Happy July 4
Our office is closed today, of course. I’ve just returned from another fantastic Independence Day Parade sponsored by the Rotary Club. We ran out of hot dogs a little early, but other than that our tent was hopping. Some highlights for me:
1) That we corralled Merritt into riding in our float as Ms. Park Cities People.
2) That, after we’d photographed a pretty young blonde girl in our photo tent, I told her she could have her dad or mom log onto our website — which seems to be having technical difficulties at the moment, so I can’t link to it – to get a print of the photo, and she said “Oh good. Because my mom’s Merritt Patterson.”
3) After State Rep. Dan Branch spoke at the gazebo, the master of ceremonies took back the microphone and said, “Now, since we’re in an election year, we need to give equal time. So please welcome Pete Sessions.” Only in a GOP stronghold like the Park Cities can following one Republican with another be considered “equal time.”
I was a couple of cars down from the original position of the OBAMA 08 float. At 8.45 someone moved them out of that position and moved them quite a bit further up in line. I don’t know how close to the front they were placed but I know that “Cuts” aren’t the norm for this parade.
Has anyone driven along the parade route since it ended and noticed the horrendous amount of trash left behind by parade watchers? I just drove down Beverly and the section where the parade was is covered with empty water bottles, soda cans and all kinds of trash. When you finish your bottle of water and throw the bottle on the ground, do you just expect it to disappear? Do you do this in your own home? Please learn to pick up after yourselves and teach your children to do the same.
Yo me, you must be new to the PC…
Its like that every year, they have clean up crews that come and clean everything up.
Actually my parents moved to HP when I was 3 and I moved to UP right after grad school, then to HP 15 yrs ago. I find littering to be disgusting and think it is ridiculous for adults to expect someone to come behind them and clean up.
Central Christian Church’s video of the parade was just posted at http://www.cccdt.org. We had another great time. Our thanks to HP and the Rotary Club.
Are the photos from the parade up yet? I can’t find them. My son should be in one of those playing his Guitar