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Warrior’s Day Parade 2014

78th Regiment Flagman

78th Regiment Flagman

Warrior's Day Parade - WWI Mounted Re-enactors

Warrior’s Day Parade – WWI Mounted Re-enactors

Warrior's Day Parade - WWI Infantry Re-enactors

Warrior’s Day Parade – WWI Infantry Re-enactors

Warrior's Day Parade - WWI Honour Guard by Flags

Warrior’s Day Parade – WWI Honour Guard by Flags

Warrior's Day Parade - WWI Re-enactor with Carrier Pigeons

Warrior’s Day Parade – WWI Re-enactor with Carrier Pigeons

Waving WWII Veteran

Waving WWII Veteran

Waves and Smiles from Inside a WWI Truck

Waves and Smiles from Inside a WWI Truck

Warrior's Day Council Members

Warrior’s Day Council Members

Veterans in an MG

Veterans in an MG

Toronto Signals Corp Trumpeters

Toronto Signals Corp Trumpeters

Toronto Police Pipe Band Sgt Major

Toronto Police Pipe Band Sgt Major

Toronto Police Horse Mounted Officer

Toronto Police Horse Mounted Officer

Thumb's-up from Govenor General's Widow

Thumb’s-up from Govenor General’s Widow

Three Recent Veterans

Three Recent Veterans

South Korean Veterans

South Korean Veterans

Royal Canadian Navy Man with Ceremonial Sword

Royal Canadian Navy Man with Ceremonial Sword

R.O.C. Veterans

R.O.C. Veterans

Queen's Rangers Sgt Major and Bagpiper

Queen’s Rangers Sgt Major and Bagpiper

Placard-carrying Veteran

Placard-carrying Veteran

Parade Announcer and Saluting Kid

Parade Announcer and Saluting Kid

Marching Tuba Player

Marching Tuba Player

Major Roy Eddy Taking a Picture

Major Roy Eddy Taking a Picture

Lots of Flags

Lots of Flags

Lest We Forget

Lest We Forget

Initial Band (Played National Anthem)

Initial Band (Played National Anthem)

Horse Guard

Horse Guard

Green Beret Veterans

Green Beret Veterans

Ghanaian UN Veterans

Ghanaian UN Veterans

Firefighter Veterans (Bill Stanfield)

Firefighter Veterans (Bill Stanfield)

Female Veteran on Scooter

Female Veteran on Scooter

EMS Sgt Major

EMS Sgt Major

Doug Phillip

Doug Phillip

Canadian Parachute Regiment Veterans

Canadian Parachute Regiment Veterans

Canadian Armour Veteran in a Heavy Chevy

Canadian Armour Veteran in a Heavy Chevy

Big Military Truck

Big Military Truck

Elderly Bagpiper

Elderly Bagpiper

American Vietnam Veterans

American Vietnam Veterans

American Legion Veterans

American Legion Veterans

413 Wing Bagpipers

413 Wing Bagpipers

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Warrior’s Day Parade at the C.N.E. 2013

Some preliminary shots from the Warrior’s Day Parade earlier today at the C.N.E. (More to come as I get the chance to process them).

Warrior's Day Parade 2013: J. Levin-Turner and John Speirs

Warrior’s Day Parade 2013: Master of Ceremonies J. Levin-Turner and John Speirs

Warrior's Day Parade 2013: Sopwith Strutter and S.E.5

Warrior’s Day Parade 2013: WWI Sopwith Strutter and S.E.5

Warrior's Day Parade 2013: Cpl H Hodgson Playing Opening Bagpipe Tune

Warrior’s Day Parade 2013: Cpl H Hodgson Playing Opening Bagpipe Tune

Warrior's Day Parade 2013: Minister of Veterans Affairs Julian Fantino and Brigadier-General Omer Lavoie

Warrior’s Day Parade 2013: Minister of Veterans Affairs Julian Fantino and Brigadier-General Omer Lavoie

Warrior's Day Parade 2013: 1950s UN Jeep

Warrior’s Day Parade 2013: 1950s UN Jeep

Warrior's Day Parade 2013: Alan Roy Beside WWII Veteran Jim Eddy

Warrior’s Day Parade 2013: Alan Roy Beside WWII Veteran Jim Eddy

Warrior's Day Parade 2013: Canadian Troops (260)

Warrior’s Day Parade 2013: Canadian Troops (260)

Warrior's Day Parade 2013: Colour Parade

Warrior’s Day Parade 2013: Colour Parade

Warrior's Day Parade 2013: Drummers (102)

Warrior’s Day Parade 2013: Drummers (102)

Warrior's Day Parade 2013: Eyes Right!

Warrior’s Day Parade 2013: Eyes Right!

