One thing that struck me while shooting the marchers as they prepared, primped and waited in the staging area, was that everyone seemd so energetic and happy. Not that I was expecting an excess of dourness at a parade, but it was damn hot, and you might have expected folks to be standing, quietly and with low energy, conserving themselves for the parade. With a few exceptions, that was not the case. The marchers worked it for the cameras, and if someone told a joke, well, they laughed.