It has been a whole year of planning and building this year’s entry for the Yarrow Days parade. This morning, Henry was super excited to get the show on the road at long last. We arrived plenty early, and Henry eagerly watched for the judges. He was rewarded with a first-place medallion in the commercial division. At 10:00 sharp, we heard the fire station’s siren, and Henry climbed into the cockpit, and I fired up the smoke system and set our entry in motion. We were situated in the center of the parade. The road was lined with thousands of spectators as everyone, local and from many communities around us, had turned out to watch the small town parade. We were cheered on as we ambled down the parade route on Yarrow Central Road. Lots of people shouted encouragement to Henry, proudly sitting in the little jet. They could see us coming from blocks away as the smoke was substantial- as we had planned. Things went perfectly, and we had a great time. True to form, it wasn’t long after we got home that Henry was eager to begin planning next year’s entry. The design is now in the bag. You can count on it being much bigger, much more complex and definitely more exciting than ever. There are only twelve months until next year’s entry needs to be ready, and Henry is already anxious to get building. Stay tuned…
Busy week
Some of our crew have been a little distracted as we do the final tasks for the Hazelnut Inn open house and the Yarrow Days parade, but some work continued in the shop. Today, the crew managed to paint some previously sculpted features and also sculpted the bulk of the Tater Twisters sign. Overall it was a very productive week.
First beams
The crew sculpted the first wooden beams for the water tower. As always, we began at the top, and we’ll work our way down. This is going to be a fun piece when we are done! Stay tuned…
