A word of advice. If you ever put a float in a parade ask if a children’s icon will be directly behind you! It will affect how well your float is received.
We were in two parades this year. The first, St. Thomas, was a chilly and rainy night. The crowds keep you happy though. However, we were tailed by this dude and to say kids were excited is a gross understatement.
Of course, the parade had a live Ronald and a fleet of volunteers handing out hamburger coupons so we got a passing glance before kids screamed MCDONALDS! Perhaps the Occupy protesters should be taking a serious look at how much this particular corporation has brainwashed our children!?!?
Our second parade was on behalf of the World of Motorcycles Expo. Last year we added a tiger to the Harley and kids really noticed it. This year we took the tiger up a notch with more decorations on the truck and a WOMEX T-shirt on the tiger, who we named Potato Potato – after the way the sound of a Harley is often described!
Potato Potato does get his share of shout-outs but we were the last float before THE big guy – Santa! A fair number of people looked right past us to the Mr. Claus. Who can blame them? Still, although one tends to have a moment of …what are we doing this for again? – it’s always worth it in the end. Happy end-of-parade season!
OK – I have to ask…what’s in Ronald’s crotch in that top shot? Or is it some kind of test as to how twisted I am that I looked??? LOL
I can’t believe I missed the crotch thing. I’m becoming too conservative & innocent as I get older. 😛
Wait, this post was about your float, wasn’t it? It happened again, but this time, the adults were distracted! 😀
I never even noticed the crotch thing! I think that’s an empty space that’s supposed to show his lack of male parts so he seems harmless to children. That’s my interpretation. I didn’t have a lot of photos to choose from that were public domain!! It was only meant to show you that it was Ronald McDonald who followed us. ;p