The use of many long, skinny balloons to decorate parade participants caught on in the first decade of the 21st century. Here they were used to emulate wings.

A store front along Grant street had pink fabric on display that noontime. This was the closeup of a scarf.

The covered seating area for listening to the bands on the main stage was covered to provide shade. This year, that covering let light in through a large pink skylight. The effect was to bath the entire seating area in a festive pink glow.