Tiverton Reunion Parade a mammoth success
By Liz Dadson

Tiverton News

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The Philippine Heritage Band of Vaughn marches in the parade

 The Tiverton and District Ratepayers' Association float features dancer Georgia Morris, musicians, Eldon McDowell (L), Charlie Steinhoff, Bob McKenzie and Deb Morris (in behind), as well as Thales Hunter playing the spoons, Hunter Morris, and Ava and Abigail Peters

Special Olympians ride in the parade

 The Kincardine Air Cadets get ready to march in the parade with their airplane float

 The Lucknow Pipe Band joins in the parade

A team of horses makes its way down the parade route

The Mammoth Parade was the highlight of the festivities Saturday during the Tiverton Reunion.

About 70 entries marched from the west end of the village through to the fairgrounds, including marching bands, pipe bands, clowns, Shriners on mini-bikes and in golf carts and on a grandiose locomotive, floats, cars, trucks, tractors, a snowmobile, and teams of horses.

The parade route was crowded with people for the event, despite the hot, windy conditions.

Jackie Peters was glad to be home for the reunion. The daughter of Bruce and Jean Sayle of Tiverton, now lives in Scotland with her husband and two daughters. The girls, Ava, 8, and Abigail, 11, joined the musicians and dancer Georgia Morris, 13, onboard the Tiverton and District Ratepayers' Association float in the parade.

"We live in Edinburgh," says Jackie. "It's so nice to be home for this major event, and the girls are so thrilled to be riding on a float."

Her paternal grandmother was from Scotland and while Jackie enjoys living there, she likes to return to Canada once a year. Her father lives in Kincardine now.
"It's great to see everybody and visit with family and friends," she says. "There are so many familiar faces."

The Tiverton Reunion officially opened Friday night, followed by a teen dance, and a dance to the music of Little Rock.

Saturday morning began with a breakfast sponsored by GoodTimers Hockey, the Deep Geologic Repository mobile exhibit, mud volleyball tournament, bike and car show and shine, and the inflatable fun park.

Following the parade, event included Circus Jonathan, Buttons the Clown, a multi-cultural band performance, school reunion, martial arts demonstration, bike skills demonstrations, mechanical bull, jubilee, and a dance to CrazyMaker.

The reunion continues Sunday and Monday.

 Shriners ride a locomotive in the parade

 Constable Kevin Martin drives a mini police car

 The Hong Kong dragon makes its presence known

 Bluewater Sanitation takes a comic stance

 Jim and Eleanor Convay ride atop the Convay Family float

 The S.S. #10 school is remembered in the parade

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02/08/2009 09:16 PM

David (L), 7, Rebekah, 6, and Adam Ballagh, 10, join Brad Young on the Young family float for a photo

 Don and Lois Craig welcome everyone back to "Your Tiverton Nest"

 Luke McBride gets ready to fire a water balloon at the crowd


Jude Byle, one-and-a-half, of Kincardine gets to wear a helmet and sit on a Shriners Trail Bike
 

 The Cripple Creek Cloggers prepare to dance on the float in the parade

 Brittany Quipp (C) wears a great T-shirt that says, "I clog so my arties don't", as admired by her clogging teammates Morgan Robertson (L) and Lily Freiburger

 Rob Noakes (R) leads the way for his son, Justin, on their vintage snowmobiles

 Lisa Robertson-Taylor (L) is the town crier and Carol Blake is the flower girl, representing the Tiverton Communities in Bloom