More than anything else, I get my picture taken Stiltwalking, so I have way more stiltwalking pictures of me than of everything else I do put together, even though I lead games way more often. That's just the way it is. Get used to it. There's so many, in fact, that I have a separate page of my High Five Gallery of just the high five stiltwalking photos.

And now, in reverse chronological order, here's 150 pictures of me on stilts, dating from the present all the way back to 1988 shortly after I first started stiltwalking professionally:

 

 

 

 Rochester Christmas Parade
December 8, 2024
Rochester NH

 

 

 Ludlow 250th Celebration
"Falling into Fun"
Ludlow MA

October 6, 2024

 

 

 

 

 Chesterfield 4th of July Parade
Chesterfield MA

 July 4, 2024

 

 

 

 

 Newport Irish St. Patrick's Day Parade

Newport RI

March 16, 2024

 

 

 

New Haven St. Patrick's Day Parade

New Haven CT

March 10, 2024

 

 

 

 

 Rochester Holiday Parade

Rochester NH

December 4, 2023

 

 

 

 

 Exeter Holiday Parade
Exeter NH

December 2, 2023

 

 

 

 

Quincy Christmas Parade
Quincy MA

November 26, 2023

 

 

 

 

September 30, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 Southbury Celebration!
Southbury CT
September 9, 2023

 

 

 

 

Charlton Old Home Day

Charlton MA

September 3, 2023

 

At the starting line before and after the start of the Kids Fun Run.

 

 

 

 

 

 End of the Summer Reading Program
Hatfield Public Library
Hatfield MA

August 17, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 Summer Reading Program Finale
Needham Free Public Library
Needham MA
August 15, 2023

 

 

 

 

Chicopee Public Library

Chicopee MA
July 18, 2023

 

 

 

 Night Before the 4th Parade

Randolph MA

July 3, 2023

 

 

 

 

Concerts on the Grass
Bellingham MA
June 28, 2023

 

 

 

Watch City Steampunk Festival
Waltham MA

May 13, 2023

 

 

 

 

Meriden Daffodil Festival
Meriden CT
April 29, 2023

 

 

 

 

 

 South Boston St. Patrick's Day / Evacuation Day Parade
Boston MA
March 19, 2023

 

It was chilly and very windy in Southie that day. So windy, in fact, that in the staging area parking lot before the parade, I wasn't sure if it was going to be safe enough to walk because I was clinging to a light post so I wouldn't get blown over.  A few times when I was walking around to stay limber before the parade started, huge gusts actually moved me forward several steps. But, trooper that I am, I gave it a try. Fortunately, the wind on the street was very much hampered by the buildings on either side. There were a couple of cross streets where it took me by surprise, though. At any rate, it was still rather windy. Too windy, in fact, for me to be waving Big Yellow (my giant yellow ribbon dancer) around like in so many of the other parade pictures on this page. There's no way I was going to try to keep my balance in that wind while waving my arms all around! So instead, in response to a horn in the crowd near the beginning of the parade, I pulled out my own party horn and blasted it every 15-20 steps along most of the parade route. The crowd loved it and constantly egged me on to do it more!

 

 

 

 

 

New Haven St. Patrick's Day Parade

New Haven CT
March 12, 2023

 

Before the parade, I got tired of just standing around in the line-up (it was going to be at least an hour wait), so I stiltwalked up and down the street and did lots of Really High Fives and got my picture taken with lots of people including the upper photo.

 

 

 

 

 
Newport Irish St. Patrick's Day Parade
Newport RI
March 11, 2023

 

Sorry this is so blurry. It's a screen shot from a video. This historic cobblestone street is pretty cool, with lots of really nice little shops and restaurants on it, but it's a real bear to walk on... especially when it's wet like it was today.

 

 

 

 

 

Rochester Christmas Parade
Rochester NH
December 3, 2022

 

 

 

 

 Quincy Christmas Parade

Quincy MA

November 27, 2022

 

 

 

 Southbury Halloween Spooktacular
Southbury Fire Department
Southbury CT

October 22, 2022

 

This is the most organized, well-planned, well-run, large crowd event I've ever seen... and I've seen a LOT! Likely over 2,000 people paraded up a narrow outdoor walking route (no passing!) stopping every little bit at a wide variety of interesting, entertaining, and/or exciting booths where the costumed children and their families were delighted by this, that, or the other and then given some sort of Halloween loot. At the top of the hill, the route meandered through the inside of the Southbury Fire Department's 2nd floor which was completely — and I mean completely —  made up as a non-scary "haunted castle" were there were even more booths. And on coming back outside, the route lead everyone back down to the parking area. Ingenious. Flawless. Fabulous. 

