Swan Parade
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I ordered this at Features. The coffee is nice too!
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| This tea shop has a beautiful entrance. |
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| Avon River |
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| A kid was asked to be a guest on the stage |
The parade starts at 2 pm. We arrived at Stratford around 10 am and found a restaurant to have our breakfast at Features Restaurant. It is a warm and friendly restaurant. After we finished our breakfast, Monica suggested that we could go to Shakespearean Gardens and I did a sketch. The gardens will be full of flowers in coming summer.
Along the road we were walking to the riverbank. The sky was so blue and the view was so great. We enjoyed the breeze and warm weather. However, we didn't see any swan swimming. The festival was near Tom Patterson Theatre. Outside was the stage and food trucks. I love one of those with the tin.
We hanged around, got a pop and checked the schedule. Paper swan hats were everywhere. I did a sketch too. The Swan Parade would start at 2pm. I saw the show on the stage, a girl was picked by the performer to be a guest. A funny show. Next was the puppet show inside the theatre. I sat for a while to watch the show, some kids laughed hard but some kept crying when they heard anything.
We walked along York Street where some local small shops are. They hadn't opened yet because it was still early. When we checked on an ice-cream shop, a car stopped and the driver told us the shop would open at 12pm. We wondered if he is the owner.
Here came 2:00pm, the Stratford Police Pipes and Drums Band came and played few songs. Then they went back and came out again to lead the team of swans on their annual parade to the Avon River. It was only one swan following the Band, others followed that swan after few seconds. We were wondering how they trained the swans that they really walked steps by steps. They didn't fly at all. We were following the crowed to the riverside. The flock finally swam on the river and we decided to go back to the ice-cream store for the cones.
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| Funny looking truck |
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| Sketch near Avon River |
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Schedule
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| Stratford Police Pipes and Drums Band |
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| Swan Parade |
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