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The31st Annual Holiday Children's Parade stepped off from Kennedy Park shortly after 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, December 5th with 120 groups from local schools and organizations lined up to walk a heart-healthy half-mile parade route on South Main Street from the Park to Government Center. "Everyone wants to be in this parade," said Greater Fall River Re-Creation's Jamison Souza who, along with Annemarie Holly, helped with the organization of the event, the largest Holiday Parade in New England. Click here for the Herald News article. Click here to see larger versions of all of the photos. Click here for a 21-minute video of this year's parade, and here for photos of last year's parade. For more information, contact Re-Creation Executive Director Grace Gerling at 508-679-022. 

(Top row) Mike Nicolelli pulls a cart of parade ware along South Main Street while E.J. DeSousa, and Andrew and Eddy Coneid get candy from Fall River Police Officer Derek Beaulieu. (Row two) Captain Frank Noble of the Fall River Colonial Navy poses for a photo and the CD-Rec Dancers rehearse before Stephanie Gold and Annemarie Holly lead the start of the Parade. (Row three, left and right) Durfee High School students from The 84 tobacco-free group begin walking as Greater Fall River Re-Creation Program Director Jamison Souza signals the children from the Letourneau Elementary School to begin walking. (Row four) Bands from Dartmouth and Tiverton High Schools perform as children from Spencer Borden Elementary School ride in the Parade. (Row five) Giant inflatable figures float out of Kennedy Park under the guidance of their handlers who had to get them all under low-hanging wires that cross the street. (Row six) Giant clydesdale horses pull a wagon before members of the Hills Mills Clown Band perform and representatives of the City's new Parent Academy march. (Row seven) Miss Massachusetts, Miss Senior Sweetheart winners Dorothy Soczek and Yvette Mancini and the Musictown Princesses wave to the crowd. (Row eight, left and center) Fall River YMCA Wellness Director Emily Bird stands in front of their float that depicts their building at 199 North Main Street while Talbot Middle School Principal Renee Lewis poses in front of her group. (Row nine) The Durfee High School Marching Band passes the Second District Court building as youngsters wave at Mr. and Mrs. Santa Claus who pass by in a horse-drawn wagon. (Bottom row) Children along the route as well as Mayor Sutter and Fall River Police Lt. Charles Cullen watch Santa arrive at Government Center, 

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