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If you show up at the starting point you can be in the parade. Any effort to comply with the theme is enthusiastically greeted. So I had no hesitation when I decided to be in the Damariscotta Pumpkinfest parade.
Originally, I had planned to be a pumpkin; however after numerous Web searches I realized being a pumpkin meant I could not get into a car, sit in a chair, or lower my arms. Scratch being a pumpkin. I would rather wear a fancy dress. So the costume evolved,
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which turned the concept into my being the self-appointed Pumpkin Queen. I had so much fun making the costume I forgot I would actually have to wear it.
Just before the parade began, I was a wreck. What had I been thinking? Luckily, I was bolstered by a friend, who said, "Just go out and have a good time."
And so I did.
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