Festival Queen Cara Wiffen (18, centre) flanked by runners-up Mel Gaul (23, left) and Sarah Hesson (17), all of Alexandra, after the crowning ceremony in Pioneer Park.
Little tots watching truck parade: Mark-Allan (2) and Madasin(3) Shelford, of Alexandra.
The crowd enjoys the procession from every vantage point.
National town crier champion Caroline Robinson, of Palmerston North, standing in for her sister, Central Otago town crier, Paddy-Ann Pemberton, of Millers Flat.
A 1936 Plymouth leads a parade of vintage cars.
Tractor woman: Sheree Williams of Clyde on a 1951 Farmall, towing a new McCormick tractor (Murray O'Connor in cab of that one).
The Alexandra Pipe Band leads the way down Centennial Avenue.
Stilt people - from Flame Productions: Lamb ( TJ Slam ) of Lake Hayes and Butterfly ( Jodie Glinster ), of Queenstown, teeter down Centennial Avenue.
Senior Festival Queen: Judy Elliot-Hall and runner-up Grace Hall, both of Alexandra wave to the crowd during the procession.
Festival princess Paloma Kelly on the smurf themed float of St Gerard's School.
Festival princess Sarah Hesson rides along with the Flinstones float, made by Lodge Manuherikia.
Greg Leng, of Palmerston, leads his llamas in the procession.
Festival princess Sidonee Gibson on the Central Otago Wastebusters float ' The Toy Room'.
Band man : Mike Chesnutt of the Christchurch Bicycle Band, plays his sousaphone during the procession.
Festival princess Claudia van Dam on the Hobbit themed float of The Rotary Club of Alexandra and the Terrace Kindergarten.
Festival princess Mel Gaul tops the Terrace School's ' Alexandra Good Sorts ' float.
Edmund Hillary float girls at front : Cousins India Battrick (6), of Christchurch and Zaria Battrick (6), of Alexandra join festival princess Lexie Hay on the Alexandra and Dunstan Lions club float 'We knocked the Bastard Off'.
Festival princess Cara Wiffen rides along on the Alexandra Youth Forum's float 'Otago Rescue Helicopter Trust'.
Festival princess Kelly McCauley on the Alzheimer's Society Central Otago float 'I Don't See What You See'.
Festival Princess Stacey Dennison joins the Mad Hatter's tea party on the Alexandra Men's Shed float.
Wayne Corbin, of Riverton, Southland, shows his style in a wood chopping demonstration in Pioneer Park.
Mia Kelly (14) and Harriet Stiles (14), Lucy Geddes (15) and Adriana Mawhinney (15), all of Alexandra, ride the Hurricane in Pioneer Park.
Kymia Magon (6), of Alexandra, enjoys a ride in Pioneer Park.
The crowd in Pioneer Park enjoys the entertainment.
Jaine Mieka dazzles the crowd with her aerial act at Pioneer Park.
Shadow ( Robyn Weir ) entertains the crowd lining Centennial Avenue for Saturday's Alexandra Blossom Festival procession.
Blossom near Chatto Creek.
Alexandra Blossom Festival, Saturday, September 28, 2013. PHOTOS BY: Gerard O'Brien & Lynda Van Kempen.
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