PHOTO GALLERY : 29th Annual Suncoast Super Boat Grand Prix Festival Parade of Boats in honor of Wallenda
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By
Yaryna Klimchak
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| 4:00 a.m. July 5, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY : 29th Annual Suncoast Super Boat Grand Prix Festival Parade of Boats in honor of Wallenda
Nik Wallenda waves to Sarasotans who welcome him home after he crossed the Grand Canyon earlier last week.
J.D. Ryder will compete in the Suncoast Grand Prix and they participate in the parade.
Hayden Hackler, 4, has a great time collecting beads, dancing and watching the parade.
Hayden Hackler, 4, reaches out to get more beads.
Firefighters march in the parade.
Erin Lopez, 9 months, wears protectors over her ears to protect them from all of the noise.
Emma Stewart, 4, and her brother Austin, 8, watch the parade on Main Street.
Jessie Undieme represents STHL and gives Emily Garris, 3, beads.
Emily Garris, 3, and Abigail Goulah, 5, watch the parade in the rain but still have a great time.
Ellen Phillips and her granddaughter Ella Abernathy, 5, watch the parade.
Connor Peterson, 4, stays dry with his poncho raincoat.
Christina Peterson wears a plastic raincoat with her son Connor, 4, and parents Vicki and Peter Wright.
Christian Widener, 7, wears this patriotic hat his father purchased for a Fourth of July Party long before Christian was born.
Children blow bubbles as they ride in boats in the parade.
Police Chief Bernadette DiPino waves to the crowd as she walks in the parade.
Ann Durden and Doris MacLeod welcome home Nik Wallenda.
Alana Biller, 4, watches the boats pass by and collects beads.
Soul Purpose band members Al Dwen, Mikey Silbaughm Joe Freed and Pat Monahan perform their reggae and rock jams at the block party after the parade.
Jaidyn McAlister, 5, Alex Misantone, 3, her sister Stella, 5, Alana Biller, 3, and Austin, 6, all watch the parade and play together.
