Preparations for the Annual Village
Halloween Parade start at 2 PM, five hours in advance of the parade itself. For more information about the parade and previous years photos see the links below. This year, with the parade on a Saturday, I decided to head to the setup area early in the day. This is actually a good time for perusing and photographing the many participants who arrive early - there are no crowds and still some daylight.
It was a very fortuitous decision, because as the parade began, slowly did the rain - starting as a light drizzle and building to a rain heavy enough to put a damper on the event. What began as crowds crushing to see the parade, became a mass exodus as paraders and spectators began fleeing. I have no idea how many marchers remained - I imagine a good number were not daunted after all the work and preparations that many put into this yearly extravaganza.
I did some photography for a short time in the rain, holding a umbrella at the same time, but this quickly became too tedious and with risk of damaging my camera equipment.
Participating in the parade, either as photographer or parader requires planning and strategy. In all the years I have been to the parade, I do not remember rain. But nature is not guaranteed to cooperate …
NOTE: A history of the parade, with links and photos from the past three years can be found on my previous postings: Halloween Parade Preview 2006 , Halloween Parade 2006 , Village Parade 2007 Preview , Village Halloween Parade 2007 , Village Halloween Parade 2007 Part 2 . Halloween Parade 2008 , Halloween Parade 2008 Part 2 .
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