Roch, NY Lilac Festival Parade - Sat May 12th 2007

Folks, no one needs to worry about my kids. They'll march in the parade and they're all psyched to hold the banner as it is. So plan on space in the car amongst yourselves, my kids will hold and carry the banner. It's no big deal. Besides, my kids haven't stopped talking about it all week since I told them they would do it. So, they're excited which means they'll do what I tell them to, including going to bed on time

 

bobabooey damaged his collateral ligament last night, we were at the docs all day today, now we're waiting for results to see if it may have been cartilage in the knee or the ACL. So depending on how up and about he is by saturday will determine greatly on if we go
will post an update on friday ..

Make sure to take lots of pics!!!!!!

 

So what charrectors will we have? Since its the 30th Aniv of ANH I'll be Deathstar Escape Han.

 

Sorry to hear about bobabooey (is that your son?).

We should have lots of pics available as Garrison Excelsior's photo student will be covering the whole parade day activities.

Rebel Fleet Trooper
Chewbacca
TIE Pilot
Mara Jade
Stormtrooper x3
Padme Skywalker
Obi-Wan Kenobi
Sandtrooper
Bossk
Darth Vader
Biker Scout
Anakin Skywalker or Dengar
Jedi Knight
Qui-Gon Jinn
Princess Leia Organa
Mandalorian Warrior

I think I got everybody...

~Doc_Bev

 

Event checklist has been added to the first post.

~Doc_Bev

 

bobabooey is my hubby

looks like u have quite a list of costumes.... sounds like its going to be a good time!

 

Qui-Gon...?! My Master? Does that mean Charles is making the trek? And What about Lisa...? I thought she said she'd be coming in from Buffalo...?

Oh, and I might not be able to get out of working at the store in the afternoon, so I may have to miss the picnic... grrrrrr..!!!

 

Yes, Charles is coming up (over?) for the parade. Last I heard Lisa was still tentative.

~Doc_Bev

 

Huge thanks to all who marched this year!
I think we had a total of 18 marchers (3 of them in the car) plus our 3 banner cadets and our photographer.

Wish we could've had a less confusing start.
Maybe next year they'll actually send us our confirmation packet.

The picnic was great fun as usually. It's nice to just sit and relax.

Make plans for next year - May 10th 2008.

~Doc_Bev

 

Wow, what a great time, and a perfect day (though maybe a bit chilly in the shade). So glad my early exit from the picnic was cancelled!! Hanging with Roy, Charles, Bib and all the others was great, and having other FF chapters along for our summer kick-off event is always the best.

I just checked my DVR, and I got the parade in full... and then some (uh.... 14 hour total... how do ya set this thing...?). Of course we got our 60-seconds of Dan Smith and Ginny Butler doing their best SW impressions and such, while the camera gave it's usual love to Chewie and Darth (and Bob's Mando looked awesome in full color on the tube!)... it's a keepsake to be sure. For anyone interested I can burn DVD copies from the DVR at request. All I ask is for a DVD+/-R disc to replace the one I burn for ya. And for those interested, I got the whole parade... <yawn>...