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There were of course, larger fish … Got Mermaids?

According to their sign, Oriental Mermaids were the Best Catch

Grand Prize honors in the parade went not to the croaker, but to Oriental’s other symbol, the dragon. The parade marked the debut of Oriental’s summertime dragon, which was created by the folks at the Healthy Dragon and Oriental’s Farmers’ Market.


The Grand Prize Dragon sponsored by The Healthy Dragon.
Who’s behind the mask? As the dragon passed by, some thought they could hear Charles Bird’s voice behind the large mask. And he wasn’t at the Farmers’ Market where he’d usually be on Saturday mornings….

This was a different dragon from the one that appears only in the New Year’s parade. Trailing behind the intricately painted face of this summer dragon were yards and yards of a luminous diaphronous silk draped over a hula-hoop-style skeleton. A coordinated team could be detected within…

Most Eye-popping went to the Sailing Club of Oriental.

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