Dumas is getting ready for the Dumas Christmas Parade starting at 6 pm. and Community Christmas Concert to be held from 5-6 pm. Monday, December 6, 2021.
“Hometown Christmas” is the theme of the parade with the idea that everyone celebrates Christmas differently. The Dumas Chamber of Commerce, Monsters of the South The Dumas High School EAST Lab, and Dumas Parade Committee and have been working to organize the parade. A Community Christmas Concert will also be held by the Dumas Community Christmas Choir and Dumas High School Choir will be performing on the First Baptist Church steps from 5-6 pm.
The parade will have around 40 entries have signed up to participate in the parade. The first place overall winner will receive $500 and $100 prize for five categories including Floats, ATV, vehicle, walking and other. Over 10-15 floats have signed up. Parade participants include Merchant and Farmers Bank, Dumas Junior High School FBLA Club, Autism Awareness, Breast Cancer Awareness, JOAT Podcast, Dumas Family Pharmacy, Elite Auto Detailing, Berry’s True Value and Delta Lube. The parade will also include custom vehicles, ATV, side by sides and golf carts. Walkers include the Dumas High school Band, Street Mentors of Dumas, and Sonic Drive In.
Walking Groups will meet at the outside the Junior High School gymnasium . The floats will park in the old hospital parking lot. Cars, trucks and ATVs without a trailer will meet at the Community Center Parking lot. Line up starts at 5 pm. The parade will begin at the old hospital and go to East Farmer. The parade route will turn onto East Waterman turning right onto Hwy 159 North/North Main Street. It will finish by turning right on to East Farmer Street and disperse at the Farmer's Market.
Rick Reyes, with Monsters of the South, said the theme will celebrate the diverse ways the people of Dumas celebrate Christmas.
"We wanted everyone to get involved in the whole Hometown Christmas here. This is your hometown. We are a community that is diverse in people so we want to see what your Christmas looks like, not just the traditional Hallmark Christmas,” Reyes said. “We are so diverse as a community and this is all of our hometown that is where it came from and we want people to showcase their hometown Christmas. Everything is not as diverse as it should be and we are going to work on that and try to change it. I want to say to the Dumas Community that this is our community, we are all a part of it and the more we work and the more we do for the community the better it is for everyone. “
