Hello NLGA Dog Blog Readers!
Can you believe it...? Another Grand Old Day parade has come and gone! And the weather was perfect!
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| Grand Old Day Parade -- Norther Lights Greyhound Adoption -- 2013 |
A HUGE THANK YOU to all the greyhounds and people that came out to the Grand Old Day parade today! Your support of NLGA is very, very much appreciated! Each and every one of you are truly make a difference in helping an NLGA greyhound to find a forever home! And that is our mission...finding responsible homes for retired racing greyhounds! You...the volunteers...are what makes NLGA what it is! THANK YOU! THANK YOU! A million time, THANK YOU!
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| Max looking for a parking spot on his way to the parade! |
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| Quartz is ready for the parade! |
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| Everywhere you look...GREYHOUNDS! |
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| Foster Ann knew it was a good idea to rest before the parade started! |
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| Waiting for the parade to start |
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| Is it starting yet? |
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| A few more minutes. |
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| Everyone meeting everyone. |
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| Daisy Lu is ready for the parade! |
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| The banner is up... |
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| Here we go! |
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| Kappa getting ready to walk in the parade! |
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| The greyhound sag wagon. |
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| And...we're off! |
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| Look at all the greyhounds! |
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| ...still coming...! |
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| ... and coming! |
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| And the walking begins. |
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| Look at all those greyhounds! |
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| Daisy Lu working the crowd. |
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| Walking in the parade |
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| Look...two NLGA 'adopt me' greyhounds! Dancin' and Stretch! |
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| Making the way down Grand Ave! |
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| Saying 'hi' |
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| Still walking. |
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| And walking some more. |
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| Greyhounds on parade! |
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| What a nice morning for a parade! |
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| Euro getting attention! |
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| Lots of people seeing NLGA greyhounds today! |
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| Walking. Walking. Walking. |
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| There were a few that stuck close to the banner the whole time! |
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| Parade walking buddies...Kappa and Max |
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| Ann enjoyed walking in the Grand Old Day Parade! |
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| A break for water. |
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| Drank some water...and off again! |
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| A short pause in the parade to cross the intersection. |
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| Getting closer to the end of the parade. |
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| Dancin' and Stretch did a greyt job walking the parade route! |
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| One last break for water. |
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| Making sure everyone gets a drink. |
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| We made it to the end of the parade! |
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And to celebrate...a greyt cake!!! Thank you Vincent's family!
And a big Thank You to Yowza and Iggy's family for inviting everyone over to celebrate too! |
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| Foster Ann and her foster sister Killian resting after the parade. |
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| At the backyard after-parade-party! |
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Look at all the greyt black greyhounds!
Ann, Stretch, Steel, Dancin', Heaven, Thunder, Killian, Kappa |
Thanks again to all the NLGA volunteers who came to the 2013 Grand Old Day parade! For those who were unable to join in the fun...we'd love to see you at the parade next year!
If you have additional Grand Old Day parade pictures you are willing to share, everyone would love to see them! Same goes for the backyard after-parade-party pictures! Send them to nlgahounds@gmail.com
And, don't forget, there are many, many more events yet to attend this year too!
Wow! The event was so great! Did we get a count on how many greyts were there?
ReplyDeleteThe count of greyhounds during the group photo was 33!
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