by Dennis Dalman
editor@thenewsleaders.com
The “Storm” came on like gangbusters the evening of Sept. 25 when Sauk Rapids-Rice High School held its homecoming parade.
You’d think the circus was in town. There was a riot of colors (mainly the Storm signature colors green and gold) among parade participants and spectators who lined the street from the area near Bob Cross Park to the city’s middle school.
A mood of festivity ruled as young people and even some parents displayed themselves in get-ups that ranged from green tights, green elf shoes, green-colored hair, a jester outfit, gold and green ballet tutus, huge green hats, green-and-gold Mardi Gras beads, T-shirts that proclaimed “Smash The (Sartell) Sabres” and the new SRR walking mascot, dubbed “Bolt!”
Among the parade units were members of the marching band, the cross-country team members and friends who ran in circles all down the parade route, a few trailer floats, a Rice Elementary School unit, a pom-pom group of girls and young children holding up a series of letters spelling P – A – T – H, standing for the schools’ mission of being Prepared, Accepting, Trustworthy and Helpful.
The parade, which lasted only 15 minutes, more than made up for its short duration by lots of hoopla, celebratory noise and wild colors.
Green-and-gold pom poms make a dazzling sight glinting in the early evening sun during the Sauk Rapids-Rice Homecoming Parade Sept. 25 in Sauk Rapids.
The Sauk Rapids-Rice walking mascot, Bolt!,Mr. Storm Lightning, marches down the street during the homecoming parade.
Keri Keller donned her Storm Jester outfit for the homecoming parade in Sauk Rapids.
Led by an energetic trumpeter, members of the marching band play rousing tunes, out of formation, along the parade route of the Sauk Rapids-Rice Homecoming Parade Sept. 25.
Members of the cross-country team, with energy to burn, run in circles all the way down the homecoming parade route in Sauk Rapids.
Drummers blast away in the Sauk Rapids-Rice Homecoming Parade Sept. 25 in Sauk Rapids.
“The Storm” school colors, green and gold, festoon a float in the Sauk Rapids-Rice Homecoming Parade Sept. 25 in Sauk Rapids.
Chase Christiansen (left) and Reid Lunser, both Sauk Rapids ninth-graders, await the homecoming parade Sept. 25 on the grounds of Sartell Middle School. Both said they were eager to attend that night’s football game.
Three fans get ready to cheer on the Sauk Rapids-Rice Homecoming Parade Sept. 25 in Sauk Rapids. In the front is Hunter Curtis. Behind him are Jaylynn Jackson and Onnolee March.
