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Junior Lilac Parade starts 10 a.m. Saturday

Sacajawea Middle School student Kyle Conklin marches with his French horn and other band members Thursday on 33rd Avenue. The band was practicing its routine with visits to The Waterford and Harvard Park senior homes and was on its way to perform for Sacajawea students. The band will participate in the Junior Lilac Parade on Saturday. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)
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Sacajawea Middle School student Kyle Conklin marches with his French horn and other band members Thursday on 33rd Avenue. The band was practicing its routine with visits to The Waterford and Harvard Park senior homes and was on its way to perform for Sacajawea students. The band will participate in the Junior Lilac Parade on Saturday. (Dan Pelle / The Spokesman-Review)

The Junior Lilac Parade – billed by its organizers as one of the largest children’s parades in the country – will start at 10 a.m. Saturday. The organizing Rotaract Club expects 97 entries, including bands, drill teams and politicians, with most of the action on Spokane Falls Boulevard.

This year’s theme is “Salute Today’s Children, Tomorrow’s Future.”

Most bands are from Spokane-area elementary and middle schools. The weather forecast calls for clouds with high temperatures in the low 60s.