The Owatonna Homecoming parade is coming up on its 30th year. With Homecoming week comes the Homecoming parade. The parade will take place on Friday, Sept. 30, and take last year’s route.
The Homecoming parade crew has been working very hard to make the parade the best it can be. Adviser Casie DeVos, along with parade chairs Cora Hess and Therasa Wunderlich and the rest of the student council have put lots of work into the parade. There are many different things that have to be done for the parade to come together. Ms.Devos said, “We started planning in July but really the last like month has been like go time.” With all the planning going on Devos is excited to see everything come together.
The Owatonna Football team plays Rochester Century Panthers, so expect to see themes of floats that have a saying on them to coordinate to the Century Panthers. Junior Kennedy Katzung said, “It’s super fun team bonding and it’s really cool to see all the teams working together.” The parade will have 46 parts to it, including fall sports teams, school related extracurriculars and convertibles.
The community has helped tremendously with the parade this year. The community has donated over $10,000 to sponsor floats. There are three levels to donate for. The levels include royal blue, silver and white. The police have helped as well, along with meeting with downtown community members, businesses and the road crew. Junior Cora Hess said “A ton of the community is involved in it, which is super cool because it involves both the school and community.”
The parade will start on Broadway near the public library and turn right at the Wells Fargo Bank then continue down Cedar and end at E. Rose St. at 1:30 p.m.
