Numerous cities hosting Christmas parades
BY ZACK STOYCOFF World Staff Writer
Tuesday, November 27, 2012
11/27/12 at 3:07 PM
Correction: This story originally contained an incorrect telephone number. It has been corrected.
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Bands will be marching and seasonal hymns humming in cities across the area as the Christmas parade season ramps up this week.
Numerous parades are scheduled Friday and Saturday, with more - including Tulsa's two competing events - the following week.
At least 30,000 people are expected to attend Friday's Festival of Lights Christmas Parade in Sand Springs, which also serves as the closing ceremony for the city's centennial celebration, Sand Springs Chamber of Commerce President Mary Eubanks said.
The event, billed by the chamber as the state's largest and oldest nighttime parade, had 106 entries as of Monday, she said.
"Our theme this year is 'Spirit of Christmas Future' because we have celebrated our centennial this year, and now we're looking to the future," she said. "We kicked off (the centennial celebration) with last year's parade and we're ending it with this year's parade."
The parade begins on Adams Road at Pecan Street at 7 p.m., winds through downtown on Second and Broadway streets and ends on Main Street at the Sand Springs Expressway.
In Broken Arrow, the Civitan Christmas Parade at 10 a.m. Saturday is expected to have more than 70 entries, including marching bands and patriotic floats reflecting the theme of "A Star Spangled Christmas," organizer Steve Cowen said.
The parade typically packs the route with onlookers between College Street and the Central Park Community Center, 1500 S. Main St., he said.
Organizers of the Festival of Lights Parade at 7 p.m. Saturday in downtown Okmulgee say their event, which features more than 1 million lights, is one of the oldest Christmas parades in the state.
Other parades Saturday include the 6 p.m. Route 66 Christmas parade in Miami, which has more than 100 entries; the 5 p.m. Christmas Parade of Lights in Pawhuska, which features horse-drawn carriage rides; and the 6 p.m. Christmas Parade of Lights in Tahlequah, billed by organizers as one of the state's largest.
For a more unique take on the parade tradition, the Christmas Boat Parade at Keystone State Park, 1926 Oklahoma 151, will showcase Christmas light-trimmed boats moving across the lake.
The Tulsa Holiday Parade of Lights and Tulsa Christmas Parade are scheduled for 6 p.m. Dec. 8, with the Parade of Lights in downtown's Blue Dome District and the Christmas Parade at Tulsa Hills, 7200 S. Olympia Ave.
List of December parades
Broken Arrow
Downtown
10 a.m. Saturday
Checotah
Downtown
4-7 p.m. Saturday
Info: 918-473-2070
Claremore
Downtown
6-8 p.m. Dec. 8
Info: 918-341-2818
Cleveland
Downtown
6-8 p.m. Dec. 8
Info: 918-358-2131
Grove
Downtown
6 p.m. Dec. 8
Info: 918-786-9079
Miami
Downtown
6 p.m. Saturday
Info: 918-542-4546
Nowata
Downtown
2 p.m. Saturday
Info: 918-273-2301
Okmulgee
Downtown
7 p.m. Saturday
Info: 918-758-1015
Owasso
Downtown
9:30 a.m. Dec. 8
Info: 918-272-2141
Pawhuska
Downtown
5-9 p.m. Saturday
Info: 918-287-1208
Pryor
Downtown
7-8:30 p.m. Dec. 6
Info: 918-825-0157
Sand Springs
Downtown
7 p.m. Friday
Info: 918-245-3221
Christmas Parade
Keystone State
Park, 1926 Oklahoma
151
Saturday at dusk
Info: 918-865-4991
Shidler
Downtown
6 p.m. Dec. 8
Info: 918-793-4171
Tahlequah
Downtown
6 p.m. Saturday
Info: 918-456-3742
Tulsa
Lights on
Red Fork Art Gallery,
4071 Southwest
Boulevard
4-7 p.m. Saturday
Info: 918-445-4457
Holiday Parade of
Lights
Blue Dome District
6-7:30 p.m. Dec. 8
Info: 918-801-1138 or 918-277-9411
Christmas Parade
Tulsa Hills, 7200 S.
Olympia Ave.
6 p.m. Dec. 8
Info: 918-583-2345
Vinita
Christmas Parade
Downtown
7 p.m. Dec. 6
Info: 918-256-7133
Original Print Headline: 'Tis the season for parades
Zack Stoycoff 918-581-8486
zack.stoycoff@tulsaworld.com
Associated Images:
A gingerbread man inflatable is guided down Fourth Street during the Tulsa Holiday Parade of Lights in downtown in 2011. Tulsa World file
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