CONWAY — Always a traditional highlight of Mud Bowl Weekend, the 38th Tournament of Mud Parade, sponsored by Amoskeag Beverages LLC of Bow, will start Saturday at 10:30 a.m. in North Conway Village with a theme of “45 Years in the Mud.”
The parade starts at John H. Fuller Elementary, proceeds south on Route 16 and then turns onto Norcross Circle, where it ends in front of the judges’ reviewing stand in Schouler Park in front of the North Conway Train Station.
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