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greybookends · Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 7:57 am Post subject: Wilmington Christmas Parade

The Wilmington Christmas Parade will be December 10th in the evening. Come and join us. Dress you and your hounds in your best Holiday finery and come help us promote GH adoptions. We will have a float for those people and hounds who are unable to march the parade route so there's no excuse for not coming. Look forward to seeing some new faces. The more the merrier.

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Lori Parsons, wife to Michael, mother to Cassie and Peter and fur kids Bill, Sheana, Monty, Tasha, Ginny and Huey. With Bridge kids Dee, Sam, Max and Miss Ellie.

Maggie's Mom · Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 9:23 am Post subject:

Thanks for reposting your parade notice! I have a question about your parade. As a non-profit, do they charge you to be in the parade? We thought of doing one here locally but they wanted a fee and then $10 per dog. I wanted to check with others and see if this was standard.

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Lynda M
Mom to Sugar, Toby, Smokey, Jasmine & Maggie-Mae CGC TDI.
Gizmo, Pumba, Miles, Leo and Gerty the cat at the Bridge. Wife to Rick (Greyt Seniors).

greybookends · Posted: Mon Nov 20, 2006 3:49 pm Post subject:

I don't do the arrangements for the parades but I believe they do charge a group fee. I think it is $30 or less. They don't charge per dog or we wouldn't be doing it either. I have 5 hounds and would never shell out $50 to march in a parade.

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Lori Parsons, wife to Michael, mother to Cassie and Peter and fur kids Bill, Sheana, Monty, Tasha, Ginny and Huey. With Bridge kids Dee, Sam, Max and Miss Ellie.

macoduck · Joined: 20 Nov 2006 Posts: 212 Location: Jacksonville, NC

Let's hope this time we're not near the motorcycles. Shocked

At a parade in a previous year Gracie fell in love with a llama Laughing

greybookends · Posted: Tue Dec 05, 2006 3:55 pm Post subject:

Trot Nixon of the Boston Red Sox is going to be the Grand Marshall!! The parade starts at 5pm. come and join us.

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Lori Parsons, wife to Michael, mother to Cassie and Peter and fur kids Bill, Sheana, Monty, Tasha, Ginny and Huey. With Bridge kids Dee, Sam, Max and Miss Ellie.

HollySpringsHounds · Joined: 20 Dec 2005 Posts: 620 Location: Holly Springs, NC

Triangle Greyhound Society never paid for participating in a parade, we usually do three a year, plus the St Patricks parade.

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Christina
and the Hounds

Maddie's Mom · Joined: 05 Feb 2006 Posts: 348 Location: Charlotte, NC

That is so Neat- wish we could do a parade- great for the public to see the greys -- and that Trot Nixon is going to be the grand Marshall. I used to watch him play in the minors when I was in college in Lynchburg VA.

Have fun y'all.

Amy and Maddie

greybookends · Posted: Thu Dec 07, 2006 8:49 pm Post subject:

Sadly I heard today that at the last minute something unexpected came up and Trot Nixon had to back out of the parade. Crying or Very sad

Bummer.
Oh Well we'll have fun anyway.

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Lori Parsons, wife to Michael, mother to Cassie and Peter and fur kids Bill, Sheana, Monty, Tasha, Ginny and Huey. With Bridge kids Dee, Sam, Max and Miss Ellie.

Maddie's Mom · Joined: 05 Feb 2006 Posts: 348 Location: Charlotte, NC

Oh Well Lori- it still will be fun. We will photos of Ginny and everyone dressed up.

Amy and Maddie "the protector"

greybookends · Posted: Fri Dec 08, 2006 8:24 am Post subject:

I promice to post pictures.

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Lori Parsons, wife to Michael, mother to Cassie and Peter and fur kids Bill, Sheana, Monty, Tasha, Ginny and Huey. With Bridge kids Dee, Sam, Max and Miss Ellie.

macoduck · Joined: 20 Nov 2006 Posts: 212 Location: Jacksonville, NC

Our greyt parade coordinator, Roy, said that there was no entry fee for a non-profit organization like GFNC. That's the good news. The bad news is that we won't be able to do quick chats with folks along the parade route like we used to. But at least we get noticed. I've already talked to some folks who remembered seeing us on TV in previous years.

macoduck · Joined: 20 Nov 2006 Posts: 212 Location: Jacksonville, NC

We won a prize! We got 2nd place in the non-commercial entry and won $50.
Lori has some greyt pictures of baby Ginny, Monty, Sheana, Bill and Tasha in their finery. Hopefully she'll post them for you soon.

Maggie's Mom · Posted: Wed Dec 13, 2006 8:34 pm Post subject:

Alright guys way to go!!

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Lynda M
Mom to Sugar, Toby, Smokey, Jasmine & Maggie-Mae CGC TDI.
Gizmo, Pumba, Miles, Leo and Gerty the cat at the Bridge. Wife to Rick (Greyt Seniors).

hounded2 · Joined: 24 Apr 2006 Posts: 318 Location: Charlotte, NC

macoduck wrote:

We won a prize! We got 2nd place in the non-commercial entry and won $50.
Lori has some greyt pictures of baby Ginny, Monty, Sheana, Bill and Tasha in their finery. Hopefully she'll post them for you soon.

Ok, I saw Lori's pictures and I think you definitely should have gotten First Place!

Greyt job, gang! Applause

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Cynthia, huMom to Carly (Cw Your Charming), Princess (Lofty Princess), & Cruz, the galgo
and the angels: Frostman, Chloe, & Keno (greys) Hannah (weim), Irys (galgo)

greybookends · Posted: Thu Dec 14, 2006 3:45 pm Post subject:

Maybe next year.

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Lori Parsons, wife to Michael, mother to Cassie and Peter and fur kids Bill, Sheana, Monty, Tasha, Ginny and Huey. With Bridge kids Dee, Sam, Max and Miss Ellie.