{"id":14452,"date":"2012-07-28T08:05:45","date_gmt":"2012-07-28T13:05:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/?p=14452"},"modified":"2012-08-07T14:14:48","modified_gmt":"2012-08-07T19:14:48","slug":"clowns-candy-and-fun-at-swan-river-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/2012\/07\/28\/clowns-candy-and-fun-at-swan-river-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"Clowns, Candy and Fun at Swan River Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The annual Chamber of Commerce Parade marks the start of a weekend of family fun and excitement at the Northwest Roundup and Exhibition.<\/p>\n

10am – the stores are closed, the streets are lined and people anxiously await the first glimpse of the parade. <\/p>\n

Click any picture for a larger version.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>The parade is an interactive experience for kids – dashing for goodies, kicking giant beach balls, greeting mascots, and singing and dancing with the music. <\/p>\n

Many know there is a good chance you will “get wet” at the parade – and actually look forward to it.
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\n<\/br>Kids scramble to pick up candy and other treasures handed out and tossed about by parade participants.<\/p>\n

Each year it seems a larger bag is needed to stash the haul collected.
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The route is packed with people of all ages gathered to enjoy the parade.<\/p>\n

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The familiar sight of the RCMP marks the start of the parade.<\/p>\n

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The annual Chamber of Commerce Parade marks the start of a weekend of family fun and excitement at the Northwest Roundup and Exhibition. 10am – the stores are closed, the streets are lined and people anxiously await the first glimpse of the parade. Click any picture for a larger version. The parade is an interactive […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[13,16,15],"class_list":["post-14452","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local","tag-coverage","tag-life","tag-tourism"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14452","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14452"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14452\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14452"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14452"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/swanriver.valleybiz.ca\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14452"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}