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Published on: 5/10/2009
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Jill Orr, who has served as an organizer of the parade for the last 15 years said that people started lining their chairs up along First Street as early as Friday evening.
And despite fewer entries than years past, this parade was longer, and involved more people.
"In all, I have to say that I am so impressed with how everyone did," said Orr.
A woman who wears many hats, Orr, a lifelong Dixon resident, wore each of them at some point during the parade.
Acting as second vice president of the Dixon Chamber of Commerce and president of the Dixon Downtown Business Association, Orr even took her spot in the parade as Dixon's Citizen of the Year.
"I was born and raised here and people ask, why do you like the parade so much," said Orr.