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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.
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.
The perpetrators of yesterday’s “crime”…
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.
This was our entry, the girl scouts. You can see what our float looked like in stages here.
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. 😉
Alex’s is another restaurant in town. They were the parade entry right behind us. The many pictures I have of them has nothing to do with the “eye candy” involved and everything to do with their proximity to our location. 😉 More photos of Alex’s Gourmet Marching Band (or, more accurately, the dancing girls in front of the band) available on request.
I ended up with loads and loads of decent photos from the Fourth of July festivities. I’ll feature them in random order over the next few weeks.
Today’s picture is of the Macaroni’s band. Macaroni’s is a restaurant in downtown Ashland. One of the band members got lost on Mt. McLaughlin the night before, didn’t turn up until morning, but still played in the band for the parade. Now that is dedication.
I got to help design and build one of the entries in yesterday’s parade. The float was for my daughter’s girl scout troop. The above picture is what it looked like before the finishing decorations were applied.
And here is the mostly finished product. Notice the fish on the wheel. They go round and round as the parade entry moves down the street. Cool, eh?
Here are some more participants from the parade…