Tuesday, April 23, 2013

The All Species Parade

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The event that gets our Earth Day festival rolling is always the All Species parade. It is always lead by Joia, an all-percussion band that's hard to classify. That's Rick Kraemer, the chief guy, in the top picture, blowing his whistle to start the march.

Actually, I didn't see any species in the parade other than H. Sapiens and the microbes that dwell in us. Usually there are at least a couple of dogs. Some of the children had whimsical animal masks. Good enough for me.

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6 comments:

Dave-CostaRicaDailyPhoto.com said...

A highly unusual crowd for St. Louis. More than 10 people and only one St. Louis Cardinals cap.

Stefan Jansson said...

always fun to meet other members of H. Sapiens out and about.

William Kendall said...

Splendid crowd shots!

Jack said...

Which of these are H. sapiens?

Virginia said...

I love a big ole drum band or whatever it's called. Love the sound.
V

Tamera said...

We need a parade like this in Colorado Springs! :^)