{"id":12121,"date":"2019-08-01T01:28:13","date_gmt":"2019-08-01T04:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaker.ca\/?p=12121"},"modified":"2019-08-01T01:28:13","modified_gmt":"2019-08-01T04:28:13","slug":"keloose-2019-kids-parade-winner-to-set-off-fireworks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/?p=12121","title":{"rendered":"Keloose 2019: Kids parade winner to set off fireworks"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>WINDSOR JUNCTION: <\/strong>Do\n you have a creative and artistic side and have a child that will be \nparticipating in this year\u2019s Keloose Kids Parade on Aug. 18? Well, this \nmay be the perfect time to use it.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>That\u2019s because the child who is  determined to have the best decorated bike\/person will get to start  what is dubbed as the best fireworks show in HRM that night. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fireworks  FX is providing the fireworks, which will once again create some thrills  when they go off shortly after 9 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The traditional Kids Parade\n will kick the day off on Aug. 18, with participants gathering at the \nFall River School of Performing Arts on Windsor Junction Road before \nbeing led by Halifax District RCMP down to the Windsor Junction \nCommunity Centre (WJCC).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The parade begins at 10 a.m. and is non-motorized.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>New\n this year will be that three judges will use their great judgment in \ndeciding who has the best decorated bike\/person and wins the chance to \nset off the fireworks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOur judges this year include Bridget \nDeveau, LHS and UPEI women\u2019s basketball player Ashleigh Marshall, and \nlocal champion water-skier Olivia Chute,\u201d said Keloose chairman Jay \nCameron.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Following the short parade, Keloose Kids day will be setup at the WJJCC and begin at 11 a.m., running until 2 p.m.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Kids  day fun will include a dunk tank, bouncy castles and other activities  from Hyper Amusements; 50\/50 tickets for prizes; Tattoos from Krista\u2019; a  dart demonstration in the WJCC from Canadian junior women\u2019s darts  champion Emily Alford of Beaver Bank; and an autograph session from  Windsor Junction\u2019s very own Olivia Chute, who is gearing up for more  water-skiing competitions later in August.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>There will also be events later in the day. Look for our story next week on that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Stay tuned to the Keloose Facebook page for more details on this year\u2019s event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WINDSOR JUNCTION: Do you have a creative and artistic side and have a child that will be participating in this year\u2019s Keloose Kids Parade on Aug. 18? Well, this may be the perfect time to use it. That\u2019s because the child who is determined to have the best decorated bike\/person will get to start what [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":12123,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[306,2,664,588,82,40,178],"class_list":["post-12121","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community","tag-bridget-deveau","tag-fall-river","tag-fireworks","tag-keloose","tag-olivia-chute","tag-windsor-junction","tag-wjcc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12121","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=12121"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/12121\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=12121"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=12121"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging-z.thelaker.ca\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=12121"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}