
Almonte’s Santa Parades Looking for Photos
Christmas Social Notes from Pakenham 1933
McDonald’s Corners at Christmas –Lots of Names
The candy canes never stopped coming. ↑
A nod to the past with this horse and buggy. ↓
↑ Sparks and Brownies
↓ Citizen of the Year–It’s Jan Ferguson!!!!
↑ ↓ The parade would be incomplete without pipers.
This isn’t Macy’s or Eaton’s: ↑ one of our bigger floats. Many are pulled by pickups … or whatever is at hand. ↓
Most floats or groups were introduced by banners. ↑ ↓
It is Canada, and hockey was well represented. ↑ ↓
The mutts did their part. ↑ ↓
A fab smile. ↑
Frosty ↑
There were no really big bands. Our two high school bands went by on floats …
… and there were two small highland bands. (There are many Scottish and Irish roots in this area.)
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Several groups of dancers, representing local clubs and academies, sashayed by.
Most floats, and I used the term lightly, were pulled by trucks, tractors …
… or even buses (although the bus itself was the float in this case).
Even the genuine floats were pretty rudimentary.
But there was spirit, camaraderie and joy. Everybody and their dog enjoyed it …
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These are from 2010 and 2012. Michael Gauthier is the owner and principal photographer at Freedom Photography.
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Former mayor Wendy LeBlanc
Photos from 2014
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Please play this music while looking at the photos– Thanks goes out to Wendy LeBlanc for sending me these photos..if you have photos–send them to me!!
Are you following our countdown to this year’s Carleton Place Santa Claus parade?
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Don’t forget to wear your Carleton Place scarf! Have you seen everyone wearing their scarves? Click here..to see all the photos!
Other parades–
Please play this music while looking at the photos– Thanks goes out to Joann Voyce for sending me these photos..
Are you following our countdown to this year’s Carleton Place Santa Claus parade?
Don’t forget to wear your Carleton Place scarf! Hve you seen everyone wearing their scarves? Click here..
Other parades–
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Have a good one folks!