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Trio of musical pussycats revolve around and around to their own music, and to the delight of 600,000 spectators who lined the six-mile route of today(...)
Trio of musical pussycats revolve around and around to their own music, and to the delight of 600,000 spectators who lined the six-mile route of today(...)

Trio of musical pussycats revolve around and around to their own music, and to the delight of 600,000 spectators who lined the six-mile route of today(...)

Date11/14/1970
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  • Trio of musical pussycats revolve around and around to their own music; and to the delight of 600;000 spectators who lined the six-mile route of today's 66th annual Santa Claus parade. The cats were on one of the 30 brilliantly-colored floats making up the cavalcade along with 15 bands. The mile-long parade; which began at 8:30 a.m. at Dupont St. and Dovercourt Rd.; ended at 10 a.m. at Eaton's downtown store. Newcomers to this year's parade included characters of Dr. Seuss' popular children's books; including Cat in the Hat and others.
  • Trio of musical pussycats revolve around and around to their own music, and to the delight of 600,000 spectators who lined the six-mile route of today(...)
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Original Toronto Star caption: Trio of musical pussycats revolve around and around to their own music; and to the delight of 600;000 spectators who lined the six-mile route of today's 66th annual Santa Claus parade. The cats were on one of the 30 brilliantly-colored floats making up the cavalcade along with 15 bands. The mile-long parade; which began at 8:30 a.m. at Dupont St. and Dovercourt Rd.; ended at 10 a.m. at Eaton's downtown store. Newcomers to this year's parade included characters of Dr. Seuss' popular children's books; including Cat in the Hat and others.
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