ROANOKE TIMES 
                      Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times

DATE: Sunday, November 24, 1996              TAG: 9611250186
SECTION: VIRGINIA                 PAGE: B-1  EDITION: METRO 

'TIS THE SEASON (FOR PARADES)

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ILLUSTRATION: PHOTO:  NHAT MEYER\Staff. 1. Parade season, a sure indicator of 
          the holiday season, kicked off in the Roanoke Valley on Saturday 
          with the annual Greater Raleigh Court Christmas parade. 2. Above, 
          4-year-old Grant Baumgardner (left), Allison Burton, 2, and Collin 
          Overacker, 2, are pulled by a tractor. Some smaller friends - no 
          doubt less affected by the brisk fall weather - tag along behind. 
          Ten-year-old Ben Wood, at left, dressed up as a giant Lego for the 
          parade. And, yes, that's Santa riding the fire engine. color.
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