CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - Christmas is right around the corner, and leaders in Cape Girardeau are ready for the festivities.
The 33rd Annual Parade of Lights kicked off at 5 p.m. on Sunday, November 30.
The parade route began at the intersection of Broadway and West End Boulevard and continued east down Broadway, turning right onto Main Street and ending at the parking lot across from Hutson’s Big Sandy Furniture.
Old Town Cape announced this year’s Parade of Lights theme in July: A Charlie Brown Christmas.
Organizers encouraged spectators to wear their best Charlie Brown attire.
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Parade of Lights participants can decorate their entry with lights and have music playing. Along the route, judges will be choosing entries for best theme, best appearance by a business or organization, best appearance by a not-for-profit, best music, best lighting, best marching band and the chairman’s award.
Parking in parts of the city were restricted ahead of the parade.
Starting at 2 p.m. on Nov. 30, police said parking would be prohibited in all of Capaha Park, on both sides of Broadway from North West End Boulevard to Main Street; on Main Street from N. Park Drive to William Street; on North West End Boulevard from Broadway to Parkview Drive and Perry Avenue from Broadway to Parkview.
Officers placed signs marking the locations and parking was restored after the parade.
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