Christmas parade Lights Up Ignacio
Friday - December 18, 2020 by Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
The Ignacio School District featured a larger-than-life Rudolph — the red-nosed school bus, fully decked out in lights, with Ignacio School District staff waving from inside the bus.
HOPE Community Christian Academy.
Ignacio Chamber of Commerce.
Southern Ute Royalty representative, Miss Southern Ute, Jasmine Carmenoros, waves to the crowd as she rolls through town.
Trennie Collins, Ryan White and Edward Box III, representing Southwest Rainbow Youth and Ignacio Out and Equal Alliance, waved a ‘Beary’ Merry Christmas hand to the parade watchers as they made thier way along Goddard Ave.
Santa rode atop the Los Pinos Fire Department’s ladder truck, accompanied by his helpers and Los Pinos Fire Dept. personnel.
Photo Credit: Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Photo Credit: Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Photo Credit: Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Photo Credit: Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Photo Credit: Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
Photo Credit: Robert L. Ortiz | The Southern Ute Drum
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ELHI Community Center and the Town of Ignacio collaborated to ‘Light Up the Town’ of Ignacio, Friday, Dec. 4. Giving his reindeer a break before Christmas, Santa arrived via helicopter just in time to be in the parade. Local businesses donned lights and various Christmas icons, the decorated parade floats rolled through Ignacio to a fully lined street of spectators, observing the procession from inside their vehicles. Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the parade was held in place of the traditional Taste of Christmas event, usually held in the ELHI Community Center during the holidays.