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PHOTOS: Pan-O-Prog Parade Packs Downtown

Clowns, princesses and snakes! Oh my! Thousands come out for Pan-O-Prog Parade in downtown Lakeville.

Holyoke Avenue was packed on Saturday afternoon for the annual Parade. The parade, which started at 5:30 p.m., traveled northbound through the downtown area of Lakeville. 

Children scrambled after candy, marching bands and drum and bugle corps from as far away as Sioux Falls played uptempo songs, princesses from various pageants waved to the crowds and Brett Anderson from the Renaissance Fair even brought a snake to show (or frighten) people along the parade route.

And in an election year, every type of politician and candidate was on hand; U.S. Senator, State Senator, U.S. Congress, Mayor and School Board.

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With temperatures finally bearable, it was a pleasant day for most families to get out and enjoy all that the parade had to offer.

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