“Just for a Laugh” Parade Spectacle
Leaving Montreal today. Sad.
However, a huge send off. Happened to be staying at a motel along the route of the “Just for a Laugh” send-off parade. We couldn’t get to our hotel after sending the day driving to the Laurentian mountains to take photos of waterfalls.
The parade started at 9 PM. We couldn’t get on the street with the car until past midnight. But, we did get to walk to see the spectacle . . . and also happened to have a spot at the media area which meant that we saw the most elaborate presentations–for the television camera and I got to see how the huge overhead camera is manipulated–fun.
It was grand! Floating woman-shaped balloon kisses the mascot, this little green guy with devil horns. A huge statue of a man manipulated by puppeteers so it appears the man is walking down the street, just like in a horror movie when the faceless white creature slowly and with determination approaches you.
My favorites with the people dressed in white on stilts wielding large swatches of white fabric so it looked like they were butterflies fluttering their wings or angels. Magnifique!
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