Cincinnati's St Patrick's Day Parade 3/12/11

**SlackerDrummer** · 14th March 11, 10:59 AM

On the contrary. I think they were thinking about "the Marilyn". It seems like there's one of these pics every year.

**GreenDragon** · 14th March 11, 11:01 AM

there's 24 pics. Every kiltwearer that sees the vent has that "uh oh" look.

**SlackerDrummer** · 14th March 11, 01:07 PM

I only ever played in Cincinnati's competition Grade 3 band and never marched in one of the parades with them (too far to travel for that kind of thing), but I always got the impression the members consider it like a game of Russian Roulette.

**Mike_Oettle** · 14th March 11, 01:18 PM

Perhaps someone in Cincinatti could answer this question: why would a kilted parade be routed to cross an air vent like this?
I could also ask why the photographers find it necessary to position themselves where they can take embarrassing pictures (dumb question, I suppose).
Regards,
Mike

**theborderer** · 14th March 11, 01:49 PM

Whatever the vent does, the pictures show a happy group of people and I guess the parade was good. Certainly miss seeing parades since the Allied Forces left Berlin. Thanks a lot for showing good photos.

**Geoff Withnell** · 14th March 11, 05:25 PM

Originally Posted by Mike_Oettle

Perhaps someone in Cincinatti could answer this question: why would a kilted parade be routed to cross an air vent like this?
I could also ask why the photographers find it necessary to position themselves where they can take embarrassing pictures (dumb question, I suppose).
Regards,
Mike

I lived in Cincinnati for some years. For all intents, if you want your parade to go through Fountain Square downtown, you are going to go over vents. They're all over the place. Fountain Square is the city center, and the logical place for a parade to go.