<html><head></head><body><div style="color:#000; background-color:#fff; font-family:HelveticaNeue, Helvetica Neue, Helvetica, Arial, Lucida Grande, sans-serif;font-size:16px"><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462231777913_4474">Hi Lekooks!</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462231777913_4474"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462231777913_4474" dir="ltr">Summer is approaching, and we are planning on being in the Hartland Hometown Parade on June 26th (Sunday). </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462231777913_4474" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462231777913_4474" dir="ltr">The parade starts at 1:30, however the line up is usually a few hours before that. We are planning on just one parade this year (last year we did two). We had a car-pulled trailer with a float featuring a small version of our church - Thanks again to Ric Sternkopf for building that! If you haven't seen the "mini" version, it's sitting in the Social Hall towards the back of the room. We also had volunteers from LCUUC walk alongside the float passing out candy and postcards about LCUUC.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462231777913_4474" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462231777913_4474" dir="ltr">Here are some ideas for the float/etc. so far...</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462231777913_4474" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462231777913_4474" dir="ltr">-Have any kids from LCUUC ride their bikes and the adults walk alongside the float. We ran out of candy too quickly last year, so if the adults passed the candy out and the kids just focused on riding their bikes, we might be able to use up the candy for the entire parade (or at least the majority of the route). </div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462231777913_4474" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462231777913_4474" dir="ltr">-Have a band/choir/music feature on the trailer, or get a larger trailer if possible to fit a musical group from LCUUC (Hey any guys/bands/ladies want to volunteer your talent and/or voices??? Choir folks???)</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462231777913_4474" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462231777913_4474" dir="ltr">-Jazz up the float design from last year either with or without a musical addition - perhaps a chalice-like theme?</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462231777913_4474" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462231777913_4474" dir="ltr">-Other suggestions - I open up for you to fill in!</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462231777913_4474" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462231777913_4474" dir="ltr">Please email me (Claire Johnson) at my regular email address (theaussiefish@yahoo.com) if you are interested in being apart of the parade details, or find me at church most Sunday's. You certainly don't have to be apart in all of it - if it's just the parade you'd like to participate in, that's great! Or if you'd rather build the float than walk/bike - that's okay, too. The more people we have, the better! This is a part of Public Presence, however we'd like to open it up to anyone who wants to help.</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462231777913_4474" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462231777913_4474" dir="ltr">I will be putting a call out for candy for the parade in a few weeks. We will need to get rolling with a number of participants no later than May 15th, so I can get our paperwork in before the due date (May 31st).</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462231777913_4474" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462231777913_4474" dir="ltr">Thanks again, and happy spring!</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462231777913_4474" dir="ltr"><br></div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462231777913_4474" dir="ltr">Sincerely,</div><div id="yui_3_16_0_ym19_1_1462231777913_4474" dir="ltr">Claire Johnson (Public Presence Chair)</div></div></body></html>