Parades to kick off holiday season
Nov 17, 2007 - 12:00 AM
OSHAWA -- It's going to be a a busy weekend for Santa Claus and his helpers as Santa Claus parades kick off the holiday season in Oshawa, Pickering and Bowmanville.
Santa will be making a stop in Pickering and Bowmanville Saturday morning and the Oshawa parade will light up the downtown in the evening with a 6 o'clock start.
The weather forecast couldn't be better with temperatures expected to be in the single digits, just above freezing. A mix of sun and cloud are forecast with skies clearing overnight on Saturday.
Check newsdurhamregion.com for your weather before you head out to the parade route and make sure you take your digital camera along to take some photos or short video clips. We'd like to hear what your favourite part of the parade is and we'll post photos and video online.
You be the photographer this weekend! E-mail photos and video of the parade to interactive@durhamregion.com. Or upload your own parade highlights at mediamash.ca.
Santa Claus parades
Durham Region for 2007
Saturday November 17
BOWMANVILLE -- The Santa Claus parade
starts at 10:30 a.m., and runs from the west end of Church Street,
south on Scugog, then east on King Street to Liberty. It then turns
south on Liberty, ending at the Memorial Park Clubhouse.
PICKERING
-- The annual Kinsmen and Kinette Club Santa Claus Parade takes place
in Pickering beginning at 10 a.m. It will start at Vaughan Willard
Public School (1911 Dixie Rd. N.), and will travel east along Glenanna
Road to the Pickering Town Centre. To register for a float or for more
information, call Janet at 905-420-4404.
OSHAWA -- The Oshawa
parade of lights begins at 6 p.m. are starts at the Oshawa Centre, goes
down King Street to Centre Street, then heads south on Centre to John
Street and west on John and Elmgrove streets, before returning to the
centre. For more information visit www.oshawasantaclausparade.ca.
Saturday November 24
UXBRIDGE
-- The Santa Claus parade starts at Uxbridge Arena, 291 Brock St. W.,
just east of Main Street. It begins at 11 a.m. For more information,
contact Angela Horne at 905-852-2601 or visit
www.uxbridge.com/santa/parade.html
PORT PERRY -- The Port Perry
Santa Claus Parade starts at Port Perry Fairgrounds at 5 p.m. The
parade heads east on Reach Street to Simcoe Street, then south on
Simcoe to Queen Street, where it will again head east and through Port
Perry’s downtown core. For more information, contact the Scugog Chamber
of Commerce at 905-985-4971.
AJAX -- The Night Before Christmas
parade starts at 6 p.m. and begins at the intersection of Bayly Street
and MacKenzie Avenue. It proceeds east along Bayly then north on
Harwood Avenue South before concluding at Ajax Town Hall.
Sunday November 25
NEWCASTLE
-- The Newcastle Santa Claus Parade starts at 5:30 p.m. on King Avenue.
It begins near the four corners (Mill and King) then heads east to
Arthur Street.
Saturday December 1
WHITBY -- The JCI
Whitby Santa Claus parade starts at the corner of Cochrane and Dundas
streets at 10 a.m. It then heads east on Dundas to Brock Street, south
on Brock to Trent Street and then west on Trent to the Rotary Park. For
more information, call 905-435-0102 or e-mail jstacey4@sympatico.ca.
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