June 19th 2011 was an eventful day in Manchester marked with the parade at the city centre displaying creativity and talent from different communities. It is an annual event celebrated to demonstrate the iconic status of the city and this year was the second time it was being celebrated. The theme was called “A voyage of discovery” where around 59 floats are built inspired by creative ideas from various communities at a workshop in Castlefiled. The parade started from Liverpool road at around 2PM passing through Deansgate, Albert Square, Peter Street and ending at the same location where it started after couple of hours. There were 80 groups and over 1800 people taking part of the parade and the spectacle was witnessed by over 70 thousand citizens on the streets. The floats, the costumes and the dance was marvelous to watch and it brings all the Mancunians together with a feeling of pride and honor to be part of such a great city. Some of the prominent floats which gathered everyone’s attention include a giant Gulliver figure, Pirates, Lancaster bomber to name a few. The vent apparently generated around 4m£ for all the firms participated and a nice stage for those firms to market themselves. This also helped to boost the city center business amidst the turbulent times. This was recorded as one of the best civilian events witnessed by large group of people overtaking the last year’s event. There was choirs singing and music played at Albert square while the parade was passing by. People came out in large numbers with families and friends to witness the event and everyone had a joyous day out. I was fortunate to be part of the event with my friends and will post few pictures which describe the event much better than my words. Proud to be a Mancunian :)
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