Travellers’ Day Parade a family tradition
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This article was published 10/06/2024 (692 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
The 68th annual Travellers’ Day Parade marched down Rosser Avenue on Saturday morning. Marching bands, clowns and cool cars began the parade at the corner of Sixth Street and Rosser before heading south to finish off at the fair grounds outside the Keystone Centre.
The long-standing Wheat City tradition is one that hundreds look forward to every year. That’s what Ron Krushel, a member of the travellers’ parade committee, likes most about it.
“There’s a lot of people who come out just to watch it, and everybody loves it,” he said as he led the pack down 13th Street.
In 1955, the Union of Commercial Travellers and the Associated Commercial Travellers put on the very first parade. Now, the parade is organized in conjunction with the annual Manitoba Summer Fair to take place on its second-last day.
Kids waved as colourful floats and horse-drawn carriages passed by. Some lucky kids were thrown lollipops by the friendly participants as their delighted parents watched.
But kids weren’t the only ones excited. Brandon locals Amanda and Alicia Dunkley have been coming to the parade for over 30 years, since they were kids.
“It’s been a family tradition for years for all of us to come together,” Amanda said. Alicia, leaning back on a picnic blanket off 13 street, added that she loves that her family gathers to watch the parade.
Attending the parade is a new tradition for some young families, like the Eastons. Tiffany and Colton brought their three-year-old son Tripp to 13 Street to watch.
“(Tripp) loves cars and big trucks. That’s what we came out to see,” Tiffany said while her son’s eyes remained locked on the passing vehicles, pointing them out to his dad.
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