I take pictures every year, because its fun and how often does one buy a great $2 brat? Along with few free (for the taking) pics?
Perhaps you have seen a few of these Seafair m a few years running. Every year the components of the parade are similar - the Seattle police motorcycles start the parade, the Seafair pirates end the parade, and there are businesses, little kids, beauty pageant contestants, horse dressage, drill team, bands, and step teams in between. I did manage to take good pics of some components that I've never gotten good pics of before. Enjoy ... and hurry up before they turn into red x's!
There was an Irish step dance troupe that moved into the neighborhood last year - so Michael Flattley, eat your heart out...
And I finally got a great picture of the Chinese step team, a real Seattle hallmark. They did a very intricate step pattern on the street, video
I caught the musicians on the drill team with confused expressions, however they were very good. Underneath the dragon was a huge drum.
And while I have taken pictures of the horse dressage team before, I just like the rhythm and movement of this picture.
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