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4 July 2017 - Independence Day in Mason
Independence Day in Mason started for me at the annual classic car show in the town square around the Ingham County Courthouse building. A new twist this year was the Ford Model T rides. I concentrated on details of some of the interesting cars in my photography. We ran into my daughter and her family at the show and I got a shot of my wife, daughter and granddaughter.
As parade time approached I headed off to the Mason High School parking lot, where the parade started assembling around 6pm. I got there well before the parade start time of 7:30 and took a number of photographs. There's a great hustle and bustle there as all sorts of people and vehicles are assembling. For instance, the Mason High School band was on two flatbed trailors practicing their music. It's always fun to walk around among the floats and various vehicles.
When the time for the parade arrived I took off for home to pick up a telephoto lens to get my early shots of the arrival of the parade. It passes within a block of my house, so it was no problem getting there in time. I was surprised to see two planes pass overhead in an apparent "fly over".
I met the clown shown in the photos below. His name is "Bob Z Wob Z The Clown". His business card is shown at the right.
Below are a selection of photos of all phases of the day's activiies. Sorry I missed the fireworks but I was tired from the day's activities and decided to stay in.
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