The little guy in the middle of the traffic circle was one of the marshals. It is a precarious job because anything can happen when a parade has dogs, dirt-bikes, back firing tractors, and marching mice. One little guy ran smack dab into the marshal from behind!
The main attraction was the float with the high stepping reindeer and the jolly fellow in red. He has to start early in New Zealand in order to get round the world by Dec. 25th!
After the parade there was music, zumba and the lighting of the tree in the town square.
On Saturday, the Agricultural and Pastorial (A&P) Association puts on a family event at the show grounds on the edge of town. It has rides and eats ( like the Icelandic Festival) but it also has sheep dog trials, pony jumping, police dog demonstrations, tractor pulls, wood chopping competitions, cattle judging, dog shows and sheep racing.
No, these are not Cary and Simon. The boys do need a haircut but they are not this bad yet!
The sheep racing was my favourite event. They had teddy bears for jockeys! If the jockeys fell off during the race they were disqualified. They were running towards the finishing line and bowls of food. Green won! Anyone who paid 2 dollars for a green wrist band won a mug that had a picture of a sheep on one side and the words, 'I'm a winner!' on the other.
The next few pictures are especially for Dad and Craig. They were pumping out a nice 'Phil's Funk'
Like all Fairs it had the weird and wacky, the predictable and the exotic. This lovely bird was guarding, of all things, the stationary engines.
We had a great time until it started to rain buckets! Everyone got out their brollies and tried to hang on but we were soaked and tired and it was time to head home to a hot cuppa and pumpkin soup.
Thanks for reading!
Whoa! You guys know how to have a good time. Down in Florida now. Setting up skype. Lots of love from us. xoxoxo
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