After the Holidazzle Parade an MTC bus takes the odd assortment of fairy tale characters back to the staging area.

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Fairy tale characters turn in their costumes at the Hyatt after the Holidazzle Parade in downtown Minneapolis.

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Holidazzle Christmas parade in downtown Minneapolis.
Because of the height of the IDS building, this was one of the first panoramas where I shot a separate "zenith" shot to patch in overhead. It worked much better than I thought it would, and I was happy with this panorama for a little while.
But now, with my new camera and lens, I can turn out much better down panoramas of downtown. Check out my panoramas of the Mary Tyler Moore statue with the Wells Fargo Building and the IDS Building, taken just a block down the street with my Nikon D70 and Sigma 8mm.

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The Holidazzle Parade at Nicollet and 7th in downtown Minneapolis, with Mary Tyler Moore looking on.
(Grainy, but it can't be helped because it is so dark downtown with the street lights off.)

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