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SARANAC LAKE WINTER CARNIVAL 2009

PostPosted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 9:47 am
by Nasoosie
http://s449.photobucket.com/albums/qq21 ... =slideshow

Checking to see if this link works for a carnival slide show.

(Please forgive my copying and pasting from the other group, but I just don't have the patience or time to do this all over again!!)

It was such a perfect day for the parade yesterday!

This slide show link works fine, but pictures are smallish and don't show what it was really like. So I'll post some of my favorites on here, too. This parade went on for over two hours, and these are just a few of the highlights of the myriads of floats that went by. Music was booming from nearly every float, and there were several marching bands, including our own high school band. It really gets people out of the woodwork up here each year!

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Ice Pirate ship with pirate kids!

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Ice Palace from front.

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Ice palace from inside.

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Distant shot of ice palace.

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Street and crowd awaiting start of parade.

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Lead parade float.

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Float built by construction company my son worked for. Cannons fired confetti and smoke!!!

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Man on stilts handing out candy to kids.

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Wrecked pirate ship!

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The Lawnchair ladies---always a favorite with the crowds! They do a marching-dancing routine to music with lawnchairs!

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Scottish bagpipers marching band---LOVE these guys!

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Beautiful draft horses.

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Signs held by Green Circle Environmental group.

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Some of the neat percussion instruments this group played during the entire parade!

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More instruments.

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Crowd on corner.

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Crowd in balconies.

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More balcony crowds.

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Balcony crowds.

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Kids on shoulders is a common sight during the parades!

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Group to call for nuisance bears!





Re: SARANAC LAKE WINTER CARNIVAL 2009

PostPosted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 10:01 am
by BirdbyBird
Thanks for all the pictures.....I can see why the warm temperatures could spell trouble for the "ice" creations. The community sure looks like it knows how to have fun.

Re: SARANAC LAKE WINTER CARNIVAL 2009

PostPosted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 10:23 am
by avalen
great pictures, thank you, I see a few I'll just have to snag for my
puzzle program when I get my xp back online. Looks like it was a
fun filled day, but oh so cold brrrrrrr

Re: SARANAC LAKE WINTER CARNIVAL 2009

PostPosted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 12:36 pm
by Sparkle
NEXT YEAR Soos, you must be a Lawnchair Lady! Great photos, I did shudder for the poor bagpipers, cold knees and other body parts. Snort, snort! :lol:

Re: SARANAC LAKE WINTER CARNIVAL 2009

PostPosted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 1:28 pm
by SeeyaGal
Knowing Sparkle she'd probably ask one of the bagpipers if they are wearing their wool underwear under those kilts! LOL
I love the Pirate theme, I Love Pirates!!! Burrrr it did look cold there though.
The greatest ice stuff I have ever seen was at the Chena Hot Springs in Alaska
www.chenahotsprings.com/index.php?id=museum

Re: SARANAC LAKE WINTER CARNIVAL 2009

PostPosted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 1:34 pm
by AlmostThere
Jenny, I wear a fleece jacket bought from Chena Hot Springs, and the dog we owned in Alaska was named Chena.

Re: SARANAC LAKE WINTER CARNIVAL 2009

PostPosted: Sun Feb 15, 2009 1:57 pm
by Liz
Great pictures, Soos. I loved the lawn chair ladies and the percussion instruments. I always enjoy bagpipes...they bring back childhood memories. In our little NH town the bagpipers practiced every Saturday evening in the schoolyard...and the sound of their music could be heard all over town.