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Parade photos, page 5
beginning of the procession – Palmerston North’s town crier Caroline Robinson ringing her bell in ceremonial 18th century dress.
Te Manawa’s float, featuring performers in inflatable dinosaur costumes, was a highlight for 5-year-old Byron Forbes.
Tayla Cornwall found it hard to choose a favourite from the floats, roller-skaters, cart-wheeling gymnasts and leaping cheerleaders.
The 8-year-old did find picking her favourite Santa from the parade easier, and it wasn’t the climatic Father Christmas with his sleigh and reindeer. She preferred a kilted St Nick.
‘‘I really liked the Santa leading the Scottish pipe band.’’