Niska-Day on but with changes | The Daily Gazette
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By Shenandoah Briere |
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NISKAYUNA – The annual Niska-Day event is back this year, after being canceled in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic.
However, this year’s event will be later than usual – Aug. 21 – and will be smaller than usual, as well. There is no rain date.
“The event will be a scaled-down version,” said Michael Corcoran, the chairman of the event. “We will be having three parades starting at 10 a.m. and run simultaneously in three Niskayuna neighborhoods, instead of the one big parade this is to limit crowding.”
While details on the exact parade routes are still to come, Corcoran said the parades will be in the Avon Crest, Old Niskayuna and Hexum Garden neighborhoods.
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