MilroyFUNF EST
Photos by Per Peterson
BACKGROUND: WHAT WOULD be a smalltown parade be without a parade of vintage tractors. RIGHT: Hayden Westrup of Sioux Falls enjoys “playing” with a Zoo Man turtle.
ABOVE: FUNFEST PARADE grand marshal Doug Christopherson. LEFT: SIMON SIK of Milroy couldn’t get enough of the bounce houses. RIGHT: BRENDA (WELU) STREICH might have had second thoughts about agreeing to put a snake over her shoulders. The Zoo Man brought all kinds of snakes and even a very large and very old turtle to Milroy.
RIGHT: HOPE WELU entertained the Funfest crowd. BELOW: Griffin Mather of Sioux Falls waves to a parade unit while he waits for some candy.
ABOVE: THE TAHS FLAG CORPS and marching band. BELOW: Parade royalty included Princess Kay finalist Elizabeth Coudron (left) and Redwood County Dairy Princess Lainey Plaetz.
MOSES DOLAN blasts a kill over the net during a sand volleyball match.
ABOVE: Balaton Lit’l Mr. and Lit’l Miss — Everett McCarty and Vivan Kor — made the trip to Milroy for the parade.
MIRANDA LARSEN felt strangely comfortable using a snake for a scarf when she visited with the Zoo Man.
NATIONAL GUARDSMAN DEVIN CARTER secures safety straps to a young girl, eager to take on the climbing wall.
BELOW: Parade-goers were introduced to newly-crowed Miss Tracy 2027 Shelby Johnson and 1st Runner-up Hallee Roggatz.
