Yesterday was the parade in Stamford. We went along - I don't recall ever having gone to a large scale balloon parade before, and Liz hadn't been either. Here are some of the things we saw:
Some of the members of the 104th Shiny Hat Brigade (actually, they're from a local school):
These guys were perhaps my favorite people in the parade. Some mounted police from NYC were in the parade, and these guys followed them - with a shovel and wheelie bin.
Chuckles the clown patrolled the crowd, getting looks from all the kids, and some of the adults. Unfortunately I don't think his shirt is stuffed to achieve that look.
Balloon time! Notice that they make no attempt to hide the strings. Super Grover flies down Summer Street:
Underdog tries to punch a girl in the face:
Oscar didn't look that grouchy...
Odie finally stepped out of Garfield's shadow:
Kermit the Frog:
Cookie Monster munches his way past the buildings:
While Big Bird unicycles his way around. People in the crowd would tell the balloon handlers to "spin", by way of signs and yelling. Big Bird was one of the biggest balloons they had, and tipped a fair bit during spinning.
Elmo and a fish:
Mr Potato Head sneaks down the street:
The fireman was huge - so huge that they had to drag his knuckles along the ground to get under power lines and street lights.
The Jerry Springer balloon was huge, but it didn't have strings!
And on that note...
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