The Parade - Spectacular & Heartbreaking

What a wonderful vision! Cayuga Street lined with people, all out to celebrate their community at the Ithaca Festival Parade. Reflections of our wonderful town that we call home, lined up as part of 90 different entries (We will post some photos soon). Balloons, Mylar, aluminum foil, and a lot of spirit, put together the biggest and most fun filled parade we have seen in some time.

Then the storm came. The challenge was then evacuating the parade route. No one wanted to leave. I didn’t want to leave. I was thinking about the amount of energy that goes into each and every entry, our staff planning, and the preparations of the city, it was hard to believe that it could be put to rest by a thunderstorm. But it is what it is.

We did however get the music going again at around 8pm. The Destination rocked Dewitt Park and the people in the crowd, who stuck it out through the weather, were dancing, singing and celebrating.

There are more storms in the forecast, but I realized that it doesn’t stop Ithacans, they just keep on truckin’. See you tomorrow!

Vicki Kysar
Director