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Christmas Parade – The Final Days

Russ Turley — Fri, 19 Dec 2008 03:40:29 +0000

Well, despite my desire to post each day of progress of the float, I was too busy putting it together to do that. Oh wells. Here is the float alost complete in my driveway.

Another one of the float in my driveway.

Lining up for the parade with the Long Beach Little League float behind us. They were still building the float as they were lining up. I couldn’t do that.

Steven and Jason doing some last minut decorating. Steven played guitar on the float this year, his first time. Jason is our drummer Travis’ brother. He was a life saver helping out before.

Almost done. We put up some silver mylar balloons to get the feeling of bubbles. A few of them had to be moved. Larry, singer and guitar player extraordinaire is there on the back of the float getting the chords all setup.

As soon as the video of the parade is shown and recorded and uploaded to YouTube I’ll post it here.

Merry Christmas!!

Christmas Parade – Day 2

Russ Turley — Wed, 03 Dec 2008 07:47:11 +0000

Today I picked up the truck and I think I’ll now officially call it a float. Check it out below. Chris Darjany did an great job creating the wave sides. Tonight I pulled out the flat white latex paint and put a couple coats on the waves to create a clean palate to put on the lights and decorations. And yes, it’s now in my driveway until after the parade.

The sides are pretty short. Allison, voilin player extraordinaire, will be teetering on the edge of the float. We’ll have to create some sort of handrail for her to hold onto so she doesn’t fall off.

The Belmont Shore Christmas Parade is coming up on Saturday, December 6, 2008. The parade starts at 6pm. Come and check it out and wave as the float drives by.

Christmas Parade – Day 1

Russ Turley — Tue, 02 Dec 2008 07:58:20 +0000

This year is the fourth in a row that my church is entering a float in the Belmont Shore Christmas Parade. The theme is Winter Water Wonderland. Pastor Chris Darjany used his skill on the saw to create the sides of the float. Check them out below.

It’s boing to be a fun time and I’ll document the process here on the blog as we get ready for the pageantry. We’re thinking that an Under the Sea theme will go along with the theme for the parade. We may be wearing some Nemo style fish hats.

Good idea?

Seaweed poles will be next along with painting the waves. Check back tomorrow for an update.

The Belmont Shore Christmas Parade is coming up on Saturday, December 6, 2008. The parade starts at 6pm. Come and check it out and wave as the float drives by.