Ocean View St Patrick's Parade 2010
St Brendan's boat has been found
Thanks to the folks at Snow Jr and King, IIV had a great float for their first parade!!
Technical photos for the sail engineers.
Looks like we can store our bevvies in the seat.
Plenty of room for St Brendan
Can we put the musicians in the truck?
And add signs to the doors?
Planning the stage
Convincing Dick to walk wth us!
Freezing!
Awww
Awwwww 2!
Let the planning begin!
Pre parade prep
Buildng the mast
Building the mast
Celebratng the mast
Gayle shows of her artwork
Decorating the truck
Signs and silliness
Full of hot air
Bunting and balloons
Grace O'Malley and a member of the Albatross, Phil Duffy
Gayle showing off her bunting!!!!
Cheeky monkey!
Singing in the rain!
Hoistng the sail
Hoisting the sail
Look what was in the supply bag!
Who are these characters you have on the float? Well Grace O'Malley and St Brendan, of course!
The making of St Brendan
Nuf said!
Preparng the flags
Addressing the throng
Singing Hoist up the John B Sails
Lloyd channeling St Brendan
Getting ready to roll
John the navigator
The St Brendan's Albatross in their reunion engagement.
A soft day
St Brendan and the crowd.
Do you think we have enough signage? Ha
Looking for silly stuff to wear.
Phil gettng ready to play trad music down Granby
John going over the words in his head!
Grace getting her booty
Cleaning up after the parade
Relaxng after a day of sun and fun!
St Brendan and the loaves and fishes.
Thirsty!!!
Giggles
O'Sullivans is a lovely place to relax with friends.
Grace (Cindy) and Brendan (Lloyd) and Susan
Happy days
Relaxed and ready to play all night
Good times