I went to the Kaysville parade for the 2nd time this year with our family. I loved it the last time I went. This time though I was disappointed. I know that city budgets are tight and here’s what I think happened.
We have a new mayor and rather than limit the number of entries, they took just about anyone who applied. It just means more entrance fees. Also, the number of floats was just about none – probably because of the expense of making one. However there were semi trucks (that wasn’t safe or appealing!), school buses and hardly anything besides commercial type of participants.
Since there were so many low quality participants this year the parade seemed to last forever. It was over an hour long. We love the candy – my nieces from out of town were ecstatic. Me – I missed the Provo Freedom Festival parade with it’s big balloons, horses, beauty queens and commentary. I know this is a small town parade. I just think it lost a lot of that small town feel.
What do you think?
