Glad you liked this Vee. Old Orchard Beach had a parade yesterday afternoon, and because I hadn't seen one in many years, I wanted to go. My daughters went to watch it too. My, my it was great and so many turned out with their children to watch. This small town had one of its young men die in Iraq a year ago, so the service was dedicated to him. For a small New England town the parade included clowns, motor bikes doing a neat bit of fun riding, the Shriners; the town manager and council, fire trucks, etc plus junior high and senior high school bands. Wow, it was great!! Did anyone else view a parade? Evelyn

Evelyn said, Old Orchard Beach had a parade yesterday > afternoon, and because I hadn't seen one in many years, I wanted to go. > My > daughters went to watch it too. My, my it was great and so many turned > out > with their children to watch. This small town had one of its young men > die > in Iraq a year ago, so the service was dedicated to him. For a small > New > England town the parade included clowns, motor bikes doing a neat bit of > fun riding, the Shriners; the town manager and council, fire trucks, etc > plus junior high and senior high school bands. Wow, it was great!! Dear Evelyn, Aren't small town parades a delight? Yours sounds just like our Youngstown Volunteer Fire Company parade on Labor Day. All the bells and whistles and the sound of fire trucks blasting their horns and the sound of the music of the bands. vee