Fun entertainment at Provo’s Grand Parade
This year’s Grand Parade of America’s Freedom Festival in Provo took place on a sunny and clear day.
Many people had stayed overnight to stand their spots for the parade. People from all over world come to watch the parade, such as South Korea, Canada, Taiwan and Brazil.
The president of the parade is Lothaire Bluth. Bluth, with the help of hundreds of volunteers, organizes and plans the parade. I asked her ho how do you start a parade? This year, it was with police officers on motorcycles. The officers did some cool tricks such as a V formation. Next, there were fire trucks, and ambulances.
There were about 102 entries this year. Some came from other states; others came from Utah. For example, the Navajo Nation Band came from Arizona and the Boston Crusaders from Massachusetts. It seemed that the crowd’s favorite was BYU because about 90 percent of the crowd cheered for BYU. One of the BYU athletes jumped off a mini tramp, did a somersault in the air before dunking his basketball into a hoop.
My favorite entry was the Oak Hills Vaulters. They performed gymnastics and acrobatics on horseback. Their strength, agility and flexibility were amazing.
There were beautifully decorated floats like Madagascar 3, Miss Utah, Central Bank, and many more. All of them were extremely creative. The Central Bank float, in particular, took 1500 hours to glue all the shiny sparkles onto the float. There were also gigantic balloons, for example, Tom and Jerry. They were sponsored by Nu Skin and the Daily Herald.
I enjoyed watching the parade in person. I love to cheer for all of the entries in the parade. I see street vendors selling stuff like water, soda, cotton candy, snow cones, and many more treats. I smell the snacks like candy, lollipops and other things that the people in the parade threw to the crowd. I also like to buy a cotton candy and eat it while enjoying the parade. I can hear the shouts of the crowd cheering and clapping. I sat on the bleachers right across from the broadcasting station. I listened to the informative and sometimes humorous introductions of the parade entries. I love the marching bands playing familiar patriotic tunes.
As the parade ended, people started to gather their things to leave the parade grounds. I could picture in my head different parts of this parade, for example, the bands, the floats, the athletic BYU team, and my favorite entry, the Oak Hills Vaulters. I’m glad that I came to this year’s parade. I saw things that I’ve never seen before, and I learned new things. It was a fun and exciting adventure. If you missed this year’s parade, I hope that my story inspired you to come to next year’s America’s Freedom Festival Parade.
Fun entertainment at Provo’s Grand Parade
This year’s Grand Parade of America’s Freedom Festival in Provo took place on a sunny and clear day.
Many people had stayed overnight to stand their spots for the parade. People from all over world come to watch the parade, such as South Korea, Canada, Taiwan and Brazil.
The president of the parade is Lothaire Bluth. Bluth, with the help of hundreds of volunteers, organizes and plans the parade. I asked her ho how do you start a parade? This year, it was with police officers on motorcycles. The officers did some cool tricks such as a V formation. Next, there were fire trucks, and ambulances.
There were about 102 entries this year. Some came from other states; others came from Utah. For example, the Navajo Nation Band came from Arizona and the Boston Crusaders from Massachusetts. It seemed that the crowd’s favorite was BYU because about 90 percent of the crowd cheered for BYU. One of the BYU athletes jumped off a mini tramp, did a somersault in the air before dunking his basketball into a hoop.
My favorite entry was the Oak Hills Vaulters. They performed gymnastics and acrobatics on horseback. Their strength, agility and flexibility were amazing.
There were beautifully decorated floats like Madagascar 3, Miss Utah, Central Bank, and many more. All of them were extremely creative. The Central Bank float, in particular, took 1500 hours to glue all the shiny sparkles onto the float. There were also gigantic balloons, for example, Tom and Jerry. They were sponsored by Nu Skin and the Daily Herald.
I enjoyed watching the parade in person. I love to cheer for all of the entries in the parade. I see street vendors selling stuff like water, soda, cotton candy, snow cones, and many more treats. I smell the snacks like candy, lollipops and other things that the people in the parade threw to the crowd. I also like to buy a cotton candy and eat it while enjoying the parade. I can hear the shouts of the crowd cheering and clapping. I sat on the bleachers right across from the broadcasting station. I listened to the informative and sometimes humorous introductions of the parade entries. I love the marching bands playing familiar patriotic tunes.
As the parade ended, people started to gather their things to leave the parade grounds. I could picture in my head different parts of this parade, for example, the bands, the floats, the athletic BYU team, and my favorite entry, the Oak Hills Vaulters. I’m glad that I came to this year’s parade. I saw things that I’ve never seen before, and I learned new things. It was a fun and exciting adventure. If you missed this year’s parade, I hope that my story inspired you to come to next year’s America’s Freedom Festival Parade.