Action News weather team in April of 2005, and is currently the weekday meteorologist on Action News at 4pm, 5:30pm and Action News at 10pm.

Adam graduated from Lyndon State College with a Bachelor of Science in 2000. His first on-air experience came in 1998 when he forecasted and anchored the weather on LSC-TV. Looking back, he laughs at his green performance, but cherishes the experience Lyndon was able to give him prior to achieving a degree.

Adam started his career at WBOY-TV as the Chief Meteorologist in Clarksburg, West Virginia. Shortly after, he landed a job with WSAZ-TV in Charleston-Huntington, West Virginia. It was there he received the prestigious AMS Seal of Approval for Television, as well as several awards for meteorology excellence. Four years later, he joined WPVI as the weekend Meteorologist in April of 2005. You can find Adam every weekday on Action News at 4pm, 5:30pm, and Action News at 10pm on PHL-17. He contributes to countless station specials, including the 6abc Thanksgiving Day Parade, The Flower Show preview special, and the Auto Show preview special, just to name a few. Adam loves the balance of fulfilling a lifetime passion for weather while dipping into the entertainment world. Adam fills in on ABC's Good Morning America when needed, and was voted Philadelphia's Best Meteorologist by Philadelphia Magazine in 2009 and was honored to accept the 40 under 40 award from the Philadelphia Business Journal for professional excellence and community involvement in 2011.

Adam is strongly committed to making a difference in the community and is heavily involved with Hospice and the American Cancer Society. Adam enjoys weight lifting, running, biking, swimming, spending time with family, and just making every day count. He participated in his first triathlon in Richwood, West Virginia in 2001, and has since completed a total of 13 triathlons. In 2013 he completed 7 triathlons, the final being a 70.3 half ironman in Bear Delaware. It was a goal of his for more than 12 years."

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