Zombie Parade on Massachusetts Streets

Peppy cheerleaders, elaborate floats, eager college students and bloody zombies marched down Massachusetts Street Thursday night as the Kansas University homecoming parade and the seventh annual Lawrence Zombie Walk brought a unique mix of Jayhawk and Lawrence pride to downtown.

While the KU marching band was kicking off the parade with the Jayhawk fight song at 6 p.m., more than 1,000 zombies of all ages were dancing to eerie Halloween music in South Park, preparing for their own sidewalk parade at 7 p.m. The homecoming parade’s theme was “Jayhawks around the world,” but as the evening went on, the underworld came out, as well.

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