News Release
SYRACUSE — Gather the family and get your game on for the 2024 Wawasee Flotilla! This year you can pass go and collect $200 (maybe more).
Leading the parade on July 6 will be J. Rex Parent, MD, who has been named the 2024 Wawasee Flotilla Commodore.
Celebrating the time-honored lake tradition of family-friendly competition, this year’s theme allows participants to highlight favorite pastime around the game table, in the yard or on the pontoon.
Is your go-to a classic like Monopoly or Clue? Maybe it’s a spirited yard game like corn-hole or bocci. How about some Left-Center-Right?
What ever gets your family’s competitive juices flowing, celebrate it by entering and decorating your boat for the 2024 Wawasee Flotilla Parade. You can also celebrate by decorating your yard or your pier to reflect this year’s playful theme.
Parent is a lifelong lover of Lake Wawasee, starting with family vacations at rental cottages on Natti Crow Beach.
“My summer fun and summer vacation wishes have always been based on Lake Wawasee,” Parent explained. The family soon moved to Ogden Island. Later he bought his own place just a few piers down from his family. Rex and his wife Connie are now back on Natti Crow Beach.
A nationally recognized innovator and leader in the field of ophthalmology, Parent’s love for Wawasee was well illustrated with the acquisition and reimagining of the Oakwood Resort.
Under Dr. Parent’s leadership, Oakwood has become one of the premier lakeside resorts in the entire country.
This year’s Flotilla will be at 1:30 p.m. Saturday, July 6. Participants will gather along Natty Crow Beach at 1 p.m. and begin the parade traveling counter-clockwise around the lake. As always, there will be several designated prizes and cash awards.
Prizes include the coveted Commodore Cup, The DNR award, The Neighborhood Award, Wawasee History, Most Patriotic, Commercial, Non-Profit, Wooden, Classic, Antique Most Original, and Several new awards reflecting our game-night theme. There are also awards for the best on-shore displays.
In order to be eligible for an award participants must register. Registration forms will be available on the Flotilla Facebook page, at local retailers or at Team Tuttle Mortgage in Syracuse.
Follow the Flotilla Facebook page for more information and updates on merchandise, additional prizes and other information.
Also, the Flotilla Road Race will be Thursday, July 4, at Lakeside Park. Registration begins at 7 a.m. and the race at 8 a.m.
Gather the family for the 2024 Wawasee Flotilla and get your game on.
