The sun shone for the 2011 Little Norway Celebration Parade this last week. I was amazed at the turn out...people were lining the length of Main Street and the parade stretched up the PFI hill.
First came the helicopter fly over with the flags, fire department, color guard, and various vehicles and they all threw candy! The lady in front of us kept her kids' stash between her feet.
Then winding down the street came the Norwegian dancers lead by Heidi Lee. We didn't know a single dancer this year.
This was the Northern Lights Brass Band.
The Son's of Norway is celebrating 100 years in Petersburg. They were represented by the Vikings and Valkyries with the Norwegian ship. This year's Norwegian American Award was given to Naomi and Doug Welde.
Jack Engell was in the boat throwing candy in the red sweater.
Alaska Airlines had an entry:
The school used some grant money to purchase some drums for a drum line. It's the closest thing Petersburg has to a marching band!
Then came the families of Hammer and Wikan celebrating 90 years in business. They had a shopping cart drill team led by Sue Jensen Paulsen.
Smokey and something green also trailed along!The Harley contingent took up the end of the parade...I don't know how many there were but it was quite impressive.
We wandered around after it was all over and ran into family. Jenny had Parker in his Norwegian sweater.
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