Parades,
that I miss….
I miss the Bristol , Rhode
Island
As far as I
know, it is the oldest parade in the USA
I have been
to see it many times as a kid.. but not as
an
adult.. Maybe I should put that on a
bucket list, if
I ever make
one..
I even
worked the parade.. meaning a friend of the family use to sell balloons,
batons, kewpie dolls and etc… and I
helped him two years in a row.. So I got to see the parade and sell balloons..
there is a picture somewhere of me selling them at the parade.
What I miss
mostly was not only the big floats, that they did, almost like the ones at the
Rose Parade.
But even
more.. the marching bands.. Love the
music, the drums… watching the majorettes toss the batons and catch them.. Yes, the music..
Sadly this
year, there was only beating on 5 gallon buckets for live music at the
Sandpoint parade. I remember when the
high school kids use to march in the parade.. I worked at the nursing home next
to the high school.. and love hearing them practice in the back field..
Parades
just aren’t like they use to be.. Even the Rose Parade has been lacking.. and Macy’s Thanksgiving parade.. they have marching bands.. several of them..
but we are at the mercy of the television show that is at the parade.. The
camera whizzes by when the marching bands come…and stay when some person is on
the back of some truck signing.. I don’t want to see a music concert.. I want
to see floats and marching bands.. have a special show for the latest Broadway
show.. don’t rain on my parade with your commercial of those shows.. or those
stars in California
Stepping
down off box..
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