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The Voice of Seguin Today
Volume 55 • Number 201 830 • 379 • 2234
City announces plans for Holiday Stroll Parade
Lighted Parade to be moved to Starcke Park East By Darren Dunn
(Seguin) -- The COVID-19 pandemic is not going to stop the city of Seguin from celebrating the holidays this year. City staff unveiled the officials plans for two popular events -- the Lighted Holiday Stroll Parade and the Cocoa Sip-N-Stroll. Both celebrations will be significantly modified to keep the community safe. Parks Director Jack Jones explained the plan during Tuesday’s meeting of the Seguin City Council. Jones says the holiday displays will not be parading, instead they will be stationary in Starcke Park and it’s the community that will be driving by paradestyle to see the holiday lights. “We put this plan together for a stationary parade so basically, instead of the parade rolling down the street and passing all
the spectators like in the past, the parade is going to be parked and the spectators are going to be in their vehicles passing by the parade so we put together a plan here for it to happen in Max Starcke Park East,” said Jones. Moving the event to Starcke Park
provides more room for parade entries, and for the parade watchers that will be driving by safely in their cars. “You come under the bridge and will enter Starcke Park East by Little League Fields and we’ve enough room for approximately
you the got 40-
50 floats of cars and floats all lit up. We’ve got a couple of special locations for the Seguin High School Band and we’ve talked to them and they’ve indicated through an email that the superintendent’s leadership team is excited about this plan and is well received. We’re also talking to the Navarro High School Band and have a place for them in between the Little League fields and so we are still talking to them about coming out but it’s a parade but it’s not going to be a moving parade,” said Jones. Seguin Mayor Don Keil has chosen they men and women of the Seguin Police Department to serve as the parade marshals this year. Jones says they looked at how they could incorporate that into the stationary parade, and he says they have a good plan in place. See PARADE, page 2
FALL TRADE DAYS In Seguin October 24, 10am-4pm Central Park
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