Sunday, March 18, 2007

VIDEO/SLIDESHOW | Cherry Blossom Parade draws large crowd

Sunday's Cherry Blossom Parade, celebrating the festival's 25th anniversary, drew a large crowd to downtown. I don't think I've ever seen so many people at the parade or as many entries. In fact, there were so many that the parade lasted nearly two hours. The parade's length may have had a little something to do with the fact that it aired on GPTV this year. Parade participants, particularly the bands, were stopping at the corner of Cherry and Third streets to perform for the TV crews, and that's likely what made it seem longer. It also meant that parade-watchers on Mulberry Street got stuck with intermittent bursts of no floats or bands at all, which was somewhat of a downside because it made it hard to judge when the parade was actually over. Overall, though, I think the parade was a huge success and the weather couldn't have been better. There could have been candy, though. Nobody threw any candy.

CLICK HERE TO VIEW PHOTOS OF THE PARADE.

CLICK HERE TO WATCH VIDEO FROM THE PARADE.

7 comments:

Anonymous said...

We cannot open The Telegraph's Festival photo pages; it keeps saying "error." What's happening? It's not our server, as we can open pretty much anything else.

Stephanie said...

It should be working now.

Anonymous said...

Rhe Video/Slideshow is not working

Anonymous said...

Bravo et merci pour cette parade fleurie à Macon !

Anonymous said...

Who was the winners of the floats in the parade?

Stephanie said...

I believe Miller Middle School won an award for its float, and I think there was another award but I'm not sure who received it.

Anonymous said...

Macon Clones threw candy & passed out Star Wars stickers.