PARADE OF LIGHTS - SATURDAY, NOV. 27, 2010
Pre-parade concert by EPCHS Band, alumni Parade TV broadcast
- Parade starts at 5:45 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 27, 2010 (Most roads along the parade route will be closed by 5:15 p.m.)
- Starts at intersection of East Washington Street and Dolans Lane
- Ends just past the Public Safety Building in the 200 block of West Washington Street
- Parade route map
EPCHS Band, Alumni Performing Before Parade
- 5-6 p.m. Nov. 27
- East Peoria Community High School, 1401 E. Washington St., in front of the school
Those arriving early to the Festival of Lights Parade of Lights will be treated to holiday music courtesy of the East Peoria Community High School Band.
The EPCHS Band will perform from 5 until 6 p.m. in front of the high school, a tradition dating back many years. In addition, all EPCHS Band alumni are invited to join the current students in the performance. The Parade of Lights begins at 5:45 p.m., and arrives at the high school at approximately 6 p.m.
The band will be playing inside the gym foyer doors, with speakers set up outside projecting the music to the parade crowd.
For more information, call band director Adam Schneblin, (309) 694-8335.
Parade TV Broadcast
A special recorded presentation of the 2010 Parade of Lights will air on WEEK-TV 25.
The Festival of Lights annual Parade of Lights always occurs the Saturday after Thanksgiving, this year on Nov. 27, 2010, on three miles of Washington Street starting on one side of the city and ending just past downtown. The parade features 30 floats shaped entirely from lights, including Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, the chopper motorcycle float illuminated with LED lights, a 70-foot long float of the famous Clydesdale horse team pulling a delivery wagon, Frosty the Snowman, the starship Enterprise illuminated with 48,000 LED light bulbs, and the 95-foot-long smoke-spewing China dragon.
