Helldorado Days

As part of the Las Vegas Centennial Celebration, Helldorado Days resurfaced this past weekend (apparently it was an annual event that was put on hold a few years ago). On Friday evening, we went to Fremont Street where we saw Paul Revere and the Raiders! They were very entertaining and they're still a great band. Pre-Beatles, they've been together since 1959. I remember the show that they were featured in back in the sixties--I think it was called "Where the Action Is". Paul Revere is 67, and two of the other band members have been with the band over 30 years. There was one guy who was pretty much the lead singer (played the drums sometimes) that Paul Revere called Baby Raider (He's 39). His dad was one of the Righteous Brothers. He's pretty good looking, girls (see him in the gallery). Anyway, Paul said that he and a couple of Raiders would be in the parade the next morning riding Harleys. We got several pictures of the band, as well as the Helldorado Days strolling fiddlers and even a cowboy/gunfighter that tried to outdraw Hubby--but Hubby "shot" first!

On Saturday morning, we went to the Helldorado Days Parade. It lasted around 4 hours, but the weather was nice and it was enjoyable. We got pictures of everyone from the mayor of Las Vegas to Big Elvis to Paul Revere and the Raiders (Paul's the one with the three-cornered hat). Incidentally, P.R. & the R.s were riding Harleys as promised, at the very end of the parade. Hubby took a lot of pictures at the parade--note the fire engine with the dice on the sign, the Texas Hill Country Plungettes, the Las Vegas/Clark County Library District float, the police dog and the (gasp) police tank!