Hundreds line Liverpool streets for Privateer Days parade

By Rick Conrad.
 Date: Jul. 2nd, 2024 - 9:44 AM
A colourful parade float with a huge clock with the words 'I'm late! I'm late!' on top and a large yellow teapot, with children and adults dancing around it.

A float from the Mersey Rose Theatre Company promoting the youth musical Alice in Wonderland, Jr., was one of the top floats in the Privateer Days parade on Saturday. (Rick Conrad)

Hundreds of people from around Nova Scotia lined the streets of downtown Liverpool on Saturday for the Privateer Days Parade.

It was part of the 39th annual Privateer Days celebration which began Friday.

The two-day festival featured the parade as well as a food and vendor market, amusement park rides and lots of other activities around town.

Float winners were:

1st place: Funky Witches of the Mist
2nd place: Mersey Rose Theatre Company
3rd place: Mersey Seafoods

Listen below for some of the sounds and reaction from the parade on Saturday



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