Warrior's Day Parade 2013: First Nations 1812 Warrior

Warrior’s Day Parade 2013: First Nations 1812 Warrior

Warrior's Day Parade 2013: Heavy Truck

Warrior’s Day Parade 2013: Heavy Truck

Warrior's Day Parade 2013: Provost on Vintage Triumph Motorcycle

Warrior’s Day Parade 2013: Provost on Vintage Triumph Motorcycle

Warrior's Day Parade 2013: Queen's Rangers Sgt. Major

Warrior’s Day Parade 2013: Queen’s Rangers Sgt. Major

Warrior's Day Parade 2013: Veteran Standing Up in Jeep

Warrior’s Day Parade 2013: Veteran Standing Up in Jeep

Warrior's Day Parade 2013: Veterans in a Jeep

Warrior’s Day Parade 2013: Veterans in a Jeep

Warrior's Day Parade 2013-Bagpipers from Emergency Services

Warrior’s Day Parade 2013-Bagpipers from Emergency Services

Warrior's Day Parade 2013-Commissionaire with Ceremonial Sword

Warrior’s Day Parade 2013-Commissionaire with Ceremonial Sword

August 17, 2013 - Warrior's Day Parade 2013-413th Wing

August 17, 2013 – Warrior’s Day Parade 2013-413th Wing

Warrior's Day Parade 2013-Royal Regiment

Warrior’s Day Parade 2013-Royal Regiment

Warrior's Day Parade 2013-Bagpipers

Warrior’s Day Parade 2013-Bagpipers

Warrior's Day Parade 2013-Royal Canadian Navy Veteran with Sword

Warrior’s Day Parade 2013-Royal Canadian Navy Veteran with Sword

Warrior's Day Parade 2013-UN Veterans

Warrior’s Day Parade 2013-UN Veterans

Warrior's Day Parade 2013-UN Veterans in a Jeep

Warrior’s Day Parade 2013-UN Veterans in a Jeep

Warrior's Day Parade 2013-Highland Creek Sgt Major

Warrior’s Day Parade 2013-Highland Creek Sgt Major

Warrior's Day Parade 2013-Toronto Firefighter Military Veterans

Warrior’s Day Parade 2013-Toronto Firefighter Military Veterans

Warrior's Day Parade 2013-Toronto Police Military Veterans

Warrior’s Day Parade 2013-Toronto Police Military Veterans

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St. Patrick’s Day Parade, Toronto

Got invited by my step-Father-in-Law to join him at the St. Patrick’s Day parade today. Who doesn’t like a parade? So I went down and joined him, finding a decent spot on Yonge Street just up from Queen and took all of the following shots:

County Down Flag Bearer

County Down Flag Bearer

St. Patrick Banner

St. Patrick Banner

St. Michael's Drummers

St. Michael’s Drummers

People Waving on a Float

People Waving on a Float

Pair of Belgian Horses Pulling a Float

Pair of Belgian Horses Pulling a Float

Musical Performers on a Float

Musical Performers on a Float

Mayor Rob Ford

Mayor Rob Ford

Kiss Me I'm Irish Tie

Kiss Me I’m Irish Tie

Irish Flag Glasses

Irish Flag Glasses

Irish Flag Bearer

Irish Flag Bearer

Irish Dancers

Irish Dancers

Irish County Flag Bearers

Irish County Flag Bearers

Green Hula Hooper

Green Hula Hooper

Flag Bearer at the St. Patrick's Day Parade

Flag Bearer at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade

Fisherman on a Float

Fisherman on a Float

Fiddler and Bagpiper

Fiddler and Bagpiper

David Roy at the St. Patrick's Day Parade

David Roy at the St. Patrick’s Day Parade

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Warrior’s Day Parade at the C.N.E. 2012

Went down to the Canadian National Exhibition (C.N.E.) this morning with my daughter Vanessa in order primarily to show off the venue to my visiting cousin-in-law Carla from Germany.

In previous years I have deliberately gone to the C.N.E. in order to shoot the Warrior’s Day parade, but this time I hadn’t done the research as to when exactly it was happening and just chanced upon a notice at the Go Train entrance saying that it was today. So I dragged Vanessa and Carla with me over to the parade route and we stayed around for maybe half the parade. Luckily I had my favourite zoom lens with me and for once I got on the side of the parade opposite to the sun. I managed to shoot many pics, and here are some of my favourites:

Warrior's Day Parade #03 (Toronto Police)

Warrior’s Day Parade #03 (Toronto Police)

I understand from a comment from a previous year’s parade that this lady is a heroine of the Dutch resistance movement during WWII.

Warrior's Day Parade #10

Warrior’s Day Parade #10

This smiling veteran was asking the crowd to smile and cheer and as you can see, he got his wish:

Warrior's Day Parade #16

Warrior’s Day Parade #16

The next pic is interesting: I found out after the fact that my Step-Father-in-Law was also attending the parade, and that his brother Alan Roy was in the parade. He told me that he helped ensure that Jim Eddy, a highly-decorated veteran in his 90s who apparently insisted on standing in the jeep he was riding to salute the parade masters stayed safe. I went through my pics and sure enough there’s Alan marching beside the jeep holding Mr. Eddy:

Warrior's Day Parade #21b - Alan Roy Beside WWII Veteran Jim Eddy

Warrior’s Day Parade #21b – Alan Roy Beside WWII Veteran Jim Eddy

A smiling and waving female veteran nurse in the back of WWII-vintage troop truck:

Warrior's Day Parade #24

Warrior’s Day Parade #24

A smiling American vet riding in a jeep:

Warrior's Day Parade #26

Warrior’s Day Parade #26

Two airborne regiment veterans greet each other briefly during the parade:

Warrior's Day Parade #33

Warrior’s Day Parade #33

Here’s a selection of the rest in gallery format:

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Toronto Santa Claus Parade 2011

Went down to the Royal Ontario Museum today with the girls, mainly to see the David Hockney Fresh Flowers show on there, but of course there was the little matter of a Santa Claus Parade that happened to be going by the museum…

Both of my girls are old enough that they don’t find the idea of the Santa Claus Parade much of a thrill, but we did manage to see some of it. Most of the pictures I ended up taking were from the second floor of the ROM, by one of the windows in the dinosaur gallery. None of the pics are as nice as sharp as I would like as a result, since I was shooting through glass, but there’s enough here to give you a sense of the parade from our vantage point.

My favourite shots involved the crowd’s reaction to what was going by, like this close-up of a group of kids with their parents on top of the Gardiner Ceramic Museum across the street from the ROM:

Toronto Santa Claus Parade 03a - Close-up of Crowd on Top of the Gardiner Ceramic Museum

Toronto Santa Claus Parade 03a - Close-up of Crowd on Top of the Gardiner Ceramic Museum

Here are all of the rest of the better shots that came out:

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