Here is a couple pictures from our parade this morning as we were forming up. The crowd really seemed to like seeing and hearing us shoot off our smokepoles. They allowed us to go last so as not to scare the horses.
Our 1st Place Open Class win for our float netted a $50.00 reward of which the White River Brigade will donate to our local Youth Center.
We had a lot of fun doing this and will be back to promote traditional muzzle loading in next year's parade. (Actually we promote it year round).
We had a few new folks show some interest in coming out to our monthly shoots. All are welcome. That guy in the red shirt is me. Many of our WRB members were on other floats and we only really have room for four on the trailer. My son and his friend were in the back of the pickup thowing out candy. My wife rode in the truck with a WRB member's wife. We just had a great time!
Also, note the cannon on the trailer in the second picture. Jim Potter, Senior State of Nebraska Historian, bought that over out of one of the towers at the Fur Trade Museum in Chadron. His wife runs the place. Anyway, it's a brass swivel gun on a carriage mount. Jim's back is toward us on the left. Marvin Trowbridge is hiding behind the flag, and I took the picture. Great folks to share a great interest/hobby with!
