Bonnet contest, egg hunt also on tap in Shenandoah
BY STEPHEN J. PYTAK - REPUBLICAN
& Herald
04/14/2006
SHENANDOAH - Traditionally, the borough celebrates the Easter season
with an egg hunt.
But on Saturday, the Easter Bunny will also walk down
North Main Street and he should have plenty of company.
"Downtown Shenandoah Inc. wants you to step into
spring ... their first Easter parade," Kathleen R. Centiole,
Upper Schuylkill Downtowns program coordinator, said.
There will also be an Easter bonnet contest.
DSI is the borough's downtown revitalization group and
Upper Schuylkill is the umbrella revitalization organization that
coordinates efforts in six northern Schuylkill boroughs.
Shenandoah officials, including Borough Manager Joseph
L. Palubinsky, couldn't recall if there had ever been an official
parade for the Easter holiday in town before.
"I really don't know," said Patrice K. Rader,
Upper Schuylkill's executive director.
But DSI volunteers, including Mary R. Luscavage, DSI
Promotions Committee chairwoman, said the parade is an excellent idea.
Other committee volunteers include Thomas F. O'Neill
III, Leeann Sadusky, William S. Krash, Charles Calise, Helen O'Connell
and Ann Taylor.
"We were at a meeting one night. We got together
to see what the committee could do to promote the downtown and Downtown
Shenandoah Inc. We wanted to do something different," Luscavage
said. "Why Easter? I don't know of an Easter parade in the area,"
she added.
The event's official name is "A DSI Inc. Easter
Celebration."
© The REPUBLICAN & Herald
2007
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