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OCTOBER 2020
Two Wells youngsters Ava Platt, Maddy Magro and Mia Platt are disappointed this year’s Christmas street parade won’t be going ahead.
CHRISTMAS CANNED
TWO Wells’ annual Christmas street parade has been cancelled for the first time in its 40-year history. Members of the Two Wells Regional Action Team (TWRAT) met last month to discuss the parade in light of current COVID-19 requirements. TWRAT president Caroline Schutcheon said the popular
Bec O’Brien reports:
December event - which attracts more than 2500 people each year and is held along the length of the town’s main street - would sadly not go ahead. Ms Scutcheon said the decision to cancel the event was not taken lightly, with alternatives,
including staging the parade around the local oval, considered but ultimately dismissed as being too problematic. “The thinking behind it was the amount of restrictions we would have to adhere to, as well as all the social distancing we have to police,” she said. “We also had to take into consideration the fact the main
street will be in the process of being revamped, so there were quite a few things to think about but COVID was the main thing.” “It’s just too much for our group to do,” she said. “The idea was floated to have the parade on the oval but even then the same concerns were had. “It is disappointing; this event really is the way a lot of people
would plan to spend some family time with their kids at that time of year, and it’s disappointing we can’t deliver on that. “But we are looking at everyone’s health, we don’t want to put anyone in danger or expose people unnecessarily because the backlash from that will be far worse.” n Continued page 4
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