It’s one of the great local traditions.
And the sights and sounds didn’t disappointment on Monday as Aptos hosted the ‘World’s Shortest Parade’ — a half-mile spectacle of red, white and blue across the town of 6,245.
Our Kevin Painchaud, one of those 6,245, caught the happy scene in full technicolor. Enjoy the gallery.
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A wide-eyed, excitable crowd of all ages turned out in Aptos on Monday morning for one of the great holiday traditions of Santa Cruz County: The World’s Shortest Parade. Thousands turned out for the half-mile long route.
(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz)
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A wide-eyed, excitable crowd of all ages turned out in Aptos on Monday morning for one of the great holiday traditions of Santa Cruz County: The World’s Shortest Parade. Thousands turned out for the half-mile long route.
(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz)
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A wide-eyed, excitable crowd of all ages turned out in Aptos on Monday morning for one of the great holiday traditions of Santa Cruz County: The World’s Shortest Parade. Thousands turned out for the half-mile long route.
(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz)
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A wide-eyed, excitable crowd of all ages turned out in Aptos on Monday morning for the World’s Shortest Parade.
(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz)
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A wide-eyed, excitable crowd of all ages turned out in Aptos on Monday morning for one of the great holiday traditions of Santa Cruz County: The World’s Shortest Parade. Thousands turned out for the half-mile long route.
(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz)
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A wide-eyed, excitable crowd of all ages turned out in Aptos on Monday morning for one of the great holiday traditions of Santa Cruz County: The World’s Shortest Parade. Thousands turned out for the half-mile long route.
(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz)
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A wide-eyed, excitable crowd of all ages turned out in Aptos on Monday morning for one of the great holiday traditions of Santa Cruz County: The World’s Shortest Parade. Thousands turned out for the half-mile long route.
(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz)
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A wide-eyed, excitable crowd of all ages turned out in Aptos on Monday morning for one of the great holiday traditions of Santa Cruz County: The World’s Shortest Parade. Thousands turned out for the half-mile long route.
(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz)
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A wide-eyed, excitable crowd of all ages turned out in Aptos on Monday morning for one of the great holiday traditions of Santa Cruz County: The World’s Shortest Parade. Thousands turned out for the half-mile long route.
(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz)
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A wide-eyed, excitable crowd of all ages turned out in Aptos on Monday morning for one of the great holiday traditions of Santa Cruz County: The World’s Shortest Parade. Thousands turned out for the half-mile long route.
(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz)
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A wide-eyed, excitable crowd of all ages turned out in Aptos on Monday morning for one of the great holiday traditions of Santa Cruz County: The World’s Shortest Parade. Thousands turned out for the half-mile long route.
(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz)
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A wide-eyed, excitable crowd of all ages turned out in Aptos on Monday morning for one of the great holiday traditions of Santa Cruz County: The World’s Shortest Parade. Thousands turned out for the half-mile long route.
(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz)
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A wide-eyed, excitable crowd of all ages turned out in Aptos on Monday morning for one of the great holiday traditions of Santa Cruz County: The World’s Shortest Parade. Thousands turned out for the half-mile long route.
(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz)
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A wide-eyed, excitable crowd of all ages turned out in Aptos on Monday morning for one of the great holiday traditions of Santa Cruz County: The World’s Shortest Parade. Thousands turned out for the half-mile long route.
(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz)
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A wide-eyed, excitable crowd of all ages turned out in Aptos on Monday morning for one of the great holiday traditions of Santa Cruz County: The World’s Shortest Parade. Thousands turned out for the half-mile long route.
(Kevin Painchaud / Lookout Santa Cruz)
