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Mount Carmel gears up for annual Santa parade
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share thisMOUNT CARMEL - The annual Santa parade, sponsored by the Mount Carmel Lions Club and the Mount Carmel Business Association, will be held at 11 a.m. Saturday in downtown Mount Carmel.
Parade co-chairmen Paul Kaminski and Mayor J. Kevin Jones have announced that Santa will be led by the Mount Carmel Area High School Band and will ride atop the Anthracite Steam Fire Company truck. Various other rescue personnel will also participate.
The parade will form at Third and Market streets and will travel west on Third Street to Hickory Street, north on Hickory Street to Second Street, west on Second Street to Oak Street, south on Oak Street to Seventh Street, east on Seventh Street to Hickory Street, north on Hickory Street to Third Street, west on Third Street to Oak Street and then south on Oak Street to the Mount Carmel Public Library, where Santa will distribute candy to the children.
Serving on this year's parade committee, in addition to Kaminski and Jones, are Lions president Frank Zaleski, Jeff Kanezo, Tony Candelora, Warren Altomare, Perino Bevivino, Ray Rothermel, Dennis Stone, Jerry Malinowski, Mike Shannon, Dave Shulski, John Kaminski, Hugh A. Jones, Joseph Bass, borough councilman Jack Williams and Chief of Police Brian Shurock.
Mount Carmel Borough Police and auxiliary police will also be assisting along the parade route.
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