Brighton Festival Children's Parade 2006

The Brighton Festival Children's Parade 2006 (c) Kristen Bailey - click on the pics for larger versions

I've put some of my photos from Saturday's Children's Parade up on Flickr - do take a look, some of the costumes/creations this year (on the theme of 'World Cuisine') were amazing, particularly the giant puppets made by some of the schools with the help of community arts group Same Sky.

I was stewarding with a bunch of people from my church - I ended up helping to carry the banner at the front of the parade and my arms (and knees) have only just stopped aching.

Over seventy schools take part so it takes a long time for the whole parade to get from the North Laine to the beach. Once we'd got to the seafront with the first part of the parade we wandered back into town and watched the rest of the schools troop past. I'm so glad I was there - we only got slightly damp and the atmosphere was just fantastic.

Flickr: atconc's Brighton Festival 2006 set