This year, as in the past few years, it began in the Exhibition Grounds and moved onto the Lake Shore West (westbound). Supposedly it was to begin at 10:00 a.m., but when I got down to Lake Shore, just east of Jameson, at around noontime it still hadn't passed. Well nothing of significance anyway. I heard from the fellow beside me that the mayor and premier had gone by, but that was about it.
The first float I saw was the diversity one sponsored by the Toronto Police. The next one appeared around an hour later. All the spectators around me (myself included) were pretty annoyed at that. We heard something about a broken manhole cover that may have been the cause of the delay. But, even afterward the floats/trucks were separated by gaps of at least 10-15 minutes.
There was some good music, great costumes and wonderful bands, but, overall, what should have been a really enjoyable day out pretty much sucked. Far too much sitting/standing and waiting and waiting and waiting...
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