Monday, April 02, 2007

The Harbour Festival Parade

Jane came home from boarding school Saturday morning on the train. The sperm donor had donated some funds towards the kids attending the Harbour Festival - a jolly good thing as we are rather financially "challenged" at the moment.

Anna is in the cheer squad - so she participated in the Harbour Festival Parade. Parades are good fun.



Of course the marching band begins - complete with interlopers on skateboards and push bikes.
Look - here comes Anna and her mob!


The girls drop their poms to perform for us...


And hurl the smaller girls over the bitumen.....



Then don their poms again...






And march off to the Marina for the start of the Festival...




While we watch the rest of the parade and floats...





And Will and his mates try to catch the lollies and beg for balloons..





Have to admire the doggies...





And the boats...



And of course the pipe band...






And odd... characters...




Whirling belly dancers - some looked a little tired... bit of a walk that bloody hill for a main street. Note to all town planners.. DONT BUILD THE MAIN STREET UP A GREAT BIG STEEP HILL....



And hooray for our community... alround. I really love a parade.
Doesn't take much to amuse me.












3 comments:

Cazzie!!! said...

Gr8 pics looks like fun there Melly:)

little things said...

I am one of those people who doesn't like parades. I don't know why really. I dislike them in the way people dislike clowns, though not out of fear!
But glad YOU had fun!

Ginnie said...

Sounds like a fun time. I enjoyed what you said on my blog concerning Italian food...and I did come home and grill fresh veggies on the grill after marinating them. It was delicious but not the same thrill!