Orangeville Kinsmen and Santa Claus will be breaking with tradition this year by parading in the evening instead of the afternoon.

Following the lead of Shelburne and some other towns, the Nov. 21 parade will start after sunset, at 5 p.m. instead of at 1 or 2 p.m. as in past years.

One thing will not change: the parade route. As in the past, it will muster on Hansen Boulevard by the Orangeville Mall, proceed south on First Street and then eastward on Broadway.

Kinsmen Gary Lynch says the downtown merchants have been consulted and are in favour of the later hours.

Kinsmen have not yet provided information on

CLARIFICATION

The Orangeville Concert Association concert featuring tenor Mark DuBois and the Mark DuBois Singers will take place this Friday at 8 p.m. An article last week had an incorrect date. what bands have been contracted, and further information was not available at press time this week.

But it was expected that the Queen's York Rangers and Bando Filipino would return.

Last year, there were more than a half dozen bands. It was expected there would be a similar contingent for the 2009 version of the parade.

The change to a late afternoon parade means that all three Dufferin County ones will be around the time the sun disappears over the horizon.

Shelburne's parade this year is Dec. 5 at 5 p.m. Grand Valley's has always been in the evening, along with a tree lighting at the community centre.

Santa will also be on hand at Orangeville's tree lighting, which will take place Friday evening, November 20, as part of the Downtown BIA's Moonlight Magic celebration.