Parade Float

When the parade was suppose to occur, a major winter storm headed in to Nekoosa.  The parade was cancelled and we had to do our own mini parade through the school parking lot.  There was another record set in Nekoosa, Wisconsin - the shortest parade - only one float.  It was fun anyways.

It took one day to complete the float for the parade.  The theme of it is "The Christmas Crane Clan" Celebrates in Florida.	Here is the "Crane Clans" presents under the palm tree.
Not sure if these cranes will stand for the whole parade or not.  They might need some reinforcement.	Some ingenious boys came up with a plant to put some boxes under their wings for support.
The front end of the completed float.  The palm tree lights up too.	From one side of the float.
Finally, the parade day.  The temperature started out in the morning with a whooping -12 degrees.  Brrr!  By parade time though, it had reached nearly 15 degrees.	Due to the wind, we had to have a few float riders to hold up the heads and tails of the cranes.  The wind liked to bend them over, making them unrecognizable cranes.
Here is the start of the one-float parade.  We had to announce who we were.	Nearly, 100 4th Grade Craniacs participated in the one-float parade.  All were extremely excited.
About 1/2 of the Craniacs were able to wear the Nekoosa Craniac logo that Mrs. Hartman especially created for them.	It was a short parade, only 10 minutes.  We want to thank all of the 5th-8th graders and their teachers for coming out in the bitter cold and watching us.