![Ex Tractor Fan](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSQJlXR_KopaQ7k6JHghkx8kmhyZM6wqZlTtlH-PD6TrTYyO2oMK97k04JstkVvNebIvVg1QhpSbjufZJI-B7ac4LlDjVenZ-ngIXdY2csfJrIbuPJQv7eW2J2XxyDwbkF6_o_/s400/childrens+parade+1.jpg)
Although the main question on everybody's lips was "What the bloody hell is that?"...
![You could make a few sausages out of those eyebrows.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVJkgTh63Mco8nIZdFNtNZVWP7WzyXKWM9vbHcTPwQK1_sh4g48IiMmVkQdigWi9S7YiKBZ7NCamtg2fdAGBdHc_Tn51J1mXeXJGybINNDV_ieaxaM-bedWol0UuwjF1O61lr5/s400/childrens+parade+3.jpg)
It looks like a cross between Gollum and a pig with swine flu enjoying a bath with a snake. And the worrying thing is that you know the people carrying it are qualified teachers.
Anyhoo, last year Lisa and I missed the Children's Parade because we were buying maternity clothes in Hove. This year Lisa missed it because she'd had a sleepless night with a baby. No one could have seen that one coming. But the good news is that while Lisa went back to bed for a couple of hours, Amelie and I headed down to the seafront to watch this year's event. I wanted to pick up a few tips for when we're taking part ourselves.
![Tap Dancer](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhfLUtLSSxjgX_8kbPYqU-Z1OM3i6IGUleUrjTpQlMiGy-dr1LJn5fQYOrhCMN7qdRocSmv5nw0npD-PwSB-j-xq3iBQWKZoMDwYtA8SQx3XDsY2DDnmQdIXC_s2M3PsiHSjsX/s320/childrens+parade+5.jpg)
To be honest, that bloke wasn't the only tap dancing along the seafront this morning. The theme of this year's parade was 'The Elements', so we had a lot of earthworms, windmills and fireflies, plus a few people with hosepipe banners.
But for me, the most entertaining chap there was Pat Power, "percussionist, educator and composer - and simply one of the most respected innovators on the UK samba scene", at least if you believe this website. He stood on a stepladder in the middle of the road, wearing a white suit and waving his arms about, while the Barulho samba band (none of whom were children, or dressed as taps) proved that there's more to South America than pork-related viruses.
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