OK, so back in the early 1900's the town of Independence decided its youth were pulling too many pranks during Halloween so they turned Halloween around backwards and invented the Neewollah Festival. It runs for 2 weeks right around Halloween time and the entire community gets involved. It's also billed as THE biggest event in Kansas each year. Among other events, they hold several parades two of which we attended. I always thought that Kansans were a reserved conservative group, but the parade we attended proved me wrong!
Here's most of the town lining up to take parts in one of the parades.
Here's the loyal fire dog, which it seems most everyone knew by name waiting patiently for the festivities to begin.
Let the weirdness begin!
I can't really describe it so I'll let the photo speak for itself. These are both Kansas farm boys
Where in the world would you go with your new scooter? A parade of course!
Guys in bras raising awareness for breast cancer
They may have gone a little too far in this case though. Consider yourself lucky I didn't show the front view.
Of course every parade has an egg transporting chicken on a lawn mower
The award for the most normal float went to this group.
The sign reads "Extra Ketchup hot flashes and rum"
Sadie's favorite group
Second to the end
The end (except for the street sweeper that followed).
Mom couldn't stop laughing and Isabel was clearly affected by all she saw.
Happy Neewollah everyone!
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