Thame Carnival

Despite only living 3 miles away from Thame in Oxfordshire, I have never been to Thame Carnival before. Not through not wanting to go, but just having not known too much about it and when it was taking place.

However, this year I was invited along by Tanya's School of Dance to cover their presence in the carnival parade, so I went along armed with my Canon 30D and rode on the float to get some great coverage pics.

With political correctness having gone mad these days, most groups, clubs and organisations had turned their backs on the traditional lorry floats due to high insurance risks, but TSOD managed to get past this and boast the only proper carnival float in the parade.

Decorated with balloons and banners, and manned with several of the school's dancers and teachers, the TSOD float was by far the loudest, most colourful and entertaining part of the carnival as it passed through the high street of Thame, and the school rightly won the award for the Best Carnival Float.