Who doesn't love a great Parade? 
The Annual event Parade of America is being held today!
Downtown Nampa Idaho on 12th Avenue South .
This annual event stretches back as far as I can remember...
I remember participating in the Parade of America many times when I was growing up
As a very young girl...maybe first or second grade I marched with my baton twirling group...and halfway through the parade I lost my shoe. The older girl behind me marched with my shoe on the bottom of her baton. LOL
As I got older I helped make floats and rode on them for the Girl Scouts and for the Nampa First Christian Church youth group!
Every year the parade is a huge attraction....
Candy is thrown out....and our Amalgamated Sugar Company handed out 5 lb bags of sugar a few years ago!
Who is in the parade these days?
Many civic and church organizations have floats....
We see our local fire department and police force....
And of course depending on what year it is....we see politicians!
Radio stations provide music
Area Marching Bands Participate
And there might be a horse back riding club or two!
The streets are lined and many smiles are in the crowds!
Last year I took a different approach! I was taking the Keller Williams BOLD class and we had to contact 100 people a week!
We made a sign that said "Real Estate Questions Answered Here" had some surveys for a drawing and we walked the crowds about an hour or so before the parade started!
We got well over 200 people we contacted.....handed out suckers to the kids and flower seeds to the adults with a card that said we were "planting seeds for new business"
All in all it was a lot of fun and we reached our goals and answered a lot of questions and made a ton of contacts!!!
What is your favorite parade story??
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