{"id":3296,"date":"2009-06-07T20:34:48","date_gmt":"2009-06-08T04:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sparselysageandtimely.com\/blog\/?p=3296"},"modified":"2023-12-14T21:40:10","modified_gmt":"2023-12-15T05:40:10","slug":"sundays-western-weekend-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sparselysageandtimely.com\/?p=3296","title":{"rendered":"Sunday’s Western Weekend Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sunday’s Western Weekend Parade<\/strong> packed the main street of Point Reyes Station, making it look like half the residents around Tomales Bay were either watching the parade or in it.<\/p>\n

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A Coast Guard color guard<\/strong> led the parade, followed by Marin County and Inverness fire engines. Several parade entries, including an inflatable boat from the Coast Guard base in Bodega Bay, had maritime themes.<\/p>\n

\"100_2325\"The good ship Mary Kay’s Revenge from Marshall. <\/strong>The Point Reyes Light<\/em> on Thursday reported, “The boat is constructed largely of recycled sail cloth, plywood and pallets” and had been sitting “on Peggy Bannan’s porch in Reynold’s Cove” while awaiting the parade.<\/p>\n

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Parade Marshal Maidee Moore<\/strong> of Inverness received a ride from Dennis Luftig of Point Reyes Station. Maidee has long been active in civic affairs and is perhaps best known for decades of leading a program, Tomales Bay Waterdogs, which teaches children living around Tomales Bay how to swim.<\/p>\n

\"100_2264\"Western Weekend Queen Mindy Borello<\/strong>, 17, rode in a pickup-truck carriage during Sunday’s parade. Mindy won the queen contest by selling the most Western Weekend raffle tickets.<\/p>\n

\"100_2265\"Western Weekend Princess Rocio Gomez \u00a0<\/strong>Together Rocio and Mindy sold more than $8,000 worth of raffle tickets.<\/p>\n

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The float was called “The Hula Hoopin’ Haley Grandkids,” and this grandkid was a pro.<\/p>\n

\"garden-club2\"Three quarters of a century\u00a0<\/strong> Inverness Garden Club’s entry each year includes numerous participants, a motorcycle with a sidecar, and a float festooned with flowers and greenery. This year the club is celebrating its 75th anniversary, hence the birthday cake. Among the club’s activities is maintaining flower beds in public places.<\/p>\n

\"100_2281\"Several kids on mini-motorcycles took part in the parade. This young biker may be new to the parade circuit, but he has already learned its protocol. To get the attention of other kids along the parade route carry a bag of candies and toss out handfuls. Works every time.<\/p>\n

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Papermill Creek Children’s Corner (a preschool in Point Reyes Station) and Marin Head Start paraded together.<\/p>\n

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Planned Feralhood<\/strong> president Kathy Runnion of Nicasio, dressed as a cat and festooned with toy kittens, led her group’s parade entry. The group catches feral cats in Point Reyes Station and neuters or spays them.<\/p>\n

Kathy finds homes for the kittens and as many of the adults as possible. A few adults cannot be domesticated and are returned to the street, but at least they are no longer reproducing. Not surprisingly, the number of feral kittens around town has dropped dramatically.<\/p>\n

\"dancers\"West Marin School students<\/strong> dance a Paso Durangeneze. The group includes Alejandro Chavarria, 3rd grade; Graciela Avalos, Sarahisabel Barajaz, Stepanie Gonzalez, William Gonzalez, Shelby Hunt, Normar Isais, Bianca Lima, and Phoebe Marshall, 4th graders; and Armando Gonzalez, 5th grade. Their teacher is Dolores Gonzalez.<\/p>\n

\"nave-patrola1\"The Nave Patrola annually spoofs the Italian Army<\/strong> in World War I although it also borrows an “Il Duce” chant from World War II.<\/p>\n

In the early 1970s, an official from the Italian Consulate in San Francisco complained to parade organizers, the West Marin Lions Club, that the patrol disparaged Italians, what with its seemingly confused marchers colliding with each other and going off in all directions.<\/p>\n

Defenders of the patrol, however, replied that many of the members are of Italian descent. In addition, most folks here find Benito Mussolini, “the Duce of Fascism,” as he called himself, fair game for satire.<\/p>\n

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Bikini-clad dancers on an entry from Very Nice Firewood<\/strong> of Point Reyes Station waved placards that said, “Joe’s Knows How to Keep It Hot,” along with “Keep Warm & Toasty” and “Got Wood?”<\/p>\n

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A highlight of every Western Weekend Parade is the impressive Concord Blue Devils Drum and Bugle Corps, which participates in numerous parades each year. Based in Contra Costa County, the Blue Devils<\/a><\/strong> are a world-class drum corps, having won 12 Drum Corps International championships in the past 33 years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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