Hordes of children armed with all sizes of water gun were loaded and ready to take on the Osoyoos firefighters. The water fight is a popular highlight of Cherry Fiesta and gets under way just before the parade. (Richard McGuire photo)
It was a bright sunny warm day for the 67th Cherry Fiesta in downtown Osoyoos on Canada last Wednesday.
Locals and tourists enjoyed a pancake breakfast served by the Rotary Club of Osoyoos, a water fight between children and firefighters, the traditional parade down Main Street and entertainment throughout the day at Gyro Park. There were also cherry pie eating and cherry pit spitting contests that attracted children and adults more concerned with having fun than trying to look dignified.
(Richard McGuire photos)
Ron Carr was busy flipping pancakes at the Rotary Pancake Breakfast, which kicked off Wednesday morning at Cherry Fiesta. (Richard McGuire photo)
Osoyoos firefighters lead an opening attack on hordes of children armed with water guns. The water fight is a popular highlight of Cherry Fiesta and gets under way just before the parade. (Richard McGuire photo)
Osoyoos firefighters lead an opening attack on hordes of children armed with water guns. The water fight is a popular highlight of Cherry Fiesta and gets under way just before the parade. (Richard McGuire photo)
Hordes of children armed with all sizes of water gun were loaded and ready to take on the Osoyoos firefighters. The water fight is a popular highlight of Cherry Fiesta and gets under way just before the parade. (Richard McGuire photo)
Hordes of children armed with all sizes of water gun were loaded and ready to take on the Osoyoos firefighters. The water fight is a popular highlight of Cherry Fiesta and gets under way just before the parade. (Richard McGuire photo)
Osoyoos firefighters make their way down Main Street past the attack zone for the water fight, which is in front of Osoyoos Home Hardware. The water fight is a popular highlight of Cherry Fiesta and gets under way just before the parade. (Richard McGuire photo)
Anarchist Mountain firefighters make their way down Main Street past the attack zone for the water fight, which is in front of Osoyoos Home Hardware. The water fight is a popular highlight of Cherry Fiesta and gets under way just before the parade. (Richard McGuire photo)
Constable Bruce Stangl waves while Corporal Jason Bayda drives the RCMP all-terrain vehicle near the front of the Cherry Fiesta parade. (Richard McGuire photo)
Members of the Osoyoos Branch 173 of the Royal Canadian Legion march near the front of the Cherry Fiesta parade. (Richard McGuire photo)
Councillor Mike Campol waves from his motorcycle in the Cherry Fiesta parade. (Richard McGuire photo)
Only a day into their new roles as Osoyoos Royalty, these young ladies have already perfected the “royal wave.” From left are Princess Bailey Toepfer, Miss Osoyoos Emma Fernandes and Princess Tianna Morgan. (Richard McGuire photo)
The Cactus Kids Day Camp float was decorated with a movie theme in the Cherry Fiesta parade. (Richard McGuire photo)
Women dressed in traditional ethnic costumes participated in the Cherry Fiesta parade. Their participation was organized by Sonia Lopez, centre, who wore traditional Mexican clothing. (Richard McGuire photo)
The Buy-Low Foods float was decorated in bright yellow with red and had a giant grocery cart. (Richard McGuire photo)
Former Osoyoos Mayor Stu Wells drove his sporty convertible in the Cherry Fiesta parade for the Osoyoos Lake Water Quality Society. Wells is now a board member with that group. (Richard McGuire photo)
A unicyclist pedalled along with the Cherry Fiesta parade. (Richard McGuire photo)
Members of the Osoyoos Lake Paddling Club dragon boat team carried a dragon in the cherry fiesta parade, bringing its head down to “devour” small children. (Richard McGuire photo)
The Dance Studio in Oliver had a couple belly dancers on its Cherry Fiesta float. (Richard McGuire photo)
The Cherry Fiesta parade included live horses. Vince Sam, an Osoyoos homeless man, followed with a wheelbarrow and shove to clean up after the horses. (Richard McGuire photo)
Oliver Osoyoos Search and Rescule had a unique float with a member rappelling from the back of a truck. (Richard McGuire photo)
