Something I read and responded to on another blog brought this to mind.
When I was a kid my grandparents took me to the Fourth of July parade. It was the largest in the midwest with well over a hundred and twenty units. Now, while they claim 140 units, I don't go. Why? I'll tell you. Because it is 95% crap.
Years ago we had large manufacturing firms who would sponsor large and elaborate floats. Those firms are gone and so are the floats. Years ago the parade would include over a dozen bands and drum corps and they would play every block or two. Now you get maybe two bands and a crap corp and they play one or twice in the whole parade.
Of course they count as a unit every jackass local and state polititian out hawking for votes plus the assorted beauty (oops can't call it that) talent contest winner. Most are so ugly a coyote caught in a trap would chew off it's own leg to get away.
No body comes to this thing anymore. When I was young the parade would draw over 100,00 people, now I doubt if it's half that but nobody seems to give a shit.
Neither do I, I just gave up.
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I was in that parade in 2000. I didn't think it was all that. Lots of drunk people yelling stuff out at you as you went past.
I skipped it in 2002 and marched with the Royal-Airs in Whitewater's July 4th parade.
Jim said back in the early seventies when he marched in it with the junior Kilties it was a very cool parade with lots of marching units and floats.
I guess I missed it.
Ya Terri you missed it by thirty years.
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