PARADES
A natural place for homebuilt horseless carriagesThis new page was added to show people what can be done with a home built carriage when completed. It may have appeared to my neighbors that all I was going to do was give rides around the neighborhood to my great grand children. That I have done and it was enjoyed by all.
However, a new thrill was reached when I entered mine into my first parade in the fall of 2003.
I encourage anyone reading this website who has similar parade experiences to email pictures and a description of the event and I will post them to this page. It is our desire to build a nation wide exposure to the enjoyment that can be had by displaying your handycraft to the public.
A separate Activities page is for any static display of your carriage. To go to the Activities page ( Click Here )
This page has grown to the point we decided to break it into years, starting with 2003.
2003 Parades (shown below)
2004 Parades ( Click here )
2005 Parades ( Click here )
Cottonwood, AZ 2003 Annual Christmas Parade.
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Top down, left to right, 1. Your's truly being positioned behind the Bill Williams Mountain Men (10 horses - lots of road apples!) 2. Traveling happily along, unaware of the left front tire going flat. My passenger was a stuffed animal (a moose) given to me to carry by my great grand daughters. 3. Oh No! A #%&* flat tire! 4. For the last 1/3 of the parade I had to remove the tire and tube and run on the rim. I finished the parade and was pleased to learn the next day that I had won 2nd place in the Classic/Antique Car division. No one to blame but myself for not putting sealant in the tubes. Live and learn.
Sedalia, MO 2003 Christmas Parade
Monty Ragar (on the right) driving his home built replica of a 1903 Royal Carriage in the Christmas parade in Sedalia, Missouri. Riding with him and waving to the cheering crowd is his brother, Mike Ragar from Sedalia. (Picture & write-up scanned from front page of the Sedalia Democrat newspaper.)
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Prior to the Sedalia parade, Monty entered a local parade with his modified, Jimmy Woods designed carriage, decked out with everything, including a lighted Christmas tree. Monty designed and built a matching trailer to serve as a miniature float — in this case, presenting a patriotic theme. Monty is an old hand at parades, having entered over 6 this year! The very first parade he won 1st place in the Antique Car division!
Everett Moore
P.O. Box 1705
Cottonwood, AZ 86326
