Tuesday, June 23, 2009

Floating on air – the Fremont Solstice Parade

The day dawned bright, clear and cool – perfect weather for a parade! Getting the six-piece band and all their gear on board and working was, er, fun. Then we had to find room for two dancers!

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Jeff and Denny getting ready to rock the city.

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Before the official parade – the famous naked cyclist invasion! 480 body painted wobbly bits and chafed thighs zipped past us – some beautiful, some less so but all eye-opening (and happy)!

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Finally, it was our turn to hit the street. Bart and I (plus six other hardy souls) were pushing, the band cranked it up to 11 and Karen was shaking her booty out front.

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Getting tired about halfway through but the crowd (about 100,000 strong) really kept us going.

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Here’s a good view from above, near the end.

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And this is our artist and break dancer Gil enjoying the fun

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If you want to see other pictures of the parade, the Seattle P-I has a good gallery here. Then it was beers and the sad process of tearing the float down again for next year.

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