For the second consecutive year, the Golden Griffon Marching Band of Missouri Western State University will lead Rudolph’s Holly Jolly Christmas Light Parade at Silver Dollar City in Branson, Missouri. The band will lead the parade at 7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 12 for an anticipated crowd of around 16,000 people.
Rudolph’s Holly Jolly Christmas Light Parade travels through Silver Dollar City twice an evening during November and December, with Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer serving as grand marshal. The parade includes nine lighted floats illuminated with 200,000 lights along with 33 colorful costumed characters, many from the popular Rudolph TV special.
The Golden Griffon Marching Band participated in the annual Branson holiday tradition for the first time last year.
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