Showing posts with label parade. Show all posts
Showing posts with label parade. Show all posts

Sunday, February 8, 2015

Take a Trip to the Barkus and Meoux Parade 2015

Here are a few photos from the Barkus and Meoux parade today:

Grand Marshall Braveheart was quite the celebrity!  Very cool under pressure.



He met many fans today.


This is Angel:


And Mrs. T:


Of course we had lots, and lots of dogs but there were also pigs, goats, cats, rabbits, and chickens.



We had dogs dressed up as people and people dressed up as cats.



And people dressed up for the Bone Appetite theme!



People and dogs dressed alike...



Dogs dressed as bones...



Goat tacos...



And, of course, Blue Dog...



This event has grown so much since the days when it was a little neighborhood thing at A.C.Steere park!  The turnout each year is huge.

Laissez les bons temps rouler!

The SIGIS Take a Trip Series:
Take a Trip to the 2012 Defenders of Liberty Air Show at BAFB
Take a Springtime Trip to Second Hand Rose Antiques in Minden, LA
Take a Trip to Logansport, Louisiana
Take a Trip to the Lock and Dam on Red River
Take a Trip to the 2012 Barkus and Meoux Parade
Take a Christmas Shopping Trip to Second Hand Rose in Minden
Take a Trip to the Fourth Annual Barksdale AFB Oktoberfest 
Take a Trip to Grand Cane's Fifth Annual Pioneer Trade Day
Take a Trip to the 2011 Highland Jazz & Blues Festival
Take an Autumn Trip to Jefferson, Texas
Take a Fall Trip to Second Hand Rose Antiques in Minden
Take a Trip to the 8th Air Force Museum at Barksdale Air Force Base
Take a Summertime Trip to Grand Cane
Take a Trip to Desoto Parish
Take a Summer Trip to Second Hand Rose Antiques in Minden
Take a Trip to Natchitoches and Melrose Plantation 
Take a Trip to Ed Lester Farms and a Random Antique Stop
Take a Trip to the Norton Art Gallery and the Masters of Cuban Art Exhibit
Take a Trip to Natchitoches to See the Christmas Lights
Take a Trip to the Third Annual BAFB Oktoberfest 
Take a Trip to Natchitoches and Oakland Plantation
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Wednesday, November 7, 2012

A Parade to Soothe the Soul

When I woke up this morning with the bitter taste of defeat in my mouth from last night's capitulation into socialism, I knew it was going to take more than a cold Diet Coke or a cup of hot coffee to set me right.

I was off work today to attend my mom's heath plan meeting at The Glen and to tend to some of her business matters but all that was not until after lunch, so this morning Steve and I headed over, bright and early, to the War Veterans Home in Bossier City to participate in the Veterans Parade with our American Legion friends.

The War Veterans Home is a beautiful, relatively new (2007) facility that sits on the Red River.  It is a 156 bed facility that also offers a fishing pond, a pier, and an activities building.

I couldn't think of a better group of people to spend the morning with after last night.  It did my soul good and it was a lot of fun.



The parade was held in conjunction with a ceremony inside the facility in which some twelve veterans received the Louisiana Veterans Honor Medal for their service.



Several local groups took part in the parade including the Patriot Guard Riders, the 40 & 8 Voiture 137, Parkway High School Band, Choir, and Flagline, and a couple of local ROTC groups.



Steve and I were privileged to be invited to ride in the parade and throw beads to the crowd.



The veterans were lined up outside as were nurses and family members.


After the parade the Parkway choir sang patriotic songs.  It was pure joy listening to some of the vets sing along.  Then there was a flag folding ceremony and the medal presentations.

And of course, there was cake:


I left after the ceremony to make my meeting at The Glen and Steve stayed to visit with some of the veterans.

The Shreveport Times has a nice photo gallery.

There are plenty of Veterans Day Activities scheduled locally.  And if you aren't local, find some in your area.  It'll do your soul good and will brighten a vet's day.


(Top photo courtesy of Douglas Collier/The Shreveport Times)
(Photos 2 and 5 courtesy of S. Bohanan)
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Saturday, February 11, 2012

Take a Trip to the Centaur 2012 Parade


We have survived the 2012 Centaur parade; it was cold out there!  The temperature at parade time was about 37 but the wind was blowing and the sun was sinking and it felt colder.  You never know with the weather around here.  It was seventy degrees last week and freezing today. 

We always walk to the parade route from chez SIGIS.  It's not that far and is much easier than fighting the traffic after the parade. I have a friend that lives right on the route and so that's our base on parade day. 

