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Spooks, dragons a highlight in NL parade

Northern Lehigh Halloween Parade organizers looked to the legendary and mythical for this year’s spooky procession.

The parade’s theme — Myth, Monsters and Legends — brought forth a Black Beard inspired Girl Scout float, a Cub Scout operated pearl dragon and a walking lady in white.

Players from the Northern Lehigh Softball League took inspiration for their float from the 1992 classic “A League of Their Own,” a film that tells the story of an all-women’s baseball league formed in the midst of World War II.

Rocking a pink and blue glittered updo, Megan Roberts, of Slatington, twisted her hair into a vertical poof for last weekend’s celebration. Her 3-year-old daughter, Charlotte Roberts, wore a similar style, and the two walked as trolls with the Slatington-based dance studio Rhythm and Sole.

“I’ve walked this parade route hundreds of times,” Roberts, who was born and raised in the borough and cheered in its parades as a teen, said.

“It makes me feel a little bit old,” she joked. “It was a different experience. It’s different seeing it through a child’s eyes versus your own.”

Despite a slight drizzle, the parade went ahead as scheduled Saturday. The weather is only one of the various challenges Northern Lehigh’s annual procession faces, as it encompasses participants from three different municipalities: Slatington, Walnutport and Washington Township.

“We’re very fortunate that all three areas work very well with us,” Tiffany Rehrig-Schaeffer, parade chairwoman, said.

“We just want to kind of say another thank you to them, and thank you to everybody who helps us out during the parade,” she added. “The parade wouldn’t be as nice as it is if we didn’t have those people that are willing to help us out for the evening, and we truly appreciate it.”

Students from the Slatington-based dance studio Rhythm and Sole dance on Main Street at the Northern Lehigh Halloween Parade. DANIELLE DERRICKSON /TIMES NEWS
A Ghostbusters-themed car drives down the thoroughfare. DANIELLE DERRICKSON/TIMES NEWS