NOVEMBER
30, 2006 --
All
the photos in this edition of LPR are from the
80th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade -- and the
November 21 rehearsal in Herald Square.
Robin Hall,
executive producer of the parade, was quoted as
predicting that this would be "a Parade to remember."
Indeed it was, if not for the reason Mr. Hall had in
mind. The sun did not shine over
the 2006 parade, crowds were somewhat smaller than
usual and, because of the rain, people left before
Santa Claus arrived.
But, 9/11 did not stop the 75th
Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, and the inclement
weather in New York City, this November 23, did not
keep the bands, clowns, floats, celebrities and
balloons, plus some 10,000
participants from marching down Central Park West at
77th Street, to Broadway at Columbus Circle and on to
Herald Square at 34th Street.
LPR stopped by the parade rehearsal in front of
Macy's, November 21, but, unlike two years ago, was
unable photograph the Herald Square run-through. LPR
had to settle for photos of people's backs -- and for
pictures of a few groups, including the Air Force
Academy band and
some members of the large Camp Broadway contingent,
waiting their turn to rehearse.
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This
year, LPR realized that the Macy's parade brings to spectators
and television viewers a wide variety of performing artists.
If
some in the crowd might not be familiar
with the name of opera singer Renee Fleming, others -- if only a few -- might
not have known, till this parade, of Ashley Tisdale.
LPR was surprised, and delighted, to see Nadia Comaneci and Bart Conner among
the parades participants. The last time Nadia and Bart were photographed by the
LPR camera was February 2005, when they joined the New York City campaign to
persuade the International Olympics Committee to name New York the host of the
2012 Olympics.
LPR has reason to take issue with recent distortions in The Wall Street Journal,
The New York Times and The Washington Post of the term "populist," but
will
save this discussion for another day.
This LPR is limited to images from the 80th Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade, a
true populist event, an event whose
spirit will not be dampened by rain, an event that uplifts the hearts of young
and old, without respect to race, religion, ethnicity, gender -- or weather.
(And special thanks to LPR webmaster Terri Fassio for setting all these photos
out for LPR clicksters.)
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Parade
Rehearsal Photos
November
21, 2006
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NOVEMBER
30, 2006 --
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Air
Force Academy cadets
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Practicing
at Herald Square …
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Two
Air Force Academy cadets
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Air
Force Academy Band tuning up
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Air
Force Academy cadet (New Mexico)
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Air
Force Academy Band sergeant major
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Crowd-level
view from Herald Square
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Lift-up
in Herald Square …
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Camp
Broadway-ites…
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Parade
Photos
November 23, 2006 |
NOVEMBER
30, 2006 --
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Clown
and Star pre-parade
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Al
Roker at the Ribbon
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Al
Roker watching the parade …
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Thanks
to Aaron Sasson, NBC Universal field
operations,
for letting LPR take pictures from an NBC booth when
the rain started.
Without the cover of the booth, LPR would not have
been able to
photograph much of the parade.
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Ashley
Tisdale
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Ashley
Tisdale
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Baldwin
High School Band (Pittsburgh, PA)
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Baldwin
cheerleader
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During
the rain …
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Charlotte's
Web
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Dora Balloon
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Firecrackers
Jump Rope Team (Cincinnati, OH)
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Grounded
balloon
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Jonas
Brothers
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Nadia
Comaneci and Bart Conner
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Posing
for LPR …
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No
one below …
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Laurie
Sheppard (l), actress, publicist, Broadway Show
League player (Nederlander) with daughter and friends
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Renee
Fleming
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Watching
the parade in the rain.
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Air
Force Academy Band
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Homewood
High School cheerleaders (Alabama)
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Mountain
Home High School Band (Ark.)
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Ballet
Hispanico
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Big
Bird
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Anheuser
Busch Clydesdales
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Anheuser
Busch Clydesdales looking at LPR …
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Anheuser
Busch Dalmatian
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Clown
firefighters
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Color
on gray surface …
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Julie
Andrews
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Snoopy
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Looking
at Snoopy …
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Parade
skyboxes
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NYPD
Trio …
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Tuba
Titans (USA)
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Pikachu
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Before
the rain
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Santa
in his sleigh …
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Santa
waving to the crowd …
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