IL-Montgomery/60538 Montgomery Fest Parade-SUN 8/10/14

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IL-Montgomery/60538 Montgomery Fest Parade-SUN 8/10/14

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Tried to bring a little Star Wars excitement to my local towns parade. My family goes to the parade every year, and I kept getting asked why werent in it. So this year I applied for us to participate, and had a really nice showing for a little parade. After several mix ups with parking issues, and me forgetting my flight suit at home... :shock: the parade itself was great. I purchased a few buckets worth of candy to hand out, as well as cards and tattoos, and literally got dressed in costume as we began marching, thanks to my wife running home, grabbing it, and running to the start of the parade for me. We also had Matthew Crowley to walk with us for some really nice photos.

This was done just for the kids in a small hometown to see some awesome Star Wars in the parade, no donation was made.

HUGE thanks to everyone who made it out, that includes everyone's significant others who helped as well :thumbs:

Attendees
Steve, 7345 - X-Wing Pilot
Michael, 3193 - Darth Vader
Ted, 36285 - TIE
Kim, 12108 - Tusken
Hawk, 12109 - Imp crew
Patrick, 10040 - Gamorrean
Shannon, 82371 - boushh
Paul, 11222 - Boba Fett
Phyllis, 1951 - RFT
Jason, RL - Jedi

We had 2 Galactic Academy pilots
Leo, CXP0962 - Xwing
Faith, CXP0816 - Xwing

And thank you to Paul and Patrick for bringing out there kids in costume as well to boost our numbers. Paul's as Ailyn Vel, and Patrick's as a Jawa. And also Shannon's son who helped out. :thumbs:

Group shot
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Everyone loves Bacon
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Getting ready for a bubble gum bombing run.
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Vader leads the way.
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Re: IL-Montgomery/60538 Montgomery Fest Parade-SUN 8/10/14

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Nice turnout of troops.

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Re: IL-Montgomery/60538 Montgomery Fest Parade-SUN 8/10/14

Post by Runnin'6712 »

ToD updated. Always love a parade! Great job! :thumbs:

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