Niagara, ON Grape and Wine Parade 2009

I am stateside with a ride so I will be there as a helper.

 

Awsome! It'll be good to see you again beezel!

 

I?ll see if I can come to this. I?m in Tecumseh. It?ll be a long haul

Some info I found about this parade

 

Here is the list of marchers, costumes, and food that I have so far (also posted above):

Niagara:

Andrew - Scout Trooper - cake
Jessica - Jedi
Brandan - Imperial Tech
TJ - Luke - Sandwiches
Rob - Stormtrooper - doughnuts & oj (breakfast of champions)
Jay - Stormtrooper
Crystal - Palpatine
John V - X-Wing Pilot
Graeme - Boba Fett - Mexican salad
Lindsay - ep. IV Leia
Cam - Jedi
Caleb - Jango Fett
Steph C. - ep. VI leia/padme - chips
Steph C.C. - Ep.1 Tatooine Padme
Eryn +1 - Zam, Jedi - vegetable tray
Bayley - Jedi - garden salad
Bryce - Jedi
John P. - Darth Maul
(Chris L.) +2 - Jedi - Beef on a bun
Matt - Stormtrooper - case of water/pop
Jonathan - Clone trooper
Justin- Anakin - cookies
Stephanie- Imperial Officer/Jedi - sweet and sour meatballs
Zaphyn (carried)- Ewok
Noah (in stroller)- little Anakin
Tony- Young Boba Fett (clone)
James - Jedi

Tracy (out of costume)
Devon (out of costume)
Paul (out of costume)
Beezel26 (out of costume)

London:

Doug - X-Wing Pilot - pasta salad
Janet - Jocasta Nu
Chris - Jedi
Christine - Ep. 2 fireside Padme
Joe - Ep. 3 Anakin

Windsor

Chris - Jedi
Kristyn - Darth Traya

501st/RL:

Samantha - Royal Guard
Rob - Biker Scout
Roy - Darth Vader
Brian - Storm Trooper
Chris - Storm Trooper
Lou - Storm Tropper
Leisa - Tie Pilot - vegetable tray
Nelson - Darth Nilhius - case of pop
Erica - Darth Reven - curry perogies
Tom - TIE Pilot?
Dan +6 - Han Solo, Jedi, little jedi, vader, trooper - cutlery
Ken - X-Wing pilot(Wedge) - fruit tray

We also have our 4 out-of-costume helpers.

If you are not on this list and should be, please let me know. Also, no one has gotten back to me about what they are bringing to the potluck, aside from Debby. We need to make sure we don't have too much of one thing, and not enough of something else.

 

Hey Andrew, sorry for lack of reply: Facebook is not linked up at work...

I am going to be either Leia (ewok village) or Padme (ep 3 purple nightgown) and I will be coming for sure and bringing chips

 

We are only one week away from parade day! (Hopefully this week goes by fast)

We could still use a few items for the potluck. Here's what we have so far:

Andrew - cake
TJ - Sandwiches
Steph C.- chips
Bayley - garden salad
Chris L. - Beef on a bun
Matt - case of water/pop
Jonathan - case of water/pop
Justin- Anakin - cookies
Stephanie- Imperial Officer/Jedi - sweet and sour meatballs
Doug - pasta salad
Eryn - vegetable tray
Nelson - pop
Dan - cutlery
Graeme - Mexican layered salad
Ken - fruit tray

What else do we need?

Plates, cups
more beverages

Remember, we are going to have around 50 hungry people, so we will need plenty of food. Any leftovers will be donated to the shelter, so too much is far better than not enough.

Also, if your name is not on the list in my previous post, make sure it gets there. I will be giving our numbers to Debby very soon so she can get the beef on a bun.

On parade day, try to be at the school by 9:30 to avoid road closures. Be prepared to be in costume by 10:00 for pictures, line-up by 10:30. Also, don't forget to bring $10 to help cover the school rental, beef on a bun, and a donation to the shelter.

See everyone next weekend!

 

I have 4 more coming 1 adult 3 kids... Jedi, Little Jedi, Little Vader, and a Little Clone Trooper.

 

And the list keeps growing. Anyone think we can hit 50 in costume?

 

50 was my original prediction.

 

The parade is now 24 hours away. Please remember to:
1) try to arrive before 9:30am.
2) bring $10 to cover the cost of the school/food and a donation to the shelter.

See everyone tomorrow morning!

 

looks like i'm solo for this, I pmed beezel, to see if he wants to neet up & drive the rest of the way together. but either way, I'll see ya'll tomorrow.

 

We had such an amazing turn out today! This is the largest group we have ever had in the parade, and we looked amazing! As always, the crowd loved us. I can't wait to see all the pictures.

We ended up donating 2 boxes of food, 2 cases of water, a case of pop and $255 to Gillian's Place. Their shelter is completely full right now, so they were very thankful for all of our support.

A big thanks to all those who came out from the 501st, Rebel Legion, and London Rogues, as well as all the past, present and brand new Niagara members.

A special thanks to everyone who brought food for lunch, David, Tracy, Devon and Melissa for being our handlers and "waterboys" for the parade, Heather for making us a beautiful new banner, and TJ for getting us the school.

Next year will be our 10th Grape and Wine parade. I hope to see you all come out again, plus many more. Thank you all again for making this day a success!

 

Thanks for letting me come up & play. Great time as always. See yall Next year!

 

Yes it was a great day....great having so many show up...my first time...Andrew you did a great job with the organization and thank your mom for also helping out and to an amazing cake....
TJ thanks for the facilities...just perfect.

 

I am back I think I left my sim card reader so tommorow I will get pictures up. thankyou everyone for allowing me to come. Its great to see the large turnout including the next generation as well.

 

Another great and well organized Parade! Kudos to all involved!

(repost from the RL)

I had such a great time! My youngest was getting a LOT of call outs for "C3PO"!!! She LOVED IT!! So did my oldest of course! and really wants a better costume already Mwahahaha!

Sorry I couldn't stay and help out - and that I wasn't a great social bunny... I was there with a 101 fever and was just happy to get through the parade... and it was a bit tougher with 5 kids booting around! lol

 

Daniel, you are such a trooper, I thought you looked a little unwell. But you did a great job as always. I hope you feel better, being sick is no fun.

 

I ended up with a nasty cold that's hanging on... Still can't quite breathe properly. Can't wait till next year!