There will be an increased security presence in Portadown today as thousands of Orangemen and their supporters converge on the town to take part in this year's Co Armagh Twelfth celebrations.
Security in Portadown has remained high following last weekend's Drumcree parade. Wire barricades and permanent roadblocks, manned by RUC and army personnel, are still in place at Drumcree.
Roads leading into the Garvaghy Road have also been sealed, with access to and from the area strictly controlled by the security forces.
More RUC and British army personnel are expected to be deployed throughout Portadown as the Orange parade, which was originally due to take place in Killylea near Armagh City, but was switched to Portadown because of the Parades Commission ban on the Drumcree parade, gets under way shortly after 9 a.m.
The decision to switch this year's Armagh demonstration to Portadown has been condemned by nationalists in the town, who have called it a "provocative and intimidatory gesture".
Nationalists say the move will only further exacerbate community divisions in the town - divisions which are already wide due to the continuing Drumcree protests.
However, today's Orange parade follows a relatively uncontentious route from Edenderry to the Loughgall Road, primarily passing through loyalist areas of the town. Only at one location, Woodhouse Street in the town centre, does it pass close to a nationalist area.
Following the parade to the Loughgall Road, Orangemen will be addressed by several speakers, including Co Armagh Grand Master Mr Denis Watson. It is not known if Portadown District Master Mr Harold Gracey will be among tomorrow's speakers.
The main time of concern for the security forces will be after the formal parade is concluded. It is anticipated that many Orangemen and supporters will then make their way to Drumcree hill by early evening.
There they are expected to be joined by Orangemen who have participated in other demonstrations across the North.
In recent nights Drumcree has been exceptionally quiet following the Orange Order's call for peaceful protests. However, there are indications that many Orangemen are becoming increasingly impatient with a lack of progress over the Drumcree parade issue. Many are now openly advocating that a more aggressive stance be adopted by the Portadown District.
Meanwhile, a memorial plaque to murdered LVF leader Billy Wright was unveiled in Portadown on Saturday night. The plaque, which is located near where Wright lived in the Brownstown estate, was erected by residents.
A crowd of several hundred listened as Pastor Kenny McClinton read out a statement from LVF prisoners in the Maze Prison. The statement called on the British government to hold a full public inquiry into Wright's murder inside the Maze in December 1997.