Families enjoy socially distanced Halloween Eve’s parade in Roseville
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Families in Roseville gathered for a socially distanced Halloween Eve’s parade on Friday night. The free event, hosted by Bayside Church’s Adventure campus, filled the church’s thousand-space parking lot and an adjoining overflow area.”Families want to celebrate, and kids want to dress up. So we said, what would it be like to do a parade?” said James Powell, Senior Pastor. “We’re doing everything we can to take steps to create a fun environment and safe as well.” People were asked to stay by their cars and with their own households to watch the outdoor parade. Church volunteers did health and temperature checks, and wore masks.Powell added that any distributed candy was individually wrapped and handled with gloves. “It’s good for our kids because they have been cooped up with school and everything,” said mom Felicia Hocker, attending the event with her sister and children. ” just, you know the kids enjoying themselves, instead of having to sit back and watch YouTube.”The parade included over forty different floats and participants from across the community, including the Roseville High School marching band. Friday’s event was a welcome opportunity to bring some members of the band and color guard together again. Because of COVID-19 restrictions, the band had to put their competitive season on hold.”We had a chance to come out here to a safe event with masks and everything, we took advantage of it, and we’re happy to be here,” said Band Director Michael Austin.
ROSEVILLE, Calif. —
Families in Roseville gathered for a socially distanced Halloween Eve’s parade on Friday night. The free event, hosted by Bayside Church’s Adventure campus, filled the church’s thousand-space parking lot and an adjoining overflow area.
“Families want to celebrate, and kids want to dress up. So we said, what would it be like to do a parade?” said James Powell, Senior Pastor. “We’re doing everything we can to take steps to create a fun environment and safe as well.”
People were asked to stay by their cars and with their own households to watch the outdoor parade. Church volunteers did health and temperature checks, and wore masks.
Powell added that any distributed candy was individually wrapped and handled with gloves.
“It’s good for our kids because they have been cooped up with school and everything,” said mom Felicia Hocker, attending the event with her sister and children. “[It’s] just, you know the kids enjoying themselves, instead of having to sit back and watch YouTube.”
The parade included over forty different floats and participants from across the community, including the Roseville High School marching band. Friday’s event was a welcome opportunity to bring some members of the band and color guard together again. Because of COVID-19 restrictions, the band had to put their competitive season on hold.
“We had a chance to come out here to a safe event with masks and everything, we took advantage of it, and we’re happy to be here,” said Band Director Michael Austin.