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Originally Posted by graciegirl
I am surprised the parades aren't happening......but I am one that seeing them once was fine.
For those who are new are not yet here, it is a VERY short parade. Just really around the square.
I am not sure where it begins and ends because I have always been on the square. It is very nice but not huge.
I enjoyed the ones I went to and we went to several just once... but I am NOT a fan of the seat saving. All new folks want to see the parades and of course the family and friends of the participants. It is fun to see "grown up" cheerleaders and twirlers and of course everyone loves to see the colors go by and the Irish, or Italian or German or patriotic costumes and decorated carts.. They set up small stands with food that ran out the times I was there. The food wasn't "wonderful".
It is a reason to gather and celebrate with friends in the warm sunshine and mark the special occasion. I still wonder WHY it will be discontinued. Perhaps because Brownwood isn't up to speed with businesses yet and there would be negative comments from the people south of 466A if a parade didn't happen there? That doesn't seem to be a good reason. I can't think of safety issues other than crowding.
Why do you think that it has been discontinued?
Another thing I haven't much interest in is Polo. I wonder if that will stop eventually. It always has seemed to me to be a special interest of the Morses rather than a sports event based on popularity. I sometimes like to tell off campus friends about it. It has a certain "snob" appeal.  How many retirement communities have a polo field? |
I don't know about snob appeal, because I don't think we are snobs....
The polo grounds are truly beautiful as are the horses who participate...Vermont has lots of "horse shows" but not polo games (that I know of anyway). No matter where you drive in Vermont, you see horses......their tents, the equestriennes, etc........during the "season".
Our 3 older grandchildren LOVE HORSES. Our 18 month old grandaughter in Colorado LOVES HORSES and has had many pony rides of which I have the videos. Her mom was raised on a "ranch" in Oregon and is starting her kids off early..........
People who like horses are not all snobs. Horse farms in Vermont are kind of "earthy".....and down to earth.
The polo grounds area reminds us of Virginia and Kentucky.......it's beautiful.
My husband preferred that section of TV over all the new areas.....
Our daughter in law who has ridden horses since a small child, participating in "horse shows" all over the country......equestrienne, etc., LOVED THE POLO GROUNDS.........anyone coming from a rural state would also enjoy seeing the horses.
Most recently we watched IN SESSION (Court TV) about the trial and sentening of that Florida Polo mogul who drove drunk in his $200,000 Bently and ran a stop sign, pushing a young man's car into a canal, leaving him to drown....while the Polo guy went somewhere else to "buy time" and sober up. BUT not all people who like horses are RICH POLO CLUB OWNERS. They just love the beauty of the animal.
I thought our daughter in law might think that the horses were being "exploited" but she loved it. She's owned many of her own horses and is "into" animal rescue, including horses, dogs, etc.
It's a nice addition to The Villages.........to each his own.
When we'd make that turn from El Camino Real onto Buena Vista Blvd. and drive past the polo grounds, we always felt at home.....sans mountains. It had a country feel to it.......in a refined kind of way.
When our kids were young, all the little girls would have LOVED to have horseback riding lessons.......it's a rural thing.