This is the weekend of the Philomath Frolic & Rodeo. We attended the parade with Lance and his two daughters.
Of course it had most of the standard things you need in a small town parade but it was missing the marching band. Other than recorded music only a Western Band played on one of the floats.
You start off with the Grand Marshall. When Kevin Boss graduated from your high school and play for the NY Giants to help them win the Super Bowl, he gets to r
ide in that first convertible as the Grand Marshall. Did I mention he went to college at Western Oregon University where I taught? No he was not in any of my classes.
Then you follow with all the standard floats for a local business, other festivals in the area, student robot or drag race team, and the rodeo Queen Alyssa Miller. Many of the floats were throwing out candy so the granddaughters had a small bag to bring home in addition to what we all ate while watching the parade.
Both political parties had floats but I only got a picture of one of them. The Hull family had a number of logging trucks in the parade. They are one of the big logging families in the area. Some of the trucks were new and some were very old, showing the different trucks they had used over the years.
Both the fire trucks and the local swim team were spraying water so you had to be on the lookout for a stray stream of water. One lady about 50 yards from us said, “Spray me,” and they got the lady next to her, their aim was not that good.
Of course it had most of the standard things you need in a small town parade but it was missing the marching band. Other than recorded music only a Western Band played on one of the floats.
You start off with the Grand Marshall. When Kevin Boss graduated from your high school and play for the NY Giants to help them win the Super Bowl, he gets to r
ide in that first convertible as the Grand Marshall. Did I mention he went to college at Western Oregon University where I taught? No he was not in any of my classes.Then you follow with all the standard floats for a local business, other festivals in the area, student robot or drag race team, and the rodeo Queen Alyssa Miller. Many of the floats were throwing out candy so the granddaughters had a small bag to bring home in addition to what we all ate while watching the parade.
Both political parties had floats but I only got a picture of one of them. The Hull family had a number of logging trucks in the parade. They are one of the big logging families in the area. Some of the trucks were new and some were very old, showing the different trucks they had used over the years.
Both the fire trucks and the local swim team were spraying water so you had to be on the lookout for a stray stream of water. One lady about 50 yards from us said, “Spray me,” and they got the lady next to her, their aim was not that good.
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