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By Clark H. Caras
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Once the turkey wishbone has been shared and the football games are over, the Spanish Fork Salem Area Chamber of Commerce wants to invite all the family and friends who are in need of recovery from early morning shopping to join us along the city’s historic Main Street for the now-famous and annual Winter Lights Parade. This year’s parade will be held Friday, Nov. 27, at 7 p.m. beginning at 900 North. The parade will then make its way to 100 South and around the city’s Library Park.
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“This is a parade that has been patterned after the lights parade people are familiar with at Disneyland,” said Susan Taylor, a Spanish Fork business owner and one of the parade’s founders.
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With the parade in its fifth year, the entries are becoming more and more sophisticated, lighted and animated, said Blake Barney, another of the parade founders and a business owner in the community.
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Entries are open to businesses from throughout the valley as well as families who want to participate. Cash prizes for the top three entries will be offered this year.
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There is no fee to enter, but forms need to be at the chamber office, 40 S. Main Street, Spanish Fork, by Nov. 23. For more information, go to www.spanishforkchamber.com or call 801-798-8352.
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“The parade lasts about 45 minutes and is well worth the trip to see and begin all of the holidays with,” said Clark H. Caras, chamber executive director. “And there is no better way to greet Santa than by seeing him come from the North Pole and end the parade in the most dazzling and lighted float there is in the parade.”
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