The Shriners

My favourite part of the Santa Claus Parade in my hometown of Fort Erie: The Shriners. Shriners on go-karts, on boats, on the back of cabooses dressed up as frowning clowns. They sure had me laughing.


There were one hundred firemen at the front of the parade, convenient for any Shriner emergencies. But they had emergencies of their own when an antique firetruck broke down in the middle of Catherine Street.




My Nephew Elliott enjoyed the horses most.



You gotta love those barely washed marching band uniforms from the 70's that make you look like a life size Christmas ornament. My high school's float was lead by at least twenty cheerleaders this year, a real school spirit improvement from the pre-2000 years when we had about four (before the squad folded under the weight of assembly harassment).




There were a lot of tow truck companies in the parade because I guess they're the only ones with flatbeds.






These photos are from my first roll using a 1950's Soviet FED-2 camera I bought on Kijiji. I had been eying this camera online for a couple of years and finally found one that didn't need to be shipped from Russia.