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SANTA CLAUS PARADE
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November 28 • 11am
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Santa’s coming downtown! He’s making a list, he’s checking it twice and he’s going to find out who’s naughty and nice because Santa Claus is coming to town! Good old jolly Saint Nick is coming into Kamloops this Saturday, November 28 to end off our annual Kamloops Santa Claus Parade here in the downtown core. Santa and his team of elves would like to invite everyone in Kamloops and area to come downtown and take part in the holiday festivities. Him and 75 of his community friends are busy building their floats, perfecting their performances and getting ready to come out and entertain the masses. “Ho, ho, ho, I love coming to Kamloops every year,” chuckles Santa. “We hear that our favourite community groups and businesses are going all out this year. We can’t wait to be part of such a huge party!” Santa is not wrong, some of our community members are really outdoing themselves with the construction this year. The Kamloops Heritage Railway is building a full miniature train complete with a working smoke stack and The United Steel Workers are bringing back their Mater, towing a fully-built from scratch mini haul truck complete with working lights and smoke. Look for them–they also have almost a whole mini haul truck pile of candy to give away as well.
Kamloops Heritage Railway and their replica 2141, complete with working smoke, during last year’s Santa Parade.
Along with these parade high- manager of the Kamloops Cenlights will be a number of 4H tral Business Improvement AssoClub animals, horses and dogs, ciation, the folks who organize the bands from all over the area parade each year. “The joy from including KISSM, Brock Middle seeing all the kids faces light up School, the Vancouver Travelling as the floats go by makes all the Band, Pipe Band, Rube Band, hard work and planning that goes Kamloops Christian School, into the parade worthwhile. This Aberdeen Elementary and The year we promise it will not be as Caspians who will be rocking out cold as last year! In order to enteron Downtown Kamloops’ float! tain the crowds that gather early to “We love the Santa Claus Parade,” get good spots we have arranged explains Gay Pooler, general a number of performers to dazzle
Santa Arrives! November 28th
Follow Santa to Sahali Mall after the Parade!
the crowds pre-parade with their skills and abilities.” This annual event is approaching quickly, it is this Saturday, November 28. The day starts with Wake-Up Santa at 10:30 am right at Kamloops Square. The Kamloops Square management and merchants have always been a vital part of the parade, not only do they help wake up Santa each year but they sponsor many of the - continued on page 2
Visit sahalicentremall.com for full schedule