SHRINE PARADES

Updated June 25th, 2007

From Harold Nelson on Wednesday, September 27th, 2006

Gary asked me to send this Email to remind all of you about our Waffleman Fundraiser this coming Friday evening, Sept 29th, 5 to 7 PM, at the Shrine Center.

If you can come early to help set up, it would be very much appreciated. Otherwise, if you work that day, come as soon as you can.

If you have any un-sold tickets, please bring them with you. If you have sold additional tickets, please turn in the money when you get there. And by all means, keep selling tickets between now and then or tell your friends they can buy tickets at the door. Children 4 & under eat free.

See you there.

Harold Nelson

Directors Staff Secretary

From Harold Nelson on Tuesday, September 19th, 2006

This coming Saturday is our final parade for the season. It is the Norfolk Lions Club's Lavitsef Parade and it is a large parade. It begins at 10 AM and we are requested to be there by 9 AM. Therefore we will be leaving the Shrine Center at or a bit before 6:30 AM.

At minimum, I would like to see the 3 vans and floats taken to the parade. If we have enough members going, we can also take the Cushman scooter. We are entry #76 which puts us in the front half of the parade.

Please let me know by return email by Friday evening if you plan to go with the Directors Staff. Otherwise, my answering machine is on, as well. (I don't want to load up the Cushman and pickup if no one is going to drive it).

Harold Nelson

From Harold Nelson on Thursday, September 14th, 2006

This coming Saturday is our next-to-last parade for this year for Sesostris Shrine and the Directors Staff.

The Nebraska City Applejack parade starts at 1 PM. We need to be leaving the Shrine Center at 11 AM. This is very good parade and Tangiers Shrine, as well as the Applejack Parade Committee, has shared an invitation with us to attend. An Oasis will follow the parade at the Eagles Club.

If you plan to drive, I can use some help. Please come at 10 AM so we can get the vans gassed and washed before we hook up the floats to leave.

The last parade for the season on Saturday, Sep 23rd, is the Norfolk Lavista parade in (obviously) Norfolk NE. We need to be there by 9 AM and with the customary pit-stop in David City, we should be leaving the Shrine Center by 6:30 AM.

This is a long drive, but at least for the last 2 years, the Lavista Parade Committee has treated us very well. I intend to at least take the hospital float and would appreciate someone taking the calliope, as well. Please think about it and let me know.

Harold Nelson

Parade Coordinator

From Harold Nelson on Thursday, August 17th, 2006

I've been thinking about the Milford parade next Saturday and I know I scheduled us to leave from the Shrine Center at 2:00 o'clock in the afternoon. What I would really like to do is leave one hour earlier than that (at 1:00 PM).

I'd like to take that extra hour before we have to stage for the parade to park the Gun Raffle pickup somewhere downtown with the sign boards up and sell Gun Raffle tickets. I still have almost 2 books of tickets I have not sold yet. Also, I'm thinking about getting a couple more books of tickets from our newly-elected Asst. Rabban Mark Kinzie tomorrow in case some of you guys want to help (just so we don't run out).

If you think you can help sell tickets Saturday, or if you want to remain and depart at the regular time (2:00 PM) please let me know by return Email. Hugs the Clown may not want to leave earlier either and will want to go with someone at the regular time (2:00 PM). Also, Dean Walton is expecting to go to the parade and will need to be picked up at his house prior to departure.

In addition, we still have bottled water and Sunkist Orange Soda to sell and that's just about all profit for the Directors Staff. If we have enough guys going, I will take the Cushman and trailer, too.

Thank you in advance

Harold Nelson

From Harold Nelson on Tuesday 7/24/2006

Below is the latest updated parade schedule. 2 parades have been added.

Would you like to go to the Hickman Parade this coming Saturday? Let me know please.

Don't know yet if we will have a Shrine Patient for the hospital float. Mary Anne will let me know if we do. If so, then by all means we will need someone to drive that van and float.

And the Gun Raffle truck can pull the calliope if need be. I'm pretty sure Don Zanders (Shrine Bowl Club) will take the football float. That should make a pretty good showing for the Directors Staff.

Harold Nelson

Sesostris Shrine Parade Schedule for 2006 – Directors Staff

* - Full Support Parade # - Added since last Email list

DATE	TIME	CITY	PARADE NAME	STAGING AREA	Depart Shrine
Sat Jul 29	11:00 AM	Hickman	Hickman Hayday	4^th – 6^th, Main to Cedar	9:30 AM

Sun Aug 6	2:00 PM	Wilber	Wilber Czech Festival	Legion Park - South on Hwy 103	12 Noon
Sat Aug 12	2:00 PM	Firth	Firth Fun Day		12:15 PM
Sat Aug 19	4:00 PM	Milford #	Milford Fun Days Parade	1 block north of Hwy 6 on Welch Park Rd	2:00 PM
Sat Aug 26	11:00 AM	Falls City *	Cobblestone Festival Parade	20^th St, Towle to Barada Sts.	8:00 AM

Sat Sep 16	1:00 PM	Nebraska City	Applejack Parade	19^th St & 1^st Corso	11:00 AM
Sat Sep 23	10:00 AM	Norfolk #	Norfolk Lions Club LaVitsef	South from Elm Ave to Benjamin on 4^th St	6:30 AM

From Harold Nelson on Friday 7/14/2006

Dear Brother Nobles,

Here is the Parade Schedule for the rest of this summer. Western has always been a very nice parade. Don’t miss it. We really need to get more vehicles and floats to these parades.

I still need one of you to confirm you will drive the Cushman Scooter in the Shrine Bowl Parade.

