The Glow in the Park Parade is a

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that takes place every night during the summer months at

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, and formerly at other

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parks.

History

Six Flags teamed up with The Goddard Group to create a nighttime parade at several of their parks. The ''Glow in the Park Parade'' started at three parks in 2008:

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, and

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. The parade at each park ran from late May to early September each year. During the parade, the theme park lights would dim to increase the visibility of the illuminated floats. The parade featured drummers, puppeteers, dancers, and kinetic stilt walkers. Various

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characters,

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, and Mr. Six were among the characters that appeared in the parade. In 2009, the parade was added in two more parks,

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and

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. In 2010,

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added the parade. In late 2010, Six Flags began to remove licensed theming from its parks' attractions. While terminating the licenses from attractions, they also terminated the parade at four of their parks. Great America removed the parade in 2012, leaving Six Flags Mexico the only park where the parade still performs, mainly for seasonal events. Since 2015, the parade is shown at Six Flags Mexico's Christmas in the Park event, and so the parade's name changed to ''Christmas Light Parade'', with a christmassy soundtrack replacing ''Let it Shine''. A temporary float sponsored by

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also appeared at the end of the parade in 2018.

Locations

Floats

The parade featured 5 main floats, alongside 2 smaller floats.

Music

The song "Let it Shine" that serves as a soundtrack for the parade was composed by

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, with lyrics by

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. A Spanish-language version of the song is used for the Six Flags Mexico version.

References

External links

Glow in the Park Parade on Gary Goddard's Official Website
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