Last night Chi Chi,, Cricket, and Patches made the long trip to Oneonta Alabama from Hazel Green and met with our Cahaba clowns at the annual Oneonta Christmas parade. Oneonta is almost a two hour drive from where we live but it's one of the best parades on our calendar and we always look forward to attending.
The above photograph includes James Szeredy (Chi Chi), Dennis Thomas (Buggsy), and Patches. Unfortunately Mitch Adams (Smooch) was off gallivanting with the children and not available when our shutterbug expert Cricket took the photo.
After the parade most of the Cahaba attendees met at a local garage and had a fantastic feast including sandwiches, chili, and refreshments. This has become a tradition at the Oneonta parade and the fellowship is something we look forward to every year. It's what makes this parade special in our minds and hearts.
Tomorrow night we have our election of officers at Cahaba Shrine with their investment into those offices in January. Here's a picture of our current Potentate Ill Sir Charles Beck along with two overstuffed clowns at the post parade feast. Notice the guy on the left looks like he might have eaten a bit much!
It;s always cold at the Oneonta Parade so we look for all sorts of ways to stay warm. Pictured above are three of our Cahaba ladies (Dyann Newby, Bobbie Robertson, and Marcia Burns) attempting to keep this old clown from running back to the car heater! I should have taken this picture and made Cricket (Regina) get in this picture but I'm such a ham!!!
We have a whole string of events coming up over the next few weeks so stay tuned and check into my blog for new pictures, hopefully reflecting other clowns and participants. Saturday we have parades scheduled for Huntsville, Ardmore, Bridgeport, Stevenson, Hollywood, Shefield, and Grant. We will also have the annual Fireman's Christmas event on Sunday.
Here's location of these and other pictures from the Oneonta Parade:
http://picasaweb.google.com/cahaba12/OneontaChristmas#
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