It turned out to be a lot of fun; partly because we had chairs to sit in while we waited for it to kick off...
We were there a half hour early, and they already had a good crowd lined up to watch the parade...
Steph and Dan went to walk through the Farmer's Market, while Joan and I stayed with the chairs. When they got back, we took our turn looking around...
The Grinch Family was there...
The parade was scheduled to start at 6:00, and it went off right on time. Turns out, it was all vehicles with Christmas lights on them...
I didn't count how many vehicles participated. Afterwards, we had the opportunity to visit with the guy who put it on (and also owns the Farmers Market and the Living Laveen website - how Steph found out about the parade). We told him how much we enjoyed it, and he told us they put this together about 3 weeks ago, after someone suggested the idea to him... not enough time to get the city to close the street for the parade, so there was regular traffic flowing through, as well. But, based on the turnout for participants and audience, they'll do it again next year, and... "It will be a LOT bigger."
He is a real supporter for this rapidly growing community.
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