Participants on the AG Foods float show off the second place ribbon they won in the Cherry Fiesta parade. (Richard McGuire photo)
The AG Foods float was a sea of red. (Richard McGuire photo)
Dirty Hairy’s Barbering’s float turns onto Main Street. (Richard McGuire photo)
These youngsters were dressed for the part in the Cherry Fiesta/Canada Day parade. (Richard McGuire photo)
The Wakepilot float was decorated in red and carried some patriotically dressed characters. (Richard McGuire photo)
This young woman was dressed for the heat in the Cherry Fiesta parade. (Richard McGuire photo)
A skateboarder easily passes a fire engine coming down the hill on Main Street during the Cherry Fiesta parade. (Richard McGuire photo)
A young girl waves a Canadian flag from a fire engine in the Cherry Fiesta parade. (Richard McGuire photo)
Children watch the Cherry Fiesta parade. (Richard McGuire photo)
A member of the Anarchist Mountain Fire Department sprays spectators with water to cool them down in the warm sunshine during the Cherry Fiesta parade. (Richard McGuire photo)
Spectators watch as the Cherry Fiesta parade passes along Main Street. (Richard McGuire photo)
Members of the Osoyoos Fire Department spray spectators with cool water during the Cherry Fiesta parade. (Richard McGuire photo)
The Anarchist Mountain Fire Department sprays water at spectators during the Cherry Fiesta parade. (Richard McGuire photo)
Elliot Jarrett, of Quesnel, (left) and Oscar Langballe, of Vancouver, were waving flags as the Cherry Fiesta parade passed along Main Street. (Richard McGuire photo)
Bronson Macdonald, of Brooks, Alta., covered his face with cherry pie as he wolfed it down in the cherry pie eating contest at Cherry Fiesta. (Richard McGuire photo)
Mayor Sue McKortoff points to a potential winner as she helps to run the cherry pie eating contest during Cherry Fiesta. (Richard McGuire photo)
With cherry pie clinging to his face, this young man seems proud of his performance in the cherry pie eating contest at Cherry Fiesta, (Richard McGuire photo)
Female contestants showed they could be just as messy as the men during the cherry pie eating contest at Cherry Fiesta. Contestants raced to each cherry pies with their hands behind their backs. Vanessa Merk (left) took first place while Willow Macdonald (right) won second. (Richard McGuire photo)
Spectators cheer on the men during the cherry pie eating contest at Cherry Fiesta. Participants raced to eat cherry pies with their hands behind their backs. (Richard McGuire photo)
Mitchell Sartori, of North Vancouver, raises his hand to indicate that he has successfully eaten his pie in the cherry pie eating contest at Cherry Fiesta. Contestants raced to wolf down a cherry pie with whipped cream with their hands behind their backs. (Richard McGuire photo)
Children play on Gyro Beach in the warm July 1 sunshine. (Richard McGuire photo)
One, two, three, jump. A boy and girl jump into the water from the floating dock at Gyro Beach. (Richard McGuire photo)
Bronson Macdonald, of Brooks, Alta., fires a cherry pit in the cherry pit spitting contest at Cherry Fiesta. (Richard McGuire photo)
While volunteer Jessie Smythe looks on, a young girl fires a cherry pit into the air during the cherry pit spitting contest at Cherry Fiesta. (Richard McGuire photo)
Oscar Langballe, of Vancouver, fires off a cherry pit in the cherry pit spitting contests at Cherry Fiesta. (Richard McGuire photo)
A boy fires off a cherry pit during the pit spitting contest at Cherry Fiesta. (Richard McGuire photo)
Jordan Brett, of Calgary, spits a cherry pit during the cherry pit spitting contest at Cherry Fiesta. (Richard McGuire photo)
A young girl fires a cherry pit perilously close to a young boy’s head during the cherry pit spit at Cherry Fiesta. (Richard McGuire photo)
Volunteer Jessie Smythe (left) surveys the trajectory of a cherry pit spat by Vanessa Merk, of Langley. Merk didn’t win anything in cherry pit spitting, but she won first place in the cherry pie eating. (Richard McGuire photo)
It was all in the concentration as Mitchell Sartori, of North Vancouver, fired off a cherry pit in the spitting contest at Cherry Fiesta. (Richard McGuire photo)
