Senior Festival Queen Liz Duggan (right) and runner-up Maureen Davies wave to the crowd during the parade. Photos: Craig Baxter
Blossom festival princess Taryn Gray on the combined Lions Clubs of Alexandra and Clyde Titanic float. The float ,which won the award for most creative, replicated the 1998 award-wining float entered by club members.
The Alexandra Volunteer Fire Brigade’s entry Time Train won the People’s Choice award for the most popular float.
Festival volunteer Deirdre Jolly was ‘‘more than surprised’’ to be in the spotlight on Saturday.
Dunedin youngsters (from left) Quinn Jones (4), Hunter McMillan (4) and Hollie Jones (5) watch the truck parade which heralded the rest of the procession.
Alofa Auva’a (left) and Genevieve Coleman, both of Dunedin, take a closer look at one of the winning ‘‘florreys’’.
The first festival queen (1957) Karen Peterson congratulates this year’s winner Caitlin Turfus.
Peter Urlich (left) and Jordan Luck, of the Magnificent Seven, encourage the crowd to sing along.
The crowd gets into the groove during the Magnificent Seven’s performance.
The Alexandra Blossom Festival's 60th birthday celebration went off in style on Saturday.
Thousands lined the town’s main street to watch the parade of trucks, vintage vehicles, bands, floats and mini-floats, called "florreys", built around a supermarket trolley.
About 15,000 people turned up to celebrate the occasion at Pioneer Park after the festival parade.
The celebration included entertainment for the kids and several musical acts.
