Vegreville Parade

Vegreville Pysanka and some real characters

Vegreville Pysanka and some real characters

Once again the small town parade call was answered - this time in Vegreville as part of their County Fair Days.
After our appearance in the Lamont parade, one of the members of the Vegreville float asked us to be in their parade. So after booking time off work some of us headed out to Vegreville in a hearse, a van and a truck.

The weather was nice - it was overcast, not too warm, not too cool, and it didn’t rain during the parade.
A gathering of clowns, some scarier than others

A gathering of clowns, some scarier than others

During our setup time we caused a lot of attention - small towns obviously aren’t used to seeing hearses, clowns, zombies and pumpkinheads lining up. They seemed to enjoy something a little different though and accepted us into their event with open arms. After a bit of McClowning around with another parade entrant, we were ready to go.
At this parade we were once again allowed to hand out candy along the parade route, which thrilled everyone. Unfortunately we ran out of Candy before we ran out of parade, but I’m sure all the kids got enough to keep their dentists rich for a while.
After the parade was over we proceeded to the Heather Curling Club for some food and beverages provided by the Vegreville Agricultural Society and served by the members of the Elks Lodge #143. While there the PR tag team of Darryl and Shane chatted with several members of the Elks and Amanda from the Ag Society. We have to give credit to Ben, Les, Carla and Rona who also did a fair bit of talking on their own. The Elks lodge were even interested in having members of dEdmonton come out for other events!
We also received first prize in our category! It seems the small town people have big hearts and enjoyed us.
1st place ribbon at the Vergeville Ag Society parade

1st place ribbon at the Vergeville Ag Society parade

Once we were fed and watered we had to go and get a picture with the world’s largest Easter egg, the Vegreville Pysanka.
Then the rain started…
Fortunately it stayed dry for the whole parade, which made us all quite happy.
Some of the zany characters pre-parade

Some of the zany characters pre-parade


A pair of old buzzards

A pair of old buzzards


There's real people under that makeup

There's real people under that makeup


We wish to thank the parade participants Ben, Rona, their hearse Bella, Shane, Carla and Darryl, plus the Vegreville Agricultural Society and members of the Vegreville Elks Lodge #143 for their time and effort in holding this event and participating in it.
The post above was added on August 9, 2009