Sunday, September 27, 2009

2009 Persimmon Festival Parade

We just returned from Mitchell, Indiana, where we enjoyed the 2009 Persimmon Festival. Of course the best part of the festival is seeing family, but the next best thing is the parade!

The parade begins with emergency equipment from all over the area.

Color guard.

Mitchell High School Blue Jacket cheerleaders. L-E-T-S G-O!

Festival queen.

Awesome old Plymouth.

My favorite car in the parade.

Awesome 1930 Model A.

Sweet!

The Shriners are my favorite! They are crazy!

More Shriners! I could watch them all day!

These guys are always a highlight of the parade.

This is the motorcycle riding safety portion of the parade. Not.

Scary thing is that the truck on the left is normal sized! Ok, I'm kidding.

Awesome old Allis-Chalmers. There were several great old tractors.

Spongebob Square Pants ROCKS!

Airborne Band.

I didn't see any markings but I believe this is a National Guard M984 HEMTT wrecker truck. There was also a tanker version in the parade.

The end of the parade (as it has been for the last few years) was the Chicago South Shore Drill Team. They are really awesome. Unfortunately, they did not perform in front of us, but they did stop further down the street so we did get to watch them. I just couldn't get any good pictures at that point.

It was a great parade as always! We'll post more pictures from the Persimmon Festival and our stay out at the Spring Mill Inn soon.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

The guy pulling the wheelie on the motorcycle is Greg Harrel. He was with the Honda Shop of Bedford Indiana. I grew up with him.He is a very skilled rider! I ride with ABATE of Indiana. We ride loud motorcycles but we do not perform stunts durring the parade. We do promote safe and free motorcycle riding and offer riding and endorsment courses through ABATE of Indiana.

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