Superheroes ahoy! (again)

It was a slightly different year for the Sevens. No city centre parade this year (we love the Sevens Parade because it always gets such huge crowds – plus we always have such fun drumming the players into Civic Square).

Never mind – the theme this year was Superpowers Unleashed, so we all got dressed up in our superhero costumes again (we’ve done that theme for the Sevens before) and headed off to Thistle Hall to get picked up by bus and taken to the stadium.

This year they decided they wanted us to play twice on both days, but only on the walkway approaching the stadium, rather than doing a parade all the way along the waterfront. We missed giving a big old wave to all the costumed partygoers at all the establishments along the waterfront, but had a great time parading up and down the walkway in our costumes. It was a wee bit windy, but also a wee bit sunny, which is what you want when you’re drumming.

Here’s some video:

Samba – video of day 1 by Diablo Lique

Six-Eight – video of day 2 by Peter Torr Smith

Photo gallery

Photos by Alan Shuker – day 1 and day 2. Click on any thumbnail to see the larger version. You can use left and right arrows on your keyboard to navigate: