We are in the middle of summer, which means OMG PARADES.
ALL THE TIME.
I have been in attendance at several of these processional festivities over the last two months or so. I've witnessed four, in fact--two small-town spectacles and two big-city extravaganzas. I figured I'd share some of my pictures of these events for your viewing pleasure.
Since I'm apparently in a list-making mood lately, I present them to you thusly:
Parade 1: Highly Inconvenient Live Free or Die Parade
Boyfriend and I had the immense pleasure of spending Memorial Day weekend with many of our friends in the beautiful state of New Hampshire. In order to make our bus back home on time, we had to get out of there in a somewhat timely fashion. As we were leaving, this parade came along.
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| Note: NOT the band for the California-based basketball team. |
The town we were staying in is not large, yet as we spotted the oncoming marching band and flag tossers, our deft driver dodged onto a parallel street to avoid them. Then they turned onto our street.
ANNOYING.
The lucky thing is, the town is so small, the parade literally consisted ONLY of said marching band and flag tossers, plus a few cops.
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| And we had such a nice view! |
In case you were concerned: we made it to our bus just fine.
Parade 2: Feathers, Balloons, and Confetti Parade
June is an awesome month. It's the first full month of summer (unless you're in high school or something), AND it's Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Pride Month.
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| Anyone who can look that happy in lucite heels that high is a goddess in my book. |
Which means the BEST.
PARADES.
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| Sailors: obvi. |
EVER.
Because I live in a city so big and so fantastically fabulous that its jubilation and pride cannot be contained by only one parade, we have MULTIPLE.
And this is the first one I went to last month.
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| THE BEST PART. |
Because God knows there's no way I'm missing something that's this much fun.
I mean really, who would?
3. Post-Spectacular Legal Milestone Achievement Parade
....So you may have heard that some minor civil rights legislation passed a couple of weeks ago in this state you might have heard of.
NBD.
Let's just say being on a certain little island a few days later for the Pride Parade was the tiniest bit emotional. And AMAZING.
(Editor's note: I unfortunately don't have the most stunning pictures in the world of Parade #3 because I only had the use of my cell phone camera. My apologies!)
And finally:
Parade 4: Let's Be Quaint and Then Make Things Explode Parade
Boyfriend, Mom and I took a little trip for 4th of July weekend to visit my grandfather. As a bonus, we got to see this adorable Independence Day parade.
Lots of marching bands...
And old cars...
And old people (in marching bands)...
Seriously precious.
Afterward, we had an awesome view of a very respectable fireworks display.
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| Ooooooooo |
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| oooooooooooo |
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| Aaaaaaaaaaaaaa |
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| ahhhhhhhhhhh |
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| The grand |
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| finale!! |
Now, I really should get back to my thesis proposal.
TTFN!
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