She invites a crowd and everyone brings a potluck contribution.  This year a guy brought his deep fryer so our feast included fried cheese sticks, chicken tenders, and corndogs.  There was also boudin, burgers, jambalaya, steak on a stick, and plenty of sweets, chips and dips to go around.  I ate the best brownies I've ever had in my life.  After the parade the fixins' for s'mores come out and the kids are in hog heaven. 




We had three fire pits going:



...and I nearly caught myself on fire at least twice.

I love to people watch while sitting by the fire.  I saw people with wagons:

 


And people with tutus:


People eating:


And one group brought a couch and a basketball goal out there:



And there's a guy with a turkey on his head:


Some unfortunate soul got a ticket right before they closed the streets:


The house next door to where we were had this sign in their yard:


And in fact they did give away lots of coffee, cocoa and water.  Probably prayers, too!

There were plenty of bounce houses:


And I'm not sure what to make of this:


But lots of people just walked:


We ran into our good friend, Red.  I've known her for thirty years, at least:


But finally it was time for the parade.  And what magnificent animals to start it off!:


Look at those feet!:


Gorgeous animals.



They were followed by the Louisiana Tech Band:



Then the floats came.



People go crazy at parades.  It's all over cheap plastic beads from China and various other trinkets.  It's fun to reach up and snag some beads out of the air when a krewe member throws them to you.  Sometimes it's one string of beads, sometimes it's a tangled wad of beads.  Sometimes a krewe member will single you out, lean over the side and hand you something "special".  A guy on this float leaned over and handed me some beads in a plastic ziploc bag with a huge medallion on them and this guy standing next to me reached out and snagged it from my hand.


 I just looked incredulously at him, and said, "Dude!  Really?!?  He handed that to ME!"  He just laughed at me and lit a cigarette.  I thought about having a throw down right there in the middle of the road but didn't want to end up on the front page of the newspaper over some mardi gras beads.  I did step to the back of the crowd and just watched for a while, though.

This float was cool:


It's the year of the dragon:


These folks were fun to watch:


I loved the penguin float - their costumes were cool!:


Ahem.  The Democrat float?


Belly dancers!


The Mansfield High Marching Band:


The Seal Team Six float came by...:


...and it was a sobering moment:


The Saints float:


It was dark by the time the parade ended:


and by that time I was already back by the fire pit trying to thaw out!

We had a grand time despite the random jerk or two in the crowd and the cold!  Tomorrow is the Barkus and Meoux parade and then next week we'll forgo the Gemini parade in favor of  a Jerry Jeff Walker concert but we will catch the Highland Parade (and maybe catch a hot dog from the Krewe of Bar B Que!)

Laissez les bon temps rouler!
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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Start Organizing Your Fourth of July Parade!

If this Harvard study is accurate, I certainly hope we're all planning Fourth of July parades this year:

A new Harvard University study finds that July 4th parades energize only Republicans, turn kids into Republicans, and help to boost the GOP turnout of adults on Election Day.
Who knew that's all it took?
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Sunday, February 14, 2010

The Krewe Of Highland Parade 2010

Boy are we wiped out! We did the Highland Parade in a big way today!

Let me say again how much we love the Highland Parade; it's really unique in that you have floats from both major krewes and then the Highland krewe joins in, too, as well as more bands and random groups. The Blanc et Noir Marching Society with the Red and Black Brass Band led things off today and as usual, set the right tone. And let me just send condolences to Robert Trudeau who lost his mom this morning; Robert was marching with his group, though, in his own tribute to his mom!

There are always lots of kids at this parade and Steve and I pass lots of our swag off to them. There was a precious little boy next to us with his parents and he was so small most of the big people were snatching things out of the air before he could get anything. Most of what he got he scooped up off the ground. We gave him lots of stuff, and he said "thank you" for every single thing!

Sandy, your float came through for me today! I got cups, beads and some kind of little football from them!

We caught hot dogs, and Heather had her very first Moon Pie (WHO has never eaten a moon pie before!?) We caught Tootsie Rolls, Sweet Tarts, bubble gum, fortune cookies and a small container of bubbles. Steve even scored a giant toothbrush and we managed to bring home two more Frisbees for the dog. Steve also got a Pirate Eye Patch from the pirate float, which he wore proudly for a little while.

By the time the parade came to an end a nasty cold wind was blowing and the clouds had moved in. I'm glad we were at the front end of this one!`

After the parade we went to eat Mexican food at Nicky's and now I'm parked on the couch under an afghan.
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