From the PACE website:
The 123rd Annual SANTA CLAUS PARADE – the longest running holiday parade in the country – steps off at 10:15 AM on Friday, November 26th…. Please join us in this great Peoria tradition as the parade takes a magical journey through the downtown streets of Peoria. The 88 units of costumed characters, novelty walking units, horse units and decorated floats will surely get you in the holiday spirit and certainly delight the children along the route.
We are honored to have as our Grand Marshall the 16th Secretary of Transportation “The Honorable Ray LaHood”. As Secretary of Transportation, LaHood leads an agency with more that 55,000 employees and a $70 billion budget that oversees air, maritime and surface transportation missions. LaHood served for 14 years in the U. S. House of Representatives from the 18th District of Illinois (from 1995-2009). Secretary LaHood was a junior high school teacher, having received his degree from Bradley University.
The theme of the parade is “Adventures in Toyland”…. The parade is telecast live on WMBD-TV Channel 31 sponsored by South Side Trust and Saving Bank for the past 53 Years. The telecast area will be on the corner of Main and Adams (in front of South Side Bank).
The parade route will start at Monroe and Bryan, travel southwest on Monroe to Main, then southeast to Jefferson, southwest to Liberty, southeast to Adams, and finally northeast to Hamilton where the parade ends in front of Courthouse Square.
The Museum Collaboration Group doesn’t miss a single opportunity to advertise. Here they are at the 121st annual Santa Claus Parade with a banner and some little foam blocks for the kiddies.