Gasparilla Kids’s Parade
FOX 13’s Jordan Bowen was on the parade route with the newest.
TAMPA – Saturday it was time for the Tampa’s littlest pirates to invade the Bay as a part of the Gasparilla Kids’s Parade.
“I’m simply having fun with the day having enjoyable. It’s all for the children,” dad Aj Holloway stated.
Gasparilla Kids’s Parade.
The parade kicked off round 4 p.m. on the nook of Bay to Bay and Bayshore Blvd. stretching a number of miles all the best way to downtown Tampa.
“Me personally, I wish to put the children on the shoulders to allow them to catch the bead. Simply to see their face once they have a full neck of beads on. There’s nothing prefer it,” dad Andrew Dahl stated.
For some households, the parade is a convention they participate in yearly, suiting up in full pirate garb hoping to catch some beads.
“It’s the second in a row for him proper right here. We get to see his face mild up catching beads and dressed as a pirate. Hey, we reside the pirate life. We had been born and raised in Tampa. We like it,” dad Cody Brichner stated.
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For another households, the Gasparilla Kids’s Parade was a complete new expertise and one they positively plan to participate in once more subsequent 12 months.
“We’re tremendous excited. That is our first Gasparilla. We’re actually joyful to be right here, and we’re having fun with every little thing about it,” dad Jason Ramazell stated.
Gasparilla Kids’s Parade.
Based on EventFest, the Gasparilla Kids’s Parade is the biggest kids’s parade within the nation with greater than 100,000 individuals watching the greater than 125 krewes throw beads alongside Bayshore Blvd.
“The mother put collectively this stunning factor. I got here along with this hat right here simply to slot in, however the youngsters look nice. We simply like to reside this pirate life right here in Tampa,” Brichner stated.
The Supply: Data from this story was gathered by FOX 13’s Jordan Bowen.
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