Aurora ‘s Santa Under The Stars Parade And How The Grinch Stole The Christmas Parade

Anna Lozyk Romeo — Sun, 25 Nov 2012 04:59:41 +0000

Looks like Santa arrived from the North Pole this morning and brought snow with him and some cold. And then Dr. Seuss’s Grinch stole the parade.

I think Grinch stole the parade this year …

I enjoyed last year parade, but this year I was able to capture exceptional moments. Despite the cold and windy, the parade was filled with Aurorans.

I am not sure if I am a big fan of the decorations presented during the parade, but I am big fan of the participants. The people’s faces and expressions who participated in the parade – were priceless.

Santa Under The Stars Parade, Aurora

Unless I missed some, I did see over four live Grinch appearances throughout the parade and few un-live – on pictures. No offence to Santa who didn’t age at all or look any different this year, definitely Grinch took over and was my favorite.

I was also surprised of all the different mascots out there today. Even Mr. Peanut showed up, but he was moving too much and gotten no pictures of him.

Unless I didn’t look down during the last year’s parade, many dogs participated in this year’s parade 2012. It was interesting to see many many dogs. They were nicely dressed up for the occasion and did very well.

Unless I missed something, we had beautiful horses pulling wagons. Every once in a while the horses were bowing which was neat thing to watch.

Santa Under Stars Parade, Salvation Army Singer

Unless I missed them zooming by me last year, we had many many dancers. I am still practicing, night or low light photography, but dancing activity in the low light is still hard for me to capture.

It is always nice to see children. They were everywhere – dancing, singing, performing gymnastics, held by parents. It was a site to see.

Santa Under Stars Parade, Aurora

It was so hard to reduce the amount of photos I wanted to display. This is probably the biggest gallery posted here yet. I really enjoyed photographing the Aurora’s Santa Under the Stars Parade, 2012.

I probably would have much bigger gallery but I was really cold and shaking in the low light didn’t help. I never knew that frost bite can hurt so much. I know it wasn’t that cold, but holding metal camera wasn’t helping. After all I am happy with the results.

Enjoy.

Santa Under the Stars Parade In Pictures, Back In Time, An Aurora Opinion

Anna Lozyk Romeo — Sun, 27 Nov 2011 03:59:10 +0000

‘Those old papers really carry hours and hours of good reading when they have been dug out of somebody’s cellar after about 50 years.‘ - back in 1950 this is what Ray Williams wrote once in his column of An Aurora Opinion in The Newmarket Era and Express.

So along with my Santa Under The Stars Parade pictures I thought I throw a small twist – a few of newspaper clippings from 1949-1950s.

Santa Under The Stars Parade, Aurora

‘Happy memories were one of the reasons that brought us back to a small town and there are many other reasons why we will stay. One is that we like the way a town looks on a crisp winter morning, and another is that we like to hear the friendly hello of the townsfolk who speak to you even if they don’t know you, and when they don’t, make it their business to find out who you are before too long.‘

Source: An Aurora Opinion by Ray Williams, Aurora Editor, The Newmarket Era and Express, Thursday, Dec 15, 1949, Page 5.

Santa Under The Stars Parade, Aurora

‘If the children of Aurora have one talent in common, beyond a shadow of a doubt, it is singing. For the past two weeks, young Aurora singers have thrilled everybody with their successs at the Kiwanis Music Festival. There was onlye one person who was not overjoyed with their performances, their conductor, Illtyd Harris. Mr. Harris pleaded humbly that the victories would have been more numerous, had the choirs and soloists been up to par.‘

Source: An Aurora Opinion by Ray WIlliams, Aurora Editor, The Newmarket Era and Express, Thursday, Mar 2nd, 1950, Page 5.

Santa Under The Stars Parade, Aurora

“Stop.” Of all the traffic signs, the stop sign is the most important and the least respected. Too many motorists roll up to a through street, give a cursory glance first right, then left, and without even changing gears enter or cross the thoroughfare.’

Source: An Aurora Opinion by Dorothy Barker, Aurora Editor, The Newmarket Era and Express, Thursday, Apr 27th, 1950.

Santa Under The Stars Parade, Aurora

‘Several Aurora motorists were digging their cars from the drifts of snow and slush that had them held to the curb of Yonge St. in front of the post office. The group worked almost in unison and from a distance looked like members of a well drilled squad.‘

Source: An Aurora Opinion by Ray Williams, Aurora Editor, The Newmarket Era and Express, Thursday, Feb 23rd, 1950, Page 5.

Santa Under The Stars Parade, Aurora

‘We have seen a lot of winters,
And a lot of ice and snow.
But what kept the frost away so long,
Is something we don’t know.
These last four weeks left skaters
And skiers in a stew,
For the ground instead of snowy white
Was packed with mud and goo.‘

Source: An Aurora Opinion by Ray Williams, Aurora Editor, The Newmarket Era and Express, Thursday, Jan 12th, 1950, Page 5.

Santa Under The Stars Parade, Aurora

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Aurora ‘s Santa Under The Stars Parade And How The Grinch Stole The Christmas Parade

Santa Under the Stars Parade In Pictures, Back In Time, An Aurora Opinion