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Published on 06/23/1999 All articles from this issue

Preparations under way for Festival of Lights Parade

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By Clyde Noel

Special to the Town Crier

The Festival of Lights Parade takes place every November in downtown Los Altos and though this year's Nov. 28 event is five months away, organizers are already preparing for it.

The parade costs about $20,000 annually. Community organizers hold two major fund-raisers every year to make the parade possible: the 1950's-themed "Rock Back the Clock" festival to be held Sept. 10, and the Antiques and Collectibles Fair on Sept. 19.

Additional funds come from donations, which will be used to repair and assemble the floats for action in the Festival of Lights parade.

New parade items in 1999 are an inflated toy soldier that resembles the Festival Association logo and a float donated by State Farm Insurance.

Joe Leal and Brown Taylor will co-chair the 1999 Festival of Lights board of directors.

Other board members are: Dave Luedtke, chair elect; Brown Taylor, parade content; Mark Sandoval, operations; Nancy Schneider, recording secretary; Nancy Scott, correspondence secretary; Conrad Heintzelman, publicity; Pat Buhles, costumes; Barbara Hunter, Antique Faire chair; Carol Mauss, Parade solicitations; and Marie Backs, historian and last year's chair.

If you are interested in making a donation, send a check to Los Altos Festival of Lights Association, P.O. Box 1996, Los Altos 94023.