 

 

 

 

 

Charlton Old Home Day
Charlton Town Common
Charlton MA

September 5, 2022

 
It was pouring down rain! I am so glad I came extra early to set up my booth because it started raining pretty much when I finished getting my pavilion up. So I finished setting up underneath for doing Project Ribbon Dancer for the last several hours of the event, put on my stilts inside my booth, popped open my huge umbrella, and strolled out into the rain at 9:00am. The Old Home Day Road Race had just begun, so by the time I had walked the sidewalk in all directions (wet grass is extremely slippery!), the front runners were nearing the finish line, which is just off camera to the left. So, along with a few other hearty souls with umbrellas and everyone else under the huge tent across the street in front of the Charlton Public Library, here I am cheering on a totally drenched runner (in the red shirt and dark shorts on the right) as he nears the end. The event was supposed to run all day with a parade at 3:00 and fireworks after dark, but the rain didn't let up a bit. By 11:00am, most of the attendees had gone home and more than half of the vendors had packed up and left. Someone came around and told everyone who was still there that they were calling the event and we could all go home at noon. It was still pouring.

 

 

Chester Fair
Chester MA
August 28, 2022

 

So, Gloria Seifert took the left photo in 2021. Then in 2022, the dad posed as close to the same photo as their daughter was willing. He told me afterwards that they were going to make it a family tradition. (pssst: There's another family that has been doing this for a decade or more now. They keep telling me they'll send me the photos, but I haven't gotten them yet.)

 

 

 

 

 

Pride March
Middletown PrideFEST
Middletown CT

June 4, 2022

 

I was marching behind a Dixieland band (upper photo), so I had wonderfully spirited music all the way!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Watch City Steampunk Festival
Waltham Town Common
Waltham MA
May 7, 2022

 

 

 

 

 

 Johnny's Jog for Charity
Blue Back Square
West Hartford CT
March 27, 2022

 

Here's an extreme close-up and an extreme distance shot of me at this terrific St. Patrick's themed fundraiser. In the upper photo, that's my leg on the left and the boy is very obviously looking up at me. In the lower photo, the little girl in the grey dress is about to jump up and give me a high five. (This photo is, of course, also in my High Five Gallery.)

 

 

 

 

 Newport Irish St. Patrick's Day Parade
Newport RI
March 12, 2022

 

It was pouring rain. All those speckles on the street are raindrops! It started out as a light drizzle, but shortly before the parade began, it started pouring buckets and didn't let up for most of the route. This photo is a still from a video. The guy filming it yelled, "Stilts?! In this weather!? Good luck, buddy!" This was my eighth year in this parade and so many units didn't show up because of the weather that the whole parade — which usually takes most of 2 hours to go by any given point — was less than 45 minutes long. I had a parade marshal near me throughout the entire parade checking on me to make sure I was okay. I suspect they were worried that I might slip and fall, but the road surface wasn't particularly slippery... I was, however, taking smaller steps, especially up the hills!

 

 

 

Quincy Christmas Parade

Quincy MA

November 28, 2021

 

Notice the banner in the parade that's right behind me: I was (unwittingly) a herald for Wally the Green Monster! This was the second time I was directly connected to Wally. The first was in 2007 when I entertained the crowds lining up to see the Red Sox World Series Trophy at Holyoke Heritage State Park in Holyoke MA and Wally was there, too. We got our picture taken together there several times.

 

 

 

 

Westfield Pumpkinfest
Westfield MA

October, 16, 2021

 

It's not often I'm dwarfed at an event! These characters were terrific! The people operating them were very professional and did a wonderful job interacting with the crowd, posing for photos, using their hands and arms expertly in approaching people, and were also very good with both children and adults. Congratulations to NightFallHartford for their excellence!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lakeville Arts & Music Festival
Lakeville MA
October 2, 2021

 

This was my second time at this delightful home town festival. At my suggestion and after much discussion on their part, they created a Children's Area so that there would be a focused area where activities for kids could happen. Unlike at my previous appearance, this made it SO much easier for families to find me when it was time for my show. And they've continued this ever since.

