BELPRE — Belpre held their first ever Easter Day Parade Saturday with more than 40 participants.

“There were approximately 45 units in the parade and there was candy galore,” Carrie Arnold, director of the Belpre Christmas Lights Pageant said. “The Belpre Christmas Lights Pageant Royalty is trying to bring fun new activities to our city. I believe the parade along with the Glow Egg Hunt will become a new tradition for us.”

Arnold said Gary Webb and the Belpre Church of Nazarene hosted this year’s Glow Egg Hunt. She said she couldn’t be happier with the results from both events.

The parade assembled behind the football stadium at Belpre High School and traveled up Washington Boulevard to Civitan Park, where the Easter Bunny was waiting afterwards.

“The turnout for the first ever Easter parade in Belpre was fabulous,” Arnold said. “There were big smiles on everyone’s faces from parade participants to everyone lining the streets to watch the parade.”