Sunday, September 23, 2018

The Gathering Parade 2018

Another year, another great day at The Gathering! I wasn't feeling my best, but there was no way I was going to miss out on this event.

As before, I'm posting photos of the parade first, then I'll do a second post of the events in the park.

Police Pipes & Drums



Elected Officials

Elected Officials

Lebanon






Waterbury Career Academy Band

A couple of t-shirts with the flag of Turkey

Peru



Peru

Hopeville Elementary School

Peru and Puerto Rico

Literacy Volunteers helps people learn to read English and become U.S. citizens

Waldo marched with Literacy Volunteers

Literacy Volunteers

Maloney Interdistrict Magnet School

An Albanian t-shirt on the right, one of the few I saw this year

Japan marching with Maloney Magnet School,
which offers a Japanese Language and Culture program for its students

Guyana and Puerto Rico marching with Duggan Elementary School

Puerto Rico and Jamaica marching with Bunker Hill Elementary School





Guyana and Kingsbury School



A homemade Proud to Be Polish shirt on the left



Regan Elementary School

Regan Elementary School, Guyana, and Ecuador

The Nuts and Bolts of Fury -- Kennedy High School's Robotics Team

Generali Elementary School



Reed Elementary School



The guy in the middle brought his own music, which was good
since so many of the groups were marching without any music

A large group marched in honor and in memory of Alderman Gregory Hadley













Rivera & Hughes South End Cheerleaders

Puerto Rico!

Crosby High School football players

Berkeley Knights Drill Team and Drum Corps





Jahana Hayes marched with Kennedy High School, keeping step with the Berkeley Knights



Watching from a window on Grand Street

Lithuanians were watching the parade this year instead of marching in it

Waterbury Arts Magnet School Band

Wilby High School

Waterbury Patriots Youth Football

Cape Verdean Social Club

Cape Verdean drummers

Paraguay





Watching the parade on Grand Street


Dominican Club of Connecticut







Dominicanos USA







Brazil







Portugal

My Reflection Matters

Parade participants stopped to take photos of Waterbury's police horses


Colombia

The flower-festooned bicycle won the parade (okay, no, but it was my favorite)


Colombian dancers













The Mayor and other dignitaries watched the parade in front of City Hall

Guyana







Everyone loved the Paso Fino caballero and his dancing horse













Ecuador


Mexico

Mexico

Mexico







The Mexican dance troupe always wows the audience









Ben Franklin had one of the best seats for viewing the parade

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