Crowd shot
The guy taking a picture of our float, Ken Buccino, also helped to decorate it.
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Wildlife Images
Brilliant capture of this image by Amanda Bullock.
Ashland Library
The library steps are a popular place to watch the parade. I heard there were more than 25,000 in attendance this year. Not bad for a town with a population of under 22,000–especially when you consider that most of the 5,000 students who attend SOU are gone for the summer.
Actors
Ashland is well known for its theaters. Not only do we have the Oregon Shakespeare Festival, but there are several other theaters (Oregon Cabaret Theater, Oregon Stage Works, etc.) in town. Most usually have a parade entry featuring their current or a future production with the actors all in play costumes.
El Tapatio
As previously mentioned, Ashland has good relations with our sister city in Mexico. The parade’s largest entry most years is sponsored by El Tapatio, a Mexican restaurant just outside of town.
Faces in the crowd
No story here. I was just walking around during the parade (after our entry finished) taking pictures of interesting looking people. I think his vest indicates he is a member of the Ashland Lions Club.
Candy throwers
The perpetrators of yesterday’s “crime”…
Candy scramble
As a spectator of the parade you don’t usually get the view of the happy faces involved in the candy retrieval process as the parade participants toss goodies to the spectators. The view from the middle of the road is a nice change of pace.
More girls from the parade
This was our entry, the girl scouts. You can see what our float looked like in stages here.
Band girls
By request, some more parade girls from Alex’s Band. You’re going to have to really twist my arm to get more of these though. 😉