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Spotlight: Halloween on parade

Area bands, Scouts, church groups and businesses were among the folks marching and riding in area Halloween parades this season.

Don’t forget the ghouls, the ghosts and the Ghostbusters.

Here’s a look at some of the scenes for those of you who are not quite reading to move on to Christmas. For more photos check out our online photo galleries.

A fun time on a float at the Lehighton Halloween parade. RON GOWER/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS
Northern Lehigh Marching Band was in the first division of the Northern Lehigh Halloween Parade. RON GOWER/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS
“We Put a Spell On You” is the theme of the Rhythm & Sole Dance Center, which won the Judges' Award in the Northern Lehigh Halloween Parade last Saturday. RON GOWER/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS
Northwestern Lehigh's band marches in Halloween costumes at the Northern Lehigh Parade. RON GOWER/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS
The children of the Damian Shoff family, Brockton, were excited to watch the Tamaqua Halloween Parade and dressed for the occasion. From left: Lena Gintz, Blayke Kranch, Samson Shoff, Abraham Shoff and little Lazarus Shoff. DONALD R. SERFASS/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS
Hatter the Band serenaded a few thousand parade watchers at last week's Tamaqua Halloween Parade with an appropriately ghoulish graveyard theme. DONALD R. SERFASS/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS
A member of the Lehighton Ambulance Association passes out candy at the Lehighton Area Halloween Parade. RON GOWER/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS
“When you gotta go ...” A creepy character sits on a commode atop a George's Sewer and Drain pickup truck in the Lehighton Area Halloween Parade. RON GOWER/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS
Spiderman hands out candy during the Palmerton Halloween Parade. JARRAD HEDES/TIMES NEWS
A frightening sight in the Northern Lehigh Halloween Parade. RON GOWER/SPECIAL TO THE TIMES NEWS