There’s a good chance Schuyler (Labor Day, Sep 4th) will be added later. We are still waiting

From Harold Nelson on Friday 7/09/2006

Below is the current Parade Schedule for the remainder of this summer. It will be updated if any more parades are added later.

Please try to be at the Shrine Center at least 15 minutes before departure time. In estimating travel times, I did not allow much time for unscheduled stops. (The Falls City trip includes a short pit stop at Nebraska City.)

Sesostris Shrine Parade Schedule for 2006 – Directors Staff

* - Full Support Parade

DATE	TIME	CITY	PARADE NAME	STAGING AREA	Depart Shrine
Sat Jul 15	7:00 PM	Western	Old Settler’s Picnic	School House	4:30 PM
Sat Jul 22	10:00 AM	Lincoln *	Shrine Bowl Parade	66^th & Burlington in BN Lot	8:30 AM
Sat Jul 29	11:00 AM	Hickman	Hickman Hayday	4^th – 6^th, Main to Cedar	9:30 AM

Sun Aug 6	2:00 PM	Wilber	Wilber Czech Festival	Legion Park - South on Hwy 103	12 Noon
Sat Aug 12	2:00 PM	Firth	Firth Fun Day		12:15 PM
Sat Aug 26	11:00 AM	Falls City *	Cobblestone Festival Parade	20^th St, Towle to Barada Sts.	8:00 AM

Sat Sep 16	1:00 PM	Nebraska City	Applejack Parade	19^th St & 1^st Corso	11:00 AM

From Harold Nelson on Friday 7/07/2006

Sorry I'm a bit late with this week's parade reminder. The Alltel DSL system was offline all over the state this morning or I would have mailed out the weekly parade reminder then.

We have 3 parades this weekend starting Friday evening in Ceresco. Oasis afterwards and Fireworks Show much later.

Saturday, we will travel to Sterling (south of Bennet), then from there directly to Diller (southwest of Beatrice. (No invites to David City or Geneva this year that I'm aware of.)

Please come to the Shrine Center at least 15 minutes prior to departure times. That way, if we don't have enough drivers, we can put any unmanned vehicles/floats back in the building and still leave for the respective parade on time.

Let me know this evening if you plan to go to Ceresco.

DATE	TIME	CITY	PARADE NAME	STAGING AREA	Depart @
Fri Jul 7	7:00 PM	Ceresco	Ceresco Days Parade	North end of 2^nd Street	5:30 PM
Sat Jul 8	4:30 PM	Sterling	Sterling Picnic Parade	Maple & Ohio Streets	2:30 PM
Sat Jul 8	7:00 PM	Diller	Diller Parade	By water tower

Harold Nelson

From Harold Nelson on Tuesday 6/30/2006

Dear Brother Nobles,

As many of you know, I had the opportunity to attend both the Columbus and Norfolk Circus's recently. It was a lot of fun and a wonderful, rewarding experience for me.

I was even more delighted to see that the Pawnee Shrine Club in Columbus featured me as the top photo on their Pawnee Shrine Circus webpage on the Grand Lodge of Nebraska website. Click to See my photo here.

I expect many of you will say that I never looked better. (Notice the gleam in my left eye.

Harold Nelson

From Harold Nelson on Tuesday 6/27/2006

We have 6 parades on the schedule this coming weekend. However, it is unlikely we will make the Tecumseh parade because it is too far away from the Columbus parade, time-wise, and Columbus always has an excellent Oasis afterward.

The Columbus parade is designated a Full Support Parade, which means we should all try to attend. This year the Columbus Oasis will be held at the Masonic Temple in the northwest end of town (one block off of Hwy 81 north of the Cenex gas station) instead of at the lake house. Let's show our support for our Brother Nobles in the Pawnee Shrine Club.

This year we will try to attend the Hebron parade with at least one of our floats. I'm told it can work. By my calculations, it should only take 1 hour 15 minutes to get to Seward from there (I hope), so we should be able to attend all 3 parades on the 4th. We can discuss that at the Fairbury parade.

Below is this weekend's schedule. Please note the departure times. We will not be returning to Lincoln between parades on the 4th.

DATE	TIME	PARADE NAME	STAGING AREA	Depart
Sat Jul 1	7:00 PM	DeWitt Parade		5:00 PM
Sun Jul 2	4:00 PM	Columbus Days Parade	NPPD Parking Lot @ 1414 15^th Street	1:30 PM
Sun Jul 2	6:00 PM	Tecumseh 150^th Anniversary Parade
Tue Jul 4	10:00 AM	Fairbury Parade	South of Eastgate City Park Entrance	7:30 AM
Tue Jul 4	2:00 PM	Hebron Parade	High School, 10^th & Eads
Tue Jul 4	4:00 pm	Seward	1^st & Bradford Streets

Any questions or comments? Please Email me. And please let me know you are going.

Harold Nelson

From Harold Nelson on Friday 6/23/2006

I forgot to include in this parade announcement that we also have a parade in North Bend on Sunday. We will be leaving the Shrine Center at 12 Noon..

I don't know if we have a Shrine patient or not.

Also heard from Henry Schultz regarding his back surgery. He will be off work for the next 4-6 weeks and his surgeon currently has him restricted to no more than half-an-hour vehicle rides. So, he will not be parading with us for a while. Let's pray for Henry a speedy recovery.

Harold

This coming Saturday morning is the Weeping Water parade. We had a Shrine patient scheduled to ride the hospital float, but the patient had to cancel. We will be leaving the Shrine Center at 8:00 AM.

Saturday afternoon is the Cortland parade. We do have a patient scheduled to ride the hospital float. We will be leaving the Shrine Center for Cortland at 2:30 PM.