Today was the 19th Annual 4th of July Parade at Canyon Lake, held in Startzville, TX, and sponsored by the Startzville VFW Post. And of course the members of Hill Country REACT were there helping in the Staging Area to get the parade off to a smooth, on-time start.
In the past few years, we’ve had the help from some other area hams, and this year was no exception.
Hams from San Antonio, the Guadalupe Valley Amateur Rado Club (New Braunfels), and Hayes Caldwell County ARES group (San Marcos) showed up to assist REACT with this fun event. According to the notes taken on the assignment sheet… Here is a list of hams who worked this event. If I missed somebody, or incorrectly indentified which group they represented, please advise via email or phone 210-771-7075.
- Lee N5NTG – REACT
- Pat AD5BR – REACT
- Wade W5ERX – REACT
- Charlie KC5NKK – REACT
- Al KE6LGE – REACT
- Gary K5GST – REACT
- Joe W4CTH – REACT
- Ray KE5KHN – REACT
- Skip WB5DAD – GVARC
- Chuck KM5BY – GVARC
- Phil KD5MMM – HC ARES
- David KD5MML – HC ARES
- Rick KE5FHL – HC ARES
- Walter WA5AU – HC ARES
- Jake K5GWC & Family – HC ARES
Here are some photos and videos from the parade….
Video clip of some entries in the 2009 July 4th Parade at Canyon Lake
Barclay Racing Team brought out some of their go-karts to do tricks as the parade went down thru Startzville.
Short clip as we brought up the rear of the parade heading into “downtown” Startzville.
… and now here are some of the photos I took during the parade with captions added.
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- Getting ready for the parade, Charlie KC5NKK hangs up the REACT banner on the RV we used for net control. RV owned by our newest REACT member, Al KE6LGE.
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- Getting ready for the parade, Charlie KC5NKK hangs up the REACT banner on the RV we used for net control. RV owned by our newest REACT member, Al KE6LGE.
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- Getting ready for the parade, Charlie KC5NKK hangs up the REACT banner on the RV we used for net control. RV owned by our newest REACT member, Al KE6LGE.
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- REACT member Gary K5GST and one of our Motorcycle Marshals waiting for the start of the parade.
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- REACT president Wade W5ERX giving briefing and assignments before the start of the parade.
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- REACT president Wade W5ERX giving briefing and assignments before the start of the parade.
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- Here comes the Confederate Airforce from San Marcos with their fly-over. This has been a tradition unless the weather was too bad to fly.
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- Here comes the Confederate Airforce from San Marcos with their fly-over. This has been a tradition unless the weather was too bad to fly.
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- Here comes the Confederate Airforce from San Marcos with their fly-over. This has been a tradition unless the weather was too bad to fly.
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- Mopar Power Club of SA had 7 Chargers in the parade. Looked like the Dukes of Hazzard had returned!
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- Local power company, Pedernales Electric Co-Op, decorated one of their bucket trucks, but the guy in the bucket had to watch out for low hanging branches!
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- The ladies from the Canyon Lake Library in Sattler were here!
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- Mopar Power Club of SA had 7 of these babies in the parade.
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- The Hideout of Cranes Mill used a big pontoon boat as their float. Water in the lake might be low, but their spirits were high!
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- Local electric company, Pedernales Electric Co-Op, in the parade. Bet you won’t see their trucks looking like this during the work week.
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- Liberty Builders of Canyon Lake, Shelly is Ms. Liberty! This was a fun crew!
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- Canyon Lake Sign Co of Sattler
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- Cruising down FM 2673 in downtown Startzville, bringing up the rear of the parade. Go-Karts from Barclay Racing doing stunts up ahead in the middle of the road.
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- Jake K5GWC, Wade W5ERX, Al KE6LGE, Pat AD5BR and Gary K5GST relaxing after the parade was over
