I guess Saratoga used to have a floral parade every year to celebrate the race season...
...and this year they decided to do it again to celebrate the 150th year of racing. Judging by the crowds at the 4th of July parade we didn't think it would be a big shindig but it was PACKED! Apparently there were 40,000+ people there and the main street was 5 or 6 rows of people deep to watch the parade. It was CRAZY! But it was still a good time.
This is the actual trumpeter for the horse races.
The jockeys.
The big wigs were at the front of the parade in the horse drawn carriages. In this one was Marylou Whitney, a local socialite, and her guest Susan Lucci!! :-)
Following the horse drawn carriages and fancy old cars were the bikes, strollers, wagons, etc.
These guys played tennis down the whole main street, it was pretty cool! (Do you see how many people are behind them?!?! It was like that the whole main street)
Us in front of the old starting gates.
After the parade there was a free ice cream social in the park. We took one look at the long lines and went over to Ben & Jerry's and bought our own ice cream. It was a good time. :-)
1 comment:
My favorite are the unicorn heads (though the baby who looks like he's riding a horse is a close runner-up). How fun! Kids love parades, it's nice when kids drag you to things you wouldn't otherwise attend and you end up having a good time. Thanks, kids!
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