Article: Halloween and history go hand in hand in Anoka; City has long claimed to be holiday's capital.(NEWS)

CORRECTION PUBLISHED 11/05/00: The last name of Bill Andberg, an Anoka veterinarian, was misspelled in this article.

The Anoka Halloween Grand Day Parade got started just after noon Saturday to the strains of Beethoven's "Ode to Joy" played on massed trumpets, trombones, tubas and tympani.

At least 170 bands and floats stretched for miles under a bright fall sky, led by a color guard, for which most of the thousands lining the parade route stood respectfully.

Jill Bendiske-Minor, president of the event, estimated last year's crowd at more than 35,000 and said she expected this year's to be bigger. Spectators began arriving Friday evening, she ...

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