The bead-grabbing frenzy at Saturday's Knight Parade.
OK, let's see. February night in Ybor City, check. Middle-aged men and women dressed in odd outfits, check. Screaming adults and children and it's hard to tell who acts more the fool, check. Add some dignitaries and Jerry Springer — yes, THE Jerry Springer — check. And yup, it's the Pinchasers Knight parade presented by the Krewe of the Knights of Sant' Yago.
Mayor Bob Buckhorn and Jerry Springer greet the media.
Saturday night at 7:00 7th Avenue in Ybor city was lined with thousands of onlookers anticipating a night of beads, booze, and occasional boob-flashing. Most of them got what they came for. The annual festival of floats came blasting down the heart of the Latin Quarter bringing with it marching bands, illuminated floats, dancers and a whole host of wildly dressed pirate-type people. The Krewe of the Knights of Sant' Yago has hosted the parade every year since 1974, and report that it is the largest of its kind in the Southeast.
Here's the formula for knight parade fun.
Take a fun-loving paradegoer…
Add a buxom krewe member with blow pops in her cleavage…
and...