Kaua‘i Pride Parade a success

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Color and excitement fill Rice Street in Lihu‘e Saturday during the Kaua‘i Pride Parade.

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A roller skater uses her smart phone to video the Kaua‘i Pride Parade Saturday along Rice Street in Lihu‘e.

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Rice Street is alive with hundreds of people and colors Saturday during the Kaua‘i Pride Parade in Lihu‘e.

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The team sponsored by Deja Vu Surf Hawai‘i brings their CAN message to the Kaua‘i Pride Parade Saturday along Rice Street in Lihu‘e.

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Muralist Nikki Limpert brings a peacock to life Saturday during the Kaua‘i Pride Parade along Rice Street in Lihu‘e.

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A sword dancer is part of the festivities taking place at the station sponsored by South & Home Interiors, Etc., Saturday during the Kaua‘i Pride Parade along Rice Street in Lihu‘e.

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Kaua‘i Habitat for Humanity’s David Bieker and a volunteer greet spectators Saturday during the Kaua‘i Pride Parade along Rice Street in Lihu‘e.

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Spectators react to the YWCA of Kaua‘i station Saturday during the Kaua‘i Pride Parade along Rice Street in Lihu‘e.

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A Kaua‘i Pride Parade spectator cannot resist the call to turn her vehicle into a parade float going past the station manned by the county’s Employee Council Saturday along Rice Street in Lihu‘e.

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Kaua‘i Community Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs Margaret Sanchez and Mahiai Naihe join a pair of costumed unicorns at the KCC station Saturday in the Kaua‘i Pride Parade along Rice Street in Lihu‘e.

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Roller derby dream as a participant in the Kaua‘i Pride Parade skates down Rice Street Saturday during the parade that attracted a nearly nonstop stream of cars enjoying the festivities from Vidinha Stadium to the Elsie Wilcox Elementary School parking lot in Lihu‘e.

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A volunteer from Tahiti Nui checks the bands of rainbow colors blocking the United Public Workers building entrance on Rice Street in Lihu‘e Saturday for the Kaua‘i Pride Parade.

LIHU‘E — Many people were skeptical about the Kaua‘i Pride Parade being able to be pulled off Saturday along Rice Street from Vidinha Stadium to Elsie Wilcox Elementary School.

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