Halifax Parade of Lights
We just got back from this year's Parade of Lights. Once again, we had tremendous weather for an event and the crowds showed it. They were predicting upwards of 75,000 people would attend and certainly that may have been the case. In fact, I'd almost call it T-shirt weather which is how I was attired. Heck, we even stopped for ice cream treats on the way home.
I'm sorry if I can't remember all of the organizations that had floats. There were so many and in many cases, the names were along the bottom of the float, not well lit, and obscured by the crowd. I believe the above shot is by the people at the Harbour Ferry.
To view the procession, we managed to find a spot near the final turn in the parade route, up the street at South Park and University, but even when standing on a park bench, I found it a bit difficult to get good shots over the heads of the people. Memo to self: show up earlier next time.
There was lots of music and lots of light. A float entered by one of the fire departments even had Sons of Maxwell playing. I got a couple of shots of them but they suffer from the odd, errant passerby.
Naturally, there was lots of Maritime flavour. I'm not sure who had the lighthouse, but the onion-like float above was from the Dalhousie Architecture school.
I thought I saw a couple of Harbour Hoppers done up in lights. Many groups just had big Ryder trucks with the sides off. The floats had lots of children too, since it is Christmas after all. Boy scouts, cadets, and various other youth groups all participated. It was a long route for many, I'm sure. They looked pretty tired by the time they got as far as where we were.
Last but not least, came that ol' jolly elf himself, Saint Nicholas, riding on the Chronicle Herald float. The newspaper was the headline sponsor of the event.
There was lots of energy in the air and it seems people had a great time. Tomorrow night is the parade in Bedford and I'm not sure if my schedule is going to allow me to attend, but if I can, I'll be looking forward to it.
Labels: Halifax, holidays, photo gallery
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