CREDITON Scouts will be using their traditional hand-cart again as part of the Christmas in Crediton Lights Switch-On parade, tomorrow, Saturday, November 23 - and are asking members of the public to donate non-perishable food items to fill the cart.

The food items will then be donated to Crediton Foodbank to help those less fortunate in the community.

WEAR A MASK

This year the theme is “Maskerade” and the organising committee is encouraging everyone, young and old, to wear a mask for the Masked Parade.

Entertainment will start in the Town Square at 3pm with choirs from local primary schools and music and dance from local groups.

The ever-popular land train will return to give rides up and down the High Street.

Children, mums and dads, and the whole family is invited to make, create, decorate and take along a mask to wear in the Masked Parade.

It can be any kind of mask imaginable. Children can enter the Mask Competition, which will take place promptly at 4pm in Crediton Methodist Church.

Children can dress up as well, but only the masks will be judged. Prizes have been donated by Crediton Tesco.

Children who have not made a mask before the day can make one on the Town Square between 3pm and 4.30pm.

Market Street is the assembly point for the Masked Parade down Market Street at about 4.45pm on November 23, arriving in the Town Square for the Lights Switch-On of the lights on the big tree at 5pm.

The fun will continue in the Town Square until 6.30pm, along with the train rides.

Crediton Scouts will also operate a Maskerade Photo Station from 3.30pm to 4.15pm on the Town Square.

This year, as last year, there will not be a High Street road closure, the event centred around the Town Square.

Roads in the area, including North Street, Market Street and others, will be closed during the afternoon and until after the event ends. There will also be a parking suspension in the immediate area.