Holidazzle

Durango's "buy local" movement is nothing new - just try to get through a Durango Herald without seeing the word "Holidazzle" this month.

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I know when to expect dragon boat races on Lake Phalen and when the average last frost comes; I watch for the first snow of the fall and for the last ice on the big lakes in the spring, for Aquatennial to give way to the State Fair, for the Holidazzle parade to precede the Winter Carnival.

Barnstorming on an Invisible Segway markgritter 2008

On the other hand, there was a big winter formal -- The Holidazzle -- in early December.

Living Without a Paycheck 2007

Tyson Clark Hannah and her husband, Craig, at Harvard's Holidazzle event For example, in October there was a costume party, and tickets were around $100.

Living Without a Paycheck 2007

If you have visions of sitting on Nicollet Mall and watching the Holidazzle parade on Christmas Eve with a thermos of hot cocoa, you're going to have to reschedule your plans.

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Founded in 1955 and one of the oldest central business district associations in the nation, the Minneapolis Downtown Council produces such cherished Minneapolis events as the Aquatennial and Target Holidazzle Parade.

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A downtown tradition on par with the Holidazzle parade -- but one where the Jägermeister doesn't have to be bootlegged -- Thanksgiving weekend always marks the local takeover/reclamation of Minneapolis' landmark rock club.

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After 18 years at the Guthrie, he went on to create fanciful costumes for the eighth-floor holiday shows at Dayton's then Marshall Field's, then Macy's and designed the first five Holidazzle parades.

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There are four more opportunities to see Holidazzle this season, Thursday through Sunday at 6:30 p.m.

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