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yeah, the grates have spaces, and I thought the metal was kinda slippery.

I was there last year for the first time as a marcher instead of as a watcher, but I can't be there this year. Another thing I'd add is that there was a lot of inevitable waiting around time before things got started. It healps if you're prepared for that. But it was fun. It's not often that I walk down the street and have people cheering. If I were doing it again this year, I'd probably bring a toy or two to wave around.

Barefoot is a bad idea. I am not sure they will let you march barefoot. Market Street ,rough pavement ,steel grates, oil and crap, to name a few

Sandals it is, then.

OK...I stand corrected. Thanks!
The problem though isn't with My math, but whether or not We'll be marching this year!

....giggle...when you say float do you mean black convertible with Phil driving and who was it with the gas mask riding shotgun?? Heart and August sat on the back. I remember sitting at the old space, at an after gathering while August closed her eyes and pulled two names out of a hat. I think August called Heart at 2:00 am. I also remember getting the new banner to drape across the front of the car Phil rented for the day.

....seems like a lifetime ago doesn't it Harry?

...to keep it on the same thread ;)


Are you getting as excited as I am about the Pride Parade approaching?
I hope so, because this year's contingent promises to provide even
more pageantry than last years!

Picture if you will, the SF Citadel contingent making its turn onto
Market St, the sounds of thousands of cheering spectators lining both
sides of the street greeting our arrival as We march by...

...what will they see? They'll see:

* flag bearers hoisting the Rainbow Pride flag & Leather Pride flag,
flanking a bevy of airbrushed ladies carrying the SF Citadel banner

* our big, beautiful "Citadel family" clad in Our finest fetishwear
(with comfortable shoes, of course!), smiling & waving at them

* the marksman-like skills of singletails being snapped, & the beauty
of Florentine floggers whipping 'round & 'round

* a row of proud male & female submissives & their Dom/mes (or
marching partners) on collar & leash

* the elegance of a stable of manned ponycarts pulled by trained human
ponies

Doesn't that just sound incredible? Wanna make this happen? Then now's
the time to raise your hands & be a part of the magic, the colour, &
the comraderie that comes with marching with SF Citadel in Pride
Parade 2008!!

We'll need:

--2 males to hoist the Rainbow & Leather Pride flags
--2 airbrushed/liquid latexed females to carry the SF Citadel banner
(must be willing to be painted from the stomach up)
--singletail people
--people with Florentine flogging skills
--male & female submissives willing to march in collar & leash

In order for this to happen, We need to have trained Contingent
Monitors (CM) for safety reasons: We need 2 CM's for every 25
marchers---if We don't have enough CM's, We can't march! Please make
sure this doesn't happen & attend one of the Safety/Contingent Monitor
Training classes upcoming. There's only a week's worth of classes left, so ATTEND
AS SOON AS POSSIBLE!!

AND...Let's not forget the FLOAT! Although it'll be smaller scale
compared to last years, it promises to be just as spectacular. If
building the float interests you, be sure to come out to SF Citadel on
Tuesday, 6/24 at 7:30pm for the Float Decorating Meeting.

LET'S MAKE THIS A YEAR TO REMEMBER, PEOPLE!!!