 

 

 

 

 

Quincy Flag Day Parade

Quincy MA

June 12, 2021

 

 

 

"Sproutland" movie shoot

Great Barrington MA
June 7, 2020

 

 

"TREVOR is BIG in Northampton!"
birthday card from my son-in-law
downtown Northampton MA
March 22, 2020

 

 

 

 

 Westwood Public Library
Westwood MA
February 18, 2020

 

 

 

 

Starry Starry Night Parade of Stars

Orange MA

December 31, 2019

 

As at my last performance at this event in 2017, after my two indoor shows, I got to lead the annual Parade of Stars from Town Hall down Main St to the town park. As soon as we got there, it started snowing fairly heavily, so it was rather treacherous walking back up the hill to where I was parked. I was very thankful to a local woman who stopped her car and jumped out to help me up the street for the last block because it was scary! 

 

 

 

 

 

 September 21, 2019
Northwest Park Country Fair
Northwest Park

Windsor CT

 

This is my 27th year at this terrific little country fair since 1992. Libby Taylor, who booked me for at least the first half of those, always raved about my appearances there. When her daughter, Nancy, took over that job, she said, "Libby, (my mom) always said we couldn't have a Country Fair without you!! She was right!!"

 

 

 

 

 

 Charlton Old Home Day
Charlton MA
September 2, 2019

 

 

 

 

Chicopee Downtown GetDown
Chicopee MA

August 24, 2019

 

I was performing for a rather large crowd in the very center intersection of this delightful street festival.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Chesterfield 4th of July Parade & Celebration
Chesterfield MA
July 4, 2019

 

The four photos above were taken at the Chesterfield Parade by four different people.

 

 

 

Westfield 350th parade
Westfield MA
May 19, 2019

 

The upper photo is a still from the video of the entire parade. The photographer of the lower picture, Doug James, booked me to entertain at the Westfield River Festival several times back in the 1980s! It was good to meet up with him again.

 

 

 

 

 
Watch City Steampunk Festival
Waltham MA
May 11, 2019

 

 

 

South Boston St. Patrick's Day Parade
Boston MA

March 17, 2019

 

 

 

 

 Newport Irish St. Patrick's Day Parade

Newport RI
March 16, 2019

 

 

 

 

 Westfield First Night Parade
Westfield MA

December 31, 2018

 

Can you see me way back there? I really do stand out in a crowd, now don't I!

 

 

 

 

 "Before the Parade"

 

 

 

 

 stART on the Street
Worcester MA
September 16, 2018

 

 

 "Would you like a little ketchup with that?"

Walk For LOVE
walk-a-thon & barbecue

Shriners Hospital
Springfield MA

September 8, 2018

 

 

 

Charlton Old Home Day Parade

Charlton MA

September 3, 2018

 

 

 

 Chesterfield 4th of July Parade & Celebration
Chesterfield MA
July 4, 2018

 

 

 Night Before the 4th Parade

Randolph MA

July 3, 2018

 

 

 

 Watch City Steampunk Festival
Waltham MA

May 12, 2018

 

Despite the wet rainy periods sprinkled throughout the day, there was no dampening of the spirits of the people at this unusual festival.

 

 

 

 

 Norris Elementary School Holiday Bazaar
Southampton MA
November 18, 2017

 

 

 "In and Out the Windows"

 

Kestrel Land Trust 5K for Farmland and Farmers Market

Hadley MA

October 15, 2017

 

As I wave the Big Yellow ribbon dancer up and down, the children are trying to go through the opening without getting tagged by it!

 

 

 

 

Walking in the parade (upper photo)
Getting a ride back to the beginning from Johnny Paindiris (lower photo)

Park Road Parade

West Hartford CT

October 7, 2017

Mendon 350th Anniversary Parade
Mendon MA

September 24, 2017

Westborough 300th Anniversary Grand Parade

Westborough MA
September 10, 2017

 "The View From Inside The Chicopee Library Bookmobile"

Chicopee Downtown Get Down
Chicopee MA
August 25, 2017

 Chesterfield 4th of July Parade
Chesterfield MA
July 4, 2017
 

Strawberry Ice Cream Social
River Valley Co-op
Northampton MA
June 22, 2017

 

 

 Hubbardston 250th Celebration
Hubbardston MA
June 17, 2017

Tina Martin and me. A pair of real weirdo's. The big difference is that I get paid for it!

