In honor of the Eugene Celebration Parade, today's blog entry will feature misc. info about parades.
from wikipedia: The longest parade in the world is the Marksmen's Parade that takes place in Hanover every year during the Schützenfest. The parade is 12 kilometres long with more than 12,000 participants from all over the world, among them more than 100 bands and around 70 floats and carriages.
Parade floats were first introduced in the Middle Ages when churches used pageant wagons as movable scenery for passion plays. Artisan guilds were responsible for building the pageant wagons for their specified craft. The wagons were pulled throughout the town, most notably during Corpus Christi in which up to 48 wagons were used, one for each play in the Corpus Christi cycle. The name is derived from the first floats, which were decorated barges that were towed along canals with ropes held by parade marchers on the shore.
Macy's Thanksgiving Parade: Macy's is the world's second largest consumer of helium. The United States government is the first. Due to a helium shortage in 1958, the balloons are brought down Broadway on cranes. Santa Claus has ended the parade every year except 1933, the only year in which he led the parade. The parade was cancelled in 1942, 1943, and 1944 due to World War II. (http://www.nyctrip.com/Pages/index.aspx?PageID=161)
The Tournament of Roses Parade: The first Tournament of Roses was stagedin 1890 by members of Pasadena'sValley Hunt Club, former residentsof the East and Midwest eager toshowcase their new home's mild winter weather. In 1902, the Tournament of Roses decided to enhance the day’s festivities by adding a football game – the first post season college football game ever held.
(http://www.tournamentofroses.com/history/floatwinners.asp) photos from this here website
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