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Thousands of people lined the streets of Queenstown's CBD
On Saturday to cheer on the multicoloured floats in the
Queenstown Winter Festival street parade.
Some of the children on the Bumbles Backpackers float, which
won the Ngai Tahu trophy for best corporate float, are
pictured during the parade.
A record-breaking 40 community and corporate floats took
part, delighting the crowds with superheroes, storm troopers,
gymnasts, a steam engine, truckloads of children and New
Zea-land snow sport stars, including Olympians Mitchey Greig
and Tim Cafe.
The trophy for best community float went to Queenstown
Primary School featuring the school band singing together on
a winter wonderland-themed float.
QUEENSTOWN WINTER FESTIVAL
PROGRAMME
TODAY
• Noon: Zumba Mania, Earnslaw Park.
• 7.30pm: Comedy Gala, Ice Box (sold out).
TOMORROW
• Noon: Stars on Ice, Village Green.
• 5.30pm: Mardi Gras, streets of Queenstown/Earnslaw
Park.
• 9pm: Late Night Laughs, Ice Box (sold out).
• 9pm: LA Social Club and Almost ABBA, SkyCity
Queenstown Casino (R20).
WEDNESDAY
• Noon: Downtown Day (featuring hospitality race and
drag race), Earnslaw Park.
• 6pm: Mountain safety avalanche awareness seminar,
Ice Box (R18), gold coin donations to the Bruce Grant Youth
Trust.
• 6pm: Murder Mystery - Murder at the Emmys, Skyline
complex (Wakatipu room), from $75.
• 9pm: Late Night Laughs, Ice Box, $39 (R18).
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