Re: Parade skills

I rode my Coker in a Veterans Day parade yesterday, the crowd seemed to
like it a lot when I wheel walked, and when I rode really fast. I also
did some 1 foot riding but that didn’t impress them as much.

On a smaller unicycle, I would try backwards riding, wheel walking, and
doing some fancy one foot riding (like leg over knee or out in front.

We had about 40 riders in our parade, the giraffes went in columns and
it the parade slowed down they did "ride backs" where the columns went
in a big flat oval. The little kids on the 20" did columns, random
riding, and stars (holding hands going in a circle)
4 people in the middle and 4 more outside of them holding hands.

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'this thread' (http://tinyurl.com/3vagu) is full of ideas that might
work for u

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We've just added a new twist to our parade "routine" (besides the smile
and wave gig). We carry a hank of rope and when the parade stops for
band performances, etc., one of our members will see how many times they
can jump rope with two club members (dismounted) at each end of the
jump-rope. We will get the crowd involved by encouraging them to count
out-loud, clap and cheer. It is really fun.

The routine that I, personally, use is I pretend to be totally out of
control and wobble, arms flapping wildly, and head straight into the
crowd at the curb's edge, turing at the very last nanosecond (with a
wink and a smile). However, most of our club members have long since
realized that this is not really a performance since I really am out of
control!

Tommy

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Here are some of the parade things we do:

Big Wheels. We have a 40" The Unicycle Factory big wheel and a coker.
(I've seen JF and Bill Gilberson do some cool pirouettes on their TUF
unis.)

Drill Team. Formation riding group performs circle drills, line drills,
figure 8's etc. (See GILD's link).

Giraffes, especially if you can free mount.

Jugglers.

Jump Ropers

Jump Overs. A real crowd pleaser.

Real young riders, major cuteness factor.

BC Wheel.

Sound System. Loud music makes you better.

Here are a few more parade threads:

'Parade Training' (http://tinyurl.com/4vj3d), 'Crazy Parade riding.'
(http://tinyurl.com/6nusf), '4th of July Parades!'
(http://tinyurl.com/3s3gk).

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I was gonna post a link to the 4th of July parade thread but Unibrier
beat me to it.

I'll be getting some new folks into a parade for their first time on Dec
3 for a Christmas parade. Should be fun.

Bill

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