Fursuiting at Bothell's July 4 Freedom Festival Grand Parade
Click to viewFor the second straight year, Anthropaws - our local fursuit performance group - brightened up the City of Bothell's annual Fourth of July Grand Parade with some furry cheer!
We had a great crew of six fursuiters out this year: Returners Silver R Wolfe, Uck! (as Arf), Frostbite Fox and myself (as Kato) while welcoming two first-timers to the Bothell parade Fuzzypaws and Skyan.
As usual our reception was simply awesome! We put tons of smiles on the faces of kids and adults alike on our nations 236th birthday. In between all the politicians, local activist groups and military servicemen (and women) walking the parade, I must admit we were quite a crowd favorite!
Out of all the parades we do on a yearly basis, this one is the most enjoyable as it seems the entire city comes out for this great event! Downtown Bothell isn't very big, but for the 9 or so blocks on the parade route the sidewalks were packed 4-5 people deep the whole way, amazing!
Our group was wearing yellow ribbons in honor of the parade theme: "Protecting our Freedom."
Also thanks to our handlers, in particular Dolphin Echo for shooting the raw video and ChaosReign for taking tons of great still photos you can see here: Freedom Festival Parade 2012 album