Call out for floats, and details on Holiday parade and craft fair
The bright glow of the holidays returns for the weekend of December 3rd and 4th in Lyons.
ARTISAN MARKET======
Be sure to check out the Lyons Holiday Artisan Market on December 3rd and December 4th from 10 a.m. – 4 p.m. at the Elementary School Gym.
==There will be visits from Santa Claus from 2 – 4 p.m.
==These items are mainly hand-crafted — not mass produced foreign knick knacks. Some local nonprofits will have booths, such as the school and the museum.
==The Lyons museum will have gift items, as well as history books for sale. They will also have a large, 2-story, miniature “Oklahoma farmhouse” up for Silent Auction, by Anne O’Brien. There will be no LaVern’s Famous Never-Fail Fudge for sale.
==As of this week, there are still a few VENDOR spaces available. Contact Kim Mitchell at Town Hall for more information, or go on the town web site.
PARADE======
The “Starry Starry Night” themed Holiday Parade of Lights will be a moving festival of lights and floats traveling along Main Street through the historic downtown, beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Saturday, December 3rd.
==There will be no fireworks this year due to it now being “year round fire danger;” and we are connected to Open Space where fire ignited recently.
==We anticipate that the Foothills Church will have cookies and drinks available.
==The Lyons Community Church will bring back its free community chili dinner, during the Parade of Lights on Dec 3rd…the lower level will be open and chili will be available for everyone starting at 5:30pm. until 7:30 p.m., or until they run out of chili. Stay a while; warm up, and socialize.
==TRAFFIC: The Town will be blocking traffic for “staging areas” along Old St. Vrain/also called Old Main, and most of High Street, located between 2nd and 3rd Ave. All four streets will have No Parking signs. (Residents have been asked to not park on the street if possible). Police will be barricading Main Street (also known as Highway 36) and High Street (no traffic allowed) during the parade, and guiding Highway 36 traffic on alternate routes. No parking signs will be up from 4 to 8 p.m.
MAKE A Parade FLOAT ======
Show your spirit and participate in the parade, we can’t have a parade without floats and entries. Be sure to enter today.
What ’s required? A bit of coordination, lots of enthusiasm and festive lights! Decorate a car, create a float or march with your club or organization.
Will there be awards? Yes! Awards will be given to the floats/displays in the categories of: Most Spirited, Best Use of Lights and Best Representation of the Theme.
You’ll get exposure to thousands of parade watchers, and a sense of pride for giving back to our community.
Plus participation is free!
You can find the parade application at town hall, the library or on the town’s website via www.TownofLyons.com/Parade. We also have an online google form with the parade application to really simplify things. The submittal deadline for entries is Monday, Nov. 28. Please circle that date and DEC 3 on your calendars !!
Remember last year, when we almost didn’t have a parade? Don’t delay. Enter today. We are counting on you.
