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The main street through Maungaturoto will be closed from 4.30pm on Saturday December 17 to make way for this year’s Christmas Parade.
The Maungaturoto Residents Association has joined forces with Maungaturoto School and combined the parade with the school gala.
Residents Association chair Terri Donaldson has been organising the event for over a decade and says this year will be the biggest yet.
“It’s going to be huge. We have fantastic support from all the community groups and local businesses,” Terri says.
“The parade will finish at the school, the gala will then get underway and we will finish with an evening concert.”
Around 30 floats have signed up for the parade, including the primary school’s ‘caterpillar’. Children are towed along whilst riding inside 10 customised 200-litre water drums.
With $1000 worth of cash prizes for the best floats, Terri says the standard is very high.
Santa will also be in attendance and has a grotto ready for photos with the kids.
The parade will finish at the school, where the gala will have an array of stalls, raffles and traditional games.
Plenty of food will be available, including Real Town’s award-winning pies – if there are any left over from the pie eating competition.
The festive event will wrap up with a concert from local entertainers and school children.
