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Hey everyone -- it's time to think about signing yourself and your MINI up for EIM's annual entry into this year's Swamp Fox Festival Parade. It will be held in Marion, IA on Saturday, Sept. 12th. We had great representation at last year's parade and we're looking forward to an even greater MINI presence this year!
****Please send an email to our parade coordinator Larry at huskerfanlarry@msn.comnot later than August 12th and let him know of your plans to join our MINI caravan in the parade. All area MINIs are warmly welcome to join us. The more, the merrier. Please spread the word!****
More details below...
This year, our entry in the parade will include escorting our very own "Miss Eastern Iowa MINIs 2009" in Steve and Bobbi's Cool Blue MCS Cabrio. (In fitting with the Swamp Fox theme she's a Marion native, granddaughter of one of our members, and eager to represent us!) We also have a couple of other things in the works that have the potential to make this year's entry in the parade a most memorable event.
Schedule details are forthcoming, but at last year's parade our MINIs congregated between 8:00 and 8:30 am at the car wash located at the intersection of South 11th St and Grand Ave to do some pre-parade sprucing, decorating, and socializing. It's probably a good idea to plan on meeting at the same place and time since it worked so well. As I recall, we needed to be all staged and ready by 9:30 am. Larry will likely be circulating a more detailed parade itinerary closer to the date of the event.
Also, many of us stayed around after the parade to check out all of the food and beverage tents, local bands, and the vendor booths at the downtown Marion square. The dessert line had more kinds of pie than I'd ever seen in one place before. You should plan on checking it out!
"...indeed the love that the horses of the Rangers bore for their riders was so great that they were willing to face even the terror of the Door, if their masters' hearts were steady..." --- J.R.R. Tolkien
"...indeed the love that the horses of the Rangers bore for their riders was so great that they were willing to face even the terror of the Door, if their masters' hearts were steady..." --- J.R.R. Tolkien
We enjoyed the parade a bunch, and the weather really cooperated with us. Folks' comments about the MINIs are just priceless. It was sure great to see everybody out with us today.
"...indeed the love that the horses of the Rangers bore for their riders was so great that they were willing to face even the terror of the Door, if their masters' hearts were steady..." --- J.R.R. Tolkien
"...indeed the love that the horses of the Rangers bore for their riders was so great that they were willing to face even the terror of the Door, if their masters' hearts were steady..." --- J.R.R. Tolkien
Thanks to everyone that participated in the Swamp Fox Parade this year. I have some pictures posted to Flickr. First time I did it so hope it turns out.
We enjoyed the parade a bunch, and the weather really cooperated with us. Folks' comments about the MINIs are just priceless. It was sure great to see everybody out with us today.
"...indeed the love that the horses of the Rangers bore for their riders was so great that they were willing to face even the terror of the Door, if their masters' hearts were steady..." --- J.R.R. Tolkien
Excellent pictures. I too, like the "waiting" photo that Gary mentioned. Good stuff. What's the story with the ring? You can tell me about it in person in a few weeks.
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We sure had fun! Here is a link to my photos from the day.
Thanks to everyone that participated in the Swamp Fox Parade this year. I have some pictures posted to Flickr. First time I did it so hope it turns out.
Rob, thanks for doing the grunt work setting up the Gallery pages on the website -- and for the pics too. I'll glean more photos from all of the Flickr pages and supplement the website Gallery with a few more. It was great seeing you and Lisa again. We looked around for you up on the square afterward but couldn't find you guys in the crowd.
"...indeed the love that the horses of the Rangers bore for their riders was so great that they were willing to face even the terror of the Door, if their masters' hearts were steady..." --- J.R.R. Tolkien
We grabbed some Pie and made a dash for home to catch the end of the game. Sorry we didn't stick around for long but I had to see the hawks crush the clones
Cool pics Linda! I wish I had your eye...the portrait of Mike and Maria and the last one of the flag are especially creative. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you all for the compliments! I can not take credit for the flag photo. Tom took that and it was kind of a mistake but I thought it was cool. Anything from inside the car is Tom's handiwork. He is getting lots of practice.
I enjoy seeing everyone's photos. So many great shots!
ROHERYN -- 2011 MCS SO/W -- 
