I repeat, “Why are you reading this?” If it’s before noon on Saturday, April 29th, I hope that you are planning to watch the 2006 Butter & Egg Days Parade live in our Historic Business District. If it is after 3 p.m., I hope you were downtown watching the parade. If it’s between noon and 3 p.m. – oh, oh! You missed a significant annual event that represents what a great community spirit we have in Petaluma. Here is a list of activities that you missed:
- Pancake Breakfast (8-10 a.m.) Foot of Western Avenue
- Cow Chip Throwing Contest (10 a.m.) In front of McNears
- Cutest Chick Contest (11 a.m.) Kentucky Street Stage
- Kids Zone – “A” Street Parking Lot
- Food Court on Western Avenue
- Arts & Crafts on “B” Street
If you do watch the parade, look for me. I’ll be waving from the Parade Marshal’s historic truck as “Mr. William Howard Pepper,” one of the Petalumans of Yesteryears.
If you missed the parade, for one reason or another, you may make it up by attending the Antique Faire, on Sunday from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Stay tuned to this blog for future announcements about significant historic Petaluma events. Better yet; read both the printed and online version of the Argus-Courier, our famous weekly newspaper that is over 150 years old.
(Scroll down for some “old” parade photos.)