Vaughan James

Observer
St. Pete Pride Parade
The exuberance and excitement of the volunteers was also something really good to see. I talked with several members of the volunteer crew, and all of them were enthused to the point of vibrating about what they were doing. And that does not have to be the case; you can be conscripted into an event you don't care about, but they weren't. And so I think that that sense of, again, conviviality within the float itself, the clearly positive interactions the walkers were having with audience members, people exclaiming with delight when they put on glasses, it brought much more happiness than I would ever have anticipated for a float.