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Andrew and Crew
A MOTORIZED Murray cod, a Trojan Horse, a bubbling liver and a birthday cake were among the weird and wonderful oversized objects which invaded city streets last night to celebrate the 50th anniversary of the Adelaide Fringe.
About 80,000 people were expected to line the parade route along Rundle Rd and East Tce, and later filled Rymill Park for a free concert. Among them was Andrew, and his beautiful wife Deborah.
Andrew and Deborah made it to the opening of the Adelaide Fringe Parade. This is Austrailia’s version of the Edinburgh Festival. Artist from all around the world descend on Adelaide. It is an amazing time in the city. Andrew and Deborah lined up at 7 PM with about 1500 people in the parade to showcase the events that would be playing over the next few weeks. Their group was up near the front, three pirates and a couple of wenches, the Safari suit guy and the cat and a fairy. It was a fantastic experience with the people cheering them on and Andrew’s inner and outer pirate certainly went down a treat. His voice was very hoarse by the end. Parents would call him over, the kids squealed in delight. Several times he pulled people out of the crowd to carry the flag for a short distance.
When it was all over he went back to the area where most of the people had gathered. There were thousands of them and lots of people had him pose with them for pictures. Two girls told him they were visiting Australia from oversees for the festival one was from the Netherlands and the other from France.
Andrew says, “It was a very fun night and I can’t even begin to
image how many pictures of that flag there are around the world now.”
