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‘Candy Cane Christmas’ festival parade theme

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It’s time to start planning your entry for the 2024 Fantasy of Lights Christmas Parade on Dec. 7 in downtown Bowie.
Theme for the festival this year is “Candy Cane Christmas” opening up a vast range of ideas for your lighted parade entry from float to classic car.
Entry deadline is Nov. 16. Find your entry form on the city website under Bowie Community Development, Christmas festival. Fill in your entry from and return to the office at 101 E. Pecan.
There is a $250 cash prize for the overall sweepstakes winner with a $100 price for first place and $50 for second in each of the following categories: Community/non-profit, business, equestrian and decorated vehicles. There is a special award for best theme decorated First Responder.
All entries must include Christmas lights of some form. No live Santas are permitted. The parade is at 7 p.m. on Dec. 7. Parade line-up begins at 4 p.m. on Dec. 7 with judging at 5:15 p.m.
No items may be thrown or handed to the crowd including candy due to safety and liability concerns. Those with questions may call the BCDB office at 940-872-6246.
The parade is the highlight of the annual festival which marks its 33rd year. Bowie was one of the first communities in North Texas to present a lighted Christmas parade and Fantasy of Lights has grown each year.
The festival features a Sip & Stroll event on Dec. 6 as a prelude while Saturday has Pancakes with Santa and a downtown tree lighting prior to the downtown parade.

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Daylight Saving Time begins Sunday

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It is once more time to spring forward as Daylight Saving Time begins on March 9. Move your clocks forward one hour before you go to bed on Saturday night, so you will not out on Sunday activities.

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Texas Lakes Trail tourism staff visits Bowie Knife

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Tourism staff from the Texas Lakes Trail made their annual Travel Information Center Blitz Monday and their travels include a quick stop in Bowie to the World’s Largest Bowie Knife. Mayor Gaylynn Burris welcomed the group and Bowie Community Development’s Cindy Roller was taking part in the trek that began in Grapevine at 8 a.m. The bus then went to the TIC in Wichita Falls, followed by lunch on the road before a visit to the TIC in Gainesville and then the TIC in Denison before returning to Grapevine. Despite the dreary weather, the travelers said they were excited to see the knife that tourism and people in the industry talk about.

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Tales ‘N’ Trails planning exhibit for county musicians

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Montague County has a rich heritage of musicians who now or in the past, called the county home.
The Tales ‘N’ Trails Museum in Nocona is planning a temporary exhibit to honor these musicians. From “Big Tiny” Little, a regular on the Lawrence Welk Show to notables such as Honey Welch and The Spectre, from solo and group performers to music teachers and church instrumentalists, the museum would like to recognize these folks as part of our county and area history.
If you have newspaper clippings, programs, pictures, or other related memorabilia such as album covers, instruments, costumes, etc. that you would be willing to loan to the museum for a few months this would help make the exhibit a nostalgic and memorable attraction for museum visitors.
The museum will be accepting these items during the week of June 16-20. Please consider lending your items for this special exhibit.
They will scan any photographs, clippings, etc. to reproduce for the exhibit. Any three-dimensional items will be photographed and measured to help plan adequate exhibit space. You may then bring them in again as the exhibit is built.
The exhibit should open in October and be up for several months.
If you have questions, contact Museum Director Nell Ann McBroom at 940-867-3944 or exhibit volunteer Larry G. Lemons at 940-366-5782 or stop by the museum in Nocona.

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