Entries sought for annual Lighted Holiday Parade to be held November 23

Plans are again being made for the fourth annual Lighted Holiday Parade scheduled to be held in Waukon Monday, November 23, beginning at 6 p.m. - held in conjunction with the later Monday night business hours of Waukon retailers and other holiday kick-off events.
The theme for this year's parade, "The Magic of Christmas", extends from the traditional Christmas Fantasy held 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 on to 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.
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 Allamakee County Emergency Management and 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.
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.
Float entries are currently being accepted for the event. Those wishing to enter the parade are asked to call the Waukon Chamber of Commerce office at 563-568-4110.
It is asked that parking for parade entrants be limited in that 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.