Announcing New York City's 24th Annual April Fools' Day Parade, "Take the Money and Run!"
The 24th Annual April Fools' Day Parade () will begin at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street at 12 noon, Wednesday, April 1st, 2009. Rain or shine, the parade will march down to Union Square Park for post-parade festivities. The New York April Fools' Day Parade was created by artist and satirist Joey Skaggs in 1986 to commemorate the perennial folly of mankind. The public is encouraged to participate, in or out of costume, with or without floats, and may join the procession at any point along the parade route. The parade features costumed celebrity look-alikes and annually crowns a King or Queen of Fools. The theme for this year's parade is "Take the Money and Run." Led by a Bernard Madoff loo ...
Fun and Safe Pool Floatation Devices for Children
Each and every child is unique. If you are a pool owner with children you will know just what I am talking about. Almost all kids enjoy playing in the water with their floaties, but not every child likes the same kind. Fortunately, there is a wide variety of unique floats available that will satisfy any child's imagination.
Spalding Flower Parade - 2 May 2009
The 51st Spalding Flower Parade took place on 2 May 2009 and formed part of a festival that took place in Spalding in Lincolnshire over the course of the bank holiday weekend The fact that the event was even staged was remarkable as the previous organising committee had decided that the cost of putting on the events outweighed the traffic that came to the town and decided to call it a day after parade number 50