Celebrating St. Patrick's Day--Disco Style
The Spirit of 1977, was in full swing on Saturday at the Greenville Ave. St. Patrick's Day Parade. For those who don't know about the parade, it is the best day in Dallas.
It is the one day a year when more than 75,000 Dallasites come together to celebrate all things Irish. I love the parade, but my husband loves it even more than me. For years we have been on the sidelines watching the parade go by from our tailgate in a CVS parking lot, and when I came up with this list, I realized that it was the perfect excuse to actually be the in parade.
This is a parade with few rules and anyone and everyone is encouraged to participate. Parade participants include people with their green-dyed dogs, college alumni groups, bars, groups of friends and bands.
A few weeks ago we started the planning of our float and sent the invites to family and friends to be a part of this special day. Since I was born in 1977 and this whole experience has been called 30by30, I decided that theme of our float should be the 1970's. Last Thursday night we had a float building party. It took most of us back to our days of being in fraternities and sororities, making posters and signs. It felt just like college again, eating pizza, working late and hanging out with friends. This glorious feeling lasted until the next morning when I had to get up and go to work.
Saturday morning finally came and 12 of my favorite people joined for the fun. With the float was decorated and the first Bloody Mary's of the day were mixed we were ready to Disco down Greenville Ave. I think my friend, Erin and my husband Todd won best dressed. Erin was channeling Diana Ross with her green dress with feathered sleeves. Todd was sporting a great wig, pants that were a bit too tight and rocking with his chest hair.
Highlights of the day:
1. 90,000 people cheering for a homemade float and some cheap beads.
2. My friends Joyce and Joe traveling 2 1/2 hours to be a part of the Spirit of 1977.
3. Seeing Todd and Sean shaking hands with the crowd and taking pictures. The ladies loved them!
4. Seeing Jill with her sunglasses and Casey in a jumpsuit older than her.
5. Having 12 incredibly fun people with me, who just wanted to have a good time!
Speical thanks to: Doug and Linda for providing the trailer! We couldn't have done it without you. I promise next year we will start earlier and have an even better float!
This will be my last post until after my birthday. With exactly one week left, I am getting really emotional. Today I finally figured out the emotion I feel is gratitude. I have so many things to be thankful for and so many wonderful people in my life. I can't pick out my favorite experience from the list or what was the most fun. It has all be fun and great, but the thing that means the most to me are all the people who have been supportive. My friends and family have lived through this with me and hopefully they have learned something or least had a good time.
Until next time,
Charisse
The Spirit of 1977, was in full swing on Saturday at the Greenville Ave. St. Patrick's Day Parade. For those who don't know about the parade, it is the best day in Dallas.
It is the one day a year when more than 75,000 Dallasites come together to celebrate all things Irish. I love the parade, but my husband loves it even more than me. For years we have been on the sidelines watching the parade go by from our tailgate in a CVS parking lot, and when I came up with this list, I realized that it was the perfect excuse to actually be the in parade.This is a parade with few rules and anyone and everyone is encouraged to participate. Parade participants include people with their green-dyed dogs, college alumni groups, bars, groups of friends and bands.
A few weeks ago we started the planning of our float and sent the invites to family and friends to be a part of this special day. Since I was born in 1977 and this whole experience has been called 30by30, I decided that theme of our float should be the 1970's. Last Thursday night we had a float building party. It took most of us back to our days of being in fraternities and sororities, making posters and signs. It felt just like college again, eating pizza, working late and hanging out with friends. This glorious feeling lasted until the next morning when I had to get up and go to work.
Saturday morning finally came and 12 of my favorite people joined for the fun. With the float was decorated and the first Bloody Mary's of the day were mixed we were ready to Disco down Greenville Ave. I think my friend, Erin and my husband Todd won best dressed. Erin was channeling Diana Ross with her green dress with feathered sleeves. Todd was sporting a great wig, pants that were a bit too tight and rocking with his chest hair.
Highlights of the day:
1. 90,000 people cheering for a homemade float and some cheap beads.
2. My friends Joyce and Joe traveling 2 1/2 hours to be a part of the Spirit of 1977.
3. Seeing Todd and Sean shaking hands with the crowd and taking pictures. The ladies loved them!
4. Seeing Jill with her sunglasses and Casey in a jumpsuit older than her.
5. Having 12 incredibly fun people with me, who just wanted to have a good time!
Speical thanks to: Doug and Linda for providing the trailer! We couldn't have done it without you. I promise next year we will start earlier and have an even better float!
This will be my last post until after my birthday. With exactly one week left, I am getting really emotional. Today I finally figured out the emotion I feel is gratitude. I have so many things to be thankful for and so many wonderful people in my life. I can't pick out my favorite experience from the list or what was the most fun. It has all be fun and great, but the thing that means the most to me are all the people who have been supportive. My friends and family have lived through this with me and hopefully they have learned something or least had a good time.
Until next time,
Charisse
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