Past Event
Horse and Buggy Christmas Parade
- When: Saturday, December 6, 2008, 11 a.m.
- Where: Downtown Lawrence, Lawrence
- Cost: Free
- More on this event....
Kay Wolfe and her 12-year-old horse Mary Rose are seasoned veterans when it comes to the Lawrence Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade.
“We’ve been doing it for eight years,” the Kanwaka resident said. “When she first learned to drive, I went and bought my first horse cart, and my son and daughter-in-law immediately said, ‘Now we can be in the Christmas parade.’ ”
And they’ve been in the parade each year since.
This year Mary Rose will be outfitted in a harness with bells and poinsettias. Her Amish cart will also be decorated in a holiday theme.
Wolfe said her daughter-in-law, Lynn Irvin, will join her in waving to the crowds along Massachusetts Street this year.
“It’s just like a holiday for horse people in Lawrence,” Wolfe said.
Phil Bradley, a member of the parade’s board of directors and a parade announcer, said the parade is true to the traditions of the Victorian era.
That means no pickup trucks or floats, just horse-powered entrants.
“It’s such a joy to see these traditions being carried on,” Bradley said.
Lawrence residents aren’t the only participants in the 16-year-old tradition.
Horse owners from Missouri, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Iowa are expected to take part in the parade.
“This is something you don’t get to see anywhere else,” Bradley said.
He said participants put love and craftsmanship into their holiday-themed presentations.
The parade starts at 11 a.m. Saturday and lasts for about an hour. The route begins at Seventh and Massachusetts streets and travels south past the courthouse to 13th and Massachusetts streets.
Planned route
The main route for the Lawrence Old-Fashioned Christmas Parade will be on Massachusetts Street from Seventh to 13th streets.
But you can also catch the wagons and carriages as they leave their staging area at the Douglas County 4-H Fairgrounds at 19th and Harper streets before the 11 a.m. parade start.
The entries will follow this route: Along Harper from 19th to 15th Street; west to Connecticut Street; and north to Seventh Street, where they will line up for the parade.
Sunflower Broadband’s Channel 6 will broadcast the parade live from Seventh and New Hampshire streets. The telecast will also be available on Video on Demand after it airs.
Comments
notwhatyouthink 4 years, 5 months ago
Another great reporting jop by the Lawrence urnial world. You did not put the date or day of the parade in your article. 'The parade starts at 11am.' Is that today, Saturday, Sunday or on the 25th. Give them another award.
Becky 4 years, 5 months ago
You have to read the picture captoin. It says Saturday.
smitty 4 years, 5 months ago
This is a different story than the hard copy of the JW.
jezabel 4 years, 5 months ago
notwhatyouthink!!!! MAYBE you should reread the article, because at the end it says: "The parade starts at 11 a.m. Saturday and lasts for about an hour." I don't think they can make that much clearer. ALSO if you look at the left side it tells you the date, time, where, and cost!!! I think before you start gripping about other people you should really know what your gripping about!!!
Pywacket 4 years, 5 months ago
Whoa, jezabel~ How about giving those exclamation points a rest--you sound like you're stroking out. Also, you'll never be able to get a grip if you can't figure out the difference between "griping" and "gripping." Since you repeated your error, it's obvious it was made from ignorance rather than a lack of manual dexterity. Now go ahead and gripe (gerund = griping) about my lack of respect... Unlike you, I will withhold criticism of notwhatyouthink's comments (although they could've been made more politely), as it is possible the missing information was added after s/he posted. That happens frequently, and the ljw would probably appreciate reader alerts if they could only be made politely. If the info truly was missing when the article was first posted, nwyt had a valid point, but, given the frenzied deadlines required of a daily publication, can't we be a little kinder about pointing out errors and omissions?
notwhatyouthink 4 years, 5 months ago
Pywacket,Yes your right I could have been kinder,my bad. However as you know they are always bosting about their rewards for great journalism and I don't think they do half of the reporting that they could or should.And to the rest of you. Yes, the information was added later. This parade has been planned for months, and if someone was assigned to do a story on it they should have the where what when and how a long timeago.
Pywacket 4 years, 5 months ago
notwhatyouthink~ You make some good points. I know from my own work on bimonthlies and quarterlies that errors or omissions can slip in despite the best efforts of writers and ed. staff. Ironically, it's sometimes the most obvious facts (in this case, the where and when, as you say) are the ones most likely to be omitted. My best guess to explain that is that the day and location are so obvious to the writer that s/he simply doesn't think about it--it's not a conscious decision to leave it out. I'm not excusing it--I'm just hazarding a guess as to why it happens.And, of course, this is where the editorial staff should come in. When the writer is too close to his/her own work to notice the forest for the trees, an alert editor or copyeditor should provide the safety net--and they usually do. Still, with the demands of a brutal daily deadline, it's really not surprising when errors sometimes slip through.I don't see that such errors, as long as they are relatively minor, and not involving grossly misstated facts, plagiarism, etc., would preclude a publication from winning journalistic awards, especially when such awards usually go to particular individuals.Thus, Bonnie Byline may be a consistently sloppy or just dull writer--but that wouldn't prevent Howard Hoops from winning for an original and lively basketball write-up or Martha Stewthis from winning for her innovative overhaul of the Home and Garden section.All that said--it probably bothers me as much as it does you to see such omissions, typos, incorrect word use, etc... I just try to grit my teeth most of the time--unless the result is hilarious or particularly irritating, in which case I would nudge them, too.
George_Braziller 4 years, 5 months ago
Great. I'll make sure that I run all of my errands well before the parade starts. I hope that the police department does a better job of managing traffic in the neighborhoods than they did last year. There were about 45 vehicles double and triple parked on my street. Some even decided that it was OK to park on sidewalks. Didn't see a single ticket issued.
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