Great Barrington MA - 250th Anniversary Parade - Part 2

US Army Ghostriders Transportation Company. Ironically, they are walking.



Cool old fire engine from Interlaken, CT Fire Department.



A 250th Birthday party commands a big cake.



CT Hurricanes Band's Flags.



Young Festival Latino Dancers



Young Latino boy with a great looking mustache.



Festival Latino of the Berkshires dancer.



ZZ Top member? Like he never heard that before.



These girls are flipping over parades.



Cycling Murray's Cycling Team



Great Barrington African American Greats



A Shriner and his Camel



Shriner Wheelie. Is that a Fez Helmet?

Great Barrington MA - 250th Anniversary Parade

Great Barrington, MA - Today I attended the Great Barrington, MA's 250th Anniversary parade. It is late so I will post just a few photos. More tomorrow.


Noon...parade starting time.



Before the parade there was a beard contest. This fellow got the "Most Naturally Colorful Beard".



This is Iredale Mineral Cosmetics banner. Iredale is a year long sponsor of this event.



This is Iredale's float.



Before the parade I stopped by here for a nice grilled Kielbasa. Warning: the mustard has quite a horseradish kick...but so good.



The Barrington Brewery guys rolled this barrel down the parade route.



A somber fireman.



A cool firewagon. I like these old time fireman dress outfits.



This guy is a horse poop butler. His job is to walk behind a carrige and pick up the droppings.



Let's Samba.



Oooo...Ronald loves the ladies. Who knew he was such player.

Strolling of the Heifers - 2010 Part 2

Brattleboro, VT - This is a continuation of my photos from the Strolling of the Heifers. I had a hard time deciding what to post, I took so many photos. So, to save space I made two collages with some of the photos. These are mostly of the banners before each group.


The other collage.


A fuzzy Scottish Highlander.

Jazzy and Birthday.


The FFA float, I was in the FFA(Future Farmers of America)when I was much younger.


The Grafton Village Cheese Float


Not only heifers in this parade, here is a sheep with his lunch around his neck.


The clean up crew, this year dressed as fruits and vegetables.


An impostor


Brattleburros kick ass


Mules are in the parade also.


Two Saxophonists


Goats Leaping for Joy


Some participants needed a little push.



A shopping cart dance by the Co-op.


Some Jazz dancing.


The leader of this group was really having a good time, the photos don't do her justice.


A Chinese Dragon.


Belly Dancers


These kids had to jump rope up hill


"Get down and give me twenty", kids doing pushups. By the end of the parade they must have had quite the workout.


A nice Brown Swiss cow, or at least I think it is.


These were some well trained Oxen; no ropes necessary.


This was the first heifer of the parade.


A stage coach, that is a blast from the past.


This rather tall women was one of the sights at the front of the parade(still don't know what that thing on her nose is???