Annual Lighted Holiday Parade set for November 22 in Waukon

Plans are being made for the fifth annual Lighted Holiday Parade in downtown Waukon, scheduled for Monday, November 22, beginning at 6 p.m. The event coincides with extended Monday night business hours of Waukon retailers.
The theme for this year’s parade, “The Most Wonderful Time of the Year,” complements the traditional Christmas Fantasy hosted by Veterans Memorial Health Care Foundation each year 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. Those wishing to enter the parade are asked to call Chamber Director Lissa Greiner at the Waukon Chamber of Commerce office at 563-568-4110.
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, or may be dropped off at the Waukon Chamber of Commerce office, at 101 West Main Street in Waukon.
CATTLEMEN SERVING
The Allamakee County Cattlemen’s Association will begin serving rib-eye sandwiches at 4:30 p.m. in the Waukon Chamber of Commerce parking lot, 101 West Main Street.

SANTA VISIT
Santa Claus will also be at the Waukon Chamber Office following the parade. Parents are welcome to take their own photos of their children’s visit with Santa Claus.
For additional information, call 563-568-4110.