Everyone loves a parade. There is excitement in the air, cheers, laughter and easy-going anticipation. For Calgarians, the Calgary Stampede Parade is the mother of all parades. People camp out overnight to secure a seat along the parade route. I've never seen anything like it - it just takes over the whole downtown core.
This year as part of my involvement with the Canadian Transplant Games, I decided to head down to the parade staging area to take some pictures of the float the Canadian Transplant Association was putting in the parade. I'm organizing their Facebook page and Twitter account and thought pictures would be a great way to help create awareness about the games and of course, organ donation.
Walking through the staging area itself was very cool. I've never seen so many different horses...or so many horses in one spot (there are something like 750 horses in the parade...I only saw a fraction of that and was impressed). Eventually I found my way through horses (and one very giant bull tied to a small trailer) to where all the floats were waiting. I could spot the Canadian Transplant Association float no problem...lots of green! As I got closer, I couldn't help but be taken with it. It really did a fantastic job of telling the story of organ donation. The back part would be where several recipients would ride, waving, cheering and showing people what a second chance at life looked like.
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