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Pride 2009: Parade Preparations

Pride 2009: Parade Preparations

title Pride 2009: Parade Preparations
venue Madeira Drive
event: Brighton Pride
review date Saturday, 1 August 2009
photos & words by Sam Milford

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Madeira Drive is a busy place in the hours before the parade kicks off. From the moment the first floats start rolling in to be dressed to 11am when everything begins its crawl around the city, the seafront road is a hive of activity. Last minute adjustments and repairs were made to costumes and trucks, lorries and cars were transformed into sea creatures and boats in keeping with the "Pride Beside The Seaside" theme of this year's event.

Some of these constructions and costumes took many weeks of hard work, with the Same Sky workshops once again playing a vital role in enabling many community groups to put together their entries to the parade.

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"I'm the guy next to the mermaid. Check out my trident, tiara, tail over the side and even gold body paint! lol x"

Said by Nelly83 on Wed, 5th August 2009.

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Pride 2009: Alf's Setup Shots

Pride 2009: Alf's Setup Shots

Star contributor Alfie was weilding his camera down at the start of the parade... and we're very glad he was!

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