Christmas Parade I

Anacortes parades often take on an international flavor with the involvement of Town Criers and other dignitaries from Sister Cities including Sidney, British Columbia. Such was the case with this year’s Lions Club Christmas Parade, when the public event featured not only criers but a “ferry boat float” and banner-bearing members of the Sister Cities Association. Several horses including this beauty took part in the parade, as did a small army of children including “pretty packages” from a Brownie Troop. Near the end of the parade, a wheelchair-bound gentleman and his lap dog took advantage of a pause in the action to get from one side of Commercial Avenue to the other.