Shedding light on 2009 Salisbury festival of lights

SALISBURY — This year’s schedule of holiday events in Salisbury is slightly different than in past years.

This year, the Parade of Lights will be held in Lakeville on Sunday, Dec. 6. Normally it would continue into Salisbury but this year it will not. The parade starts at 5:15 p.m. from Salisbury Central School. There will be a tree lighting on the Green beside the firehouse after the parade.

Santa will be at the firehouse from 3 to 6 p.m. and there will be cookies, hot chocolate, coffee and cider.

The Salisbury Band will play, and radio station Q103-FM (WQQQ) will broadcast the entire event live from the firehouse.

The parade is open to anybody with a decorated vehicle — hay wagon, ATV, motorcycle, truck, car or “other.� The lineup for the parade is at 4:30 p.m. at Salisbury Central School. This year’s parade route is from the school through Lakeville to the firehouse.

For more information, call Marie at 860-307-5021 or Bob at 860-248-9939.

Following the events in Lakeville, The White Hart in Salisbury hosts a tree lighting, with hot drinks and the music of the Tributetones, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Ambitious revelers can probably make both events.

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