Community spirit riding high as hamlet hosts summer festival events, including parade
A small but colourful parade highlighted Meductic Community Days on Saturday, Aug. 24, as the riverside community celebrated its annual summer festival.
Colourful floats and families, with a generous political presence, took centre stage as the parade rolled from the Sabian Cymbal parking lot to Meductic Park.
The entries embraced this year’s parade theme, “Blast from the Past,” with many paying homage to music, events and styles of bygone days.
Rock and roll music blasted from an elaborate float created by the Alward and Stairs families, paying tribute to hits from the 50s, 60s and 70s.
New Brunswick natives but longtime Calgary residents Jim and Elenor McLellan paid tribute to their days as newlyweds, downing a hat, wedding veil, and Flames jersey while riding in a cart emblazoned with a Just Married sign.
Jim explained that he grew up in Meductic, while Elenor was a native of Fredericton. They moved west to Alberta shortly after their marriage. As part of their summer visit “back home,” they loved participating in Meductic’s community celebration.
Diane Schriver and Jackie Walker got to sit high in their Mustang convertible driven by Wayne Walker as the parade’s Mustang Sallys.
Hauley Cummings, owner of Cummings Brothers and Sons, served as parade marshall.
The parade enjoyed plenty of political support, with PC, Liberal and PANB candidates in the upcoming October election walking the route, tossing out candy and sharing time with community residents and visitors along the parade route.
The parade featured antique cars, ATVs and lawn tractors, many pulling carts and floats, and fire vehicles from the Meductic and surrounding fire departments.
Other Meductic Community Days events included a corn boil and fireworks on Friday evening and various events throughout Saturday at the Meductic Park on the village’s waterfront.
