I would be remiss not to mention a few people who were instrumental in the success of the Downtown Christmas Parade of Lights.

I would like to thank: Samantha Blount for her hard work; Jeff Richardson and his landscape crew for getting downtown spruced up; Robert Hubbard and his crew, who came before and after to clean up; the right of way department for cleaning up; TV23 for covering the parade; local law enforcement; Blackburn Motors for supplying a car for our grand marshal, Mayor Paul Winfield; the parade line-up committee; and Evelyn Parker with River 101.3 and Don Chambers with WRTM-FM for announcing the parade.

For the eighth year in a row, the Downtown Christmas Parade of Lights has been a great success. More than 60 entities took time out of their busy schedules to provide our community with a beautiful parade. I wish there was time to acknowledge each and every one of them. To coin a phrase from the YMCA — everyone was a winner!

I would also like to thank our judges, who were allowed by The Valley and the Upper End to use their balconies.

Kim Hopkins

Vicksburg Main Street