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COVID forces cancellation of Brackley’s Lantern Parade and Carol Service
14/12/2021
Town Council have taken advice from Public Health Northamptonshire which led to the decision
Brackley’s Christmas Lantern Parade and Community Carol Service will not go ahead this weekend.
Advice from Public Health Northamptonshire has led Brackley Town Council to the decision to cancel the events, due to the current number of cases of Covid-19 – specifically the Omicron variant- within the Brackley area.
The Council says that going ahead would be posing a risk to the community by encouraging a large crowd for the parade and with people huddling together on the piazza.
A statement issued today says: “We always want to put our resident’s safety first.
“This is not the outcome we wanted at all especially as children and adults have worked so hard over the past six weeks on creating some amazing Christmas lanterns.”
For those that have already created lanterns the Council is asking for families to light them on Sunday evening at 6pm and place them in their gardens or outside front doors. They suggest people share pictures and videos online so the event happens virtually.
Brackley Town Council has managed to run a number of successful events during recent months including a Teddy Bear Festival, Party in the Park, a Fireworks display and the recent Christmas Market and the Tractor Run.
The statement says: “As a town council with a small team, we are so grateful that all of these events have been able to go ahead especially as the start of 2021 was an uncertain picture.
“Whilst it feels disappointing to have to cancel this last in person event so close to Christmas, we would just like to say a big thank you to the residents of Brackley for giving us such an incredible turnout, response and sense of community spirit to the events we have had this year.
“We might be biased but we love our town.
“Another special mention to our staff, volunteers and traders who have made this all happen.”
Published: by the Banbury FM News Team