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RENOVO -- Due to an increased chance of rain in Saturday's forecast, the Flaming Foliage Festival Committee has elected to move the 74th Annual Parade of Queens to Sunday, Oct. 15 at 1 p.m.
"We've been watching the forecast all week and it's only gotten worse as we're just a little over 24 hours away," said co-chair Pattie Rauch of the decision. "I really started to receive the phone calls this morning of units and bands canceling, that kind of started to take the decision out of our hands."
All units, floats and participants are asked by the committee to still plan to participate on Sunday. The route will remain the same with trucks and convertibles still needed as well.
Due to the change in parade date, the Flaming Foliage Queen Coronation has been moved to 3 p.m. at Bucktail Middle/High School.
Although the parade has been postponed, the committee is still planning to hold its annual craft show Saturday, with many vendors already up and running.
"It's not ideal, but so many people have made contributions and the preparation from the committee, not having any type of parade just isn't an option. Hopefully everyone can rally around this difficult decision and make the best of things all weekend and particularly Sunday," Queens Advisor Maria Ransom.