29/01: Citrus Festival Parade
Category: General
Posted by: The Agnew Family
At the end of every January, Mission hosts the Citrus Festival and the event includes a parade. Each year Oleander enters a float on which our king and queen ride. This year was no different.
With Carol and John we headed downtown to enjoy some of the food and flavours before the parade.
Looks like Ed and John are thinking about becoming banditos.
Included in the festivities is a smoked meat cook off. At least a dozen groups set up camps, decorate to match the theme of the parade (this year it was "the railroad"), set up smokers and start cooking. Some of the groups only cook for themselves while other groups sell the fajitas. John is a good guy to go with to this type of show as he goes up to the people participating and starts asking questions. We purchased some very good fajitas but we also got some free samples..... yum.
All dressed up for the big event.
This fellow is one of the cooks. He claimed he was smoking elk. Not sure what to think but I do know the meat was very tasty.
The Oleander Acres float with King Glen and Queen Glee. Would you believe people in the park put the float together in two days?
I really liked this float even though it didn't follow the train theme of the parade. Borderfest has it's own parade so I assume the float is used more than once.
The parade also included many cheer leaders and bands...
as well as many beautiful horses.
With Carol and John we headed downtown to enjoy some of the food and flavours before the parade.
Looks like Ed and John are thinking about becoming banditos.
Included in the festivities is a smoked meat cook off. At least a dozen groups set up camps, decorate to match the theme of the parade (this year it was "the railroad"), set up smokers and start cooking. Some of the groups only cook for themselves while other groups sell the fajitas. John is a good guy to go with to this type of show as he goes up to the people participating and starts asking questions. We purchased some very good fajitas but we also got some free samples..... yum.
All dressed up for the big event.
This fellow is one of the cooks. He claimed he was smoking elk. Not sure what to think but I do know the meat was very tasty.
The Oleander Acres float with King Glen and Queen Glee. Would you believe people in the park put the float together in two days?
I really liked this float even though it didn't follow the train theme of the parade. Borderfest has it's own parade so I assume the float is used more than once.
The parade also included many cheer leaders and bands...
as well as many beautiful horses.