Waukon Chamber of Commerce to host ninth annual Lighted Holiday Parade Monday, November 23
Plans are being made for the ninth annual Lighted Holiday Parade in downtown Waukon, scheduled for Monday, November 23, beginning at 6 p.m. The event coincides with extended Monday night business hours of Waukon retailers.
The theme for this year’s parade, “Ringing in the Holidays,” complements the traditional Christmas Fantasy hosted by Veterans Memorial Health Care Foundation just this past weekend in Waukon, and will be featured throughout the parade. All entries must be lighted and cannot involve a live version of Santa Claus.
The parade will begin at the East Elementary School playground and travel Fifth Street NW to West Main Street. Turning left onto West Main, the parade entries will venture to the stoplight intersection, where they will then turn south on to Spring Avenue for one block before turning right on to First Avenue SW and heading up to Sixth Street SW. The entries will then turn right and head north back to the East Elementary playground.
ENTRIES WANTED
Float entries are currently being accepted for the event. It is asked that parking for parade entrants be limited to the immediate area around East Elementary and that those involved in the parade have a pre-determined meeting site to avoid confusion and congestion at the initial parade gathering site.
FOOD COLLECTION
Parade entrants and viewers are asked to bring a non-perishable food item to the parade for donation to the Allamakee County Food Shelf and Allamakee County Food Closet. The food items will be picked up along the parade route by volunteers from the Waukon High School Future Business Leaders of America (FBLA) chapter.
PARADE PARTICIPANTS
Howards Home Furnishings will be serving hot chocolate, free of charge in front of Howards during the parade, and the S & D Café will provide complimentary hot chocolate and bars for parade participants near the kitchen entrance to East Elementary to honor the memory of Billy Roe.
HOLIDAY WINDOW DECORATING CONTEST
This year the Waukon Chamber of Commerce will host its Third Annual Window Decorating Contest for the businesses of Waukon. Businesses who want to participate and have their window(s) “judged” in the contest are asked to notify The Waukon Chamber of Commerce at 563-568-4110 or waukoncc@mchsi.com by Friday, November 20. This will let the Chamber know to include a business in the judging. The windows will be judged Monday, November 23 following the Holiday Parade. The judging parameters include scoring points for Creativity, Originality and Appearance.
SANTA VISIT
Santa Claus will also be at the Waukon Chamber of Commerce office, located at 101 West Main Street, following the parade. Parents are welcome to take their own photos of their children’s visit with Santa Claus.
