Mystics set for 10th annual Halloween Parade

Beads, T-shirts, stuffed animals and footballs will fly through the air as the annual Mystics of Mountain Brook parade processes through Crestline Village on Halloween day starting at 4 p.m.

“We started 11 years ago with our Halloween parade,” said Casey Wright Horn, a Mobile native who started the parade with her brother, Trent.  “We both missed Mardi Gras badly and thought this was a great way to bring a little Mardi Gras to Mountain Brook.”

The event, which started with one car driving down Dexter Avenue, now features floats, Mountain Brook High School cheerleaders, Dorians and Mayor Terry Oden in his antique fire truck. 

The current parade route descends down Dan Watkins Drive in front of the library and Tot Lot, and then down Church Street.  After taking a right on Euclid Avenue and a right on Vine Street, the parade ends on Vine Street near Crestline Elementary. The parade usually lasts about 45 minutes.

The money raised after expenses are covered has gone to various needs in the city, as determined by parade participants. Most years, the money is given for beautification projects around the city such as flowers for the planters around the villages.