 

Watch City Steampunk Festival
Waltham MA
May 13, 2017

 

Newport Irish St. Patrick's Day Parade
Newport RI
March 11, 2017

It was so cold that day: 20° with a wind chill factor of -8°! I had to wear my yellow wool beret with a balaclava under it, a scarf, a down vest, two jackets, four shirts, 3 pairs of gloves, three pairs of pants, knee pads, and four pairs of socks including my battery-operated electric socks. It was, indeed, extremely cold outside... but I was toasty! AND, I was voted "Best Crowd Pleaser" in the parade, too! What an honor! What a parade!

 

  Park Road Parade
Park Road Business Association
West Hartford CT
October 1, 2016

A rather wet day for a parade, but those who braved the weather were very enthusiastic!

 

 

"Going to See TREVOR!"

She's know me since I was born and has doted on me my whole life. It was great to see her and her local family members at the fair!

"Waiting for the Show to Start"

the 3 photos above were taken at
Rochester Country Fair
Rochester MA
August 18, 2016

 

 

Fitchburg Public Library
Fitchburg MA
June 23, 2016

 

Watch City Steampunk Festival
Waltham MA
May 7, 2016

 

 

 Kestrel Land Trust 5K for Farmland and Farmers' Market Festival
Hadley Common
Hadley MA
October 18, 2015

These two kids just landed from giving me simultaneous High Fives!

 

Springfield Dragon Boat Festival
Springfield MA
June 17, 2015

 

 

"The View from Above!"

 Strawberry Ice Cream Social
River Valley Co-op
Northampton MA
June 18, 2015

 

 Newport Irish St. Patrick's Day Parade
Newport RI
March 14, 2015 

It was a rainy, drizzly day, so before the parade started, I was waiting under this shop's awning (it's the slanty thing viewed end on, just above my hat). One of the staff came rushing out to take a photo of me in front of their cafe. I ducked out from under the awning for the photo, and the photographer was kind enough to send it to me.

 

 

Park Road Parade
West Hartford CT
October 5, 2013

 

 

Concerts at the Beach
Mendon MA
July 31, 2013

 

Brownington VT
February 16, 2013

Trying on my newly-finished stilt pants for fit... without my stilts!  *hee hee hee*

 

 

 UConn-Storrs Homecoming
Storrs CT
October 7, 2012

 Stiltwalking "walk-around" entertainment for adults. They love me, too!

 

 Newport Irish St Patrick's Day Parade
Newport RI
March 17, 2012

A great parade, a delightfully varied parade route, and a mighty lot of green!

 

Ballston Spa Village Family Fun Day
Saratoga County Fairgrounds
Ballston Spa NY
June 26, 2011

 

 Topsfield Fair
Topsfield MA
October 6, 2010

It was a very rainy day at the fair, but there were still smiles all around! Ellie(6) and Charlie(4) were there with their Grammy who took this picture.

 

 

"Look! An elephant!"

Burgy Fall Festival
Williamsburg MA
October 26, 2008

The above two photos were taken at the Burgy Fall Festival, a great local small town event.

 

 

 

Pleasant Revolution Parking Lot Party
River Valley Market
Northampton MA
September 16, 2008

 

 

 

 Raw Milk Day
Robinson Farm
Hardwick MA
September 3, 2008

 

 

Terryville Fair
Terryville CT
August 23, 2008

A high five photo of me the previous year won a blue ribbon. I had (easily) stepped over a chain keeping the crowds away from the photos to get a closer look when the photographer (who had pointed it out to me) thought it would be FUN to take a picture of me with last year's photo. I struck up this pose, and in 2009, this photo won 1st place! At the end of the 2009 fair, they let me keep the photo and the ribbon, both of which hang proudly on the wall in my office.

 

 

 

 

 

4th of July Celebration
Middletown CT
July 4, 2003

 A rare Yellow Sneakers photo! And you can only see one of them! The only other two I have are here and here. 

 

 

 

  KIDFEST
KidCity Children's Museum
Middletown CT
June 1, 2002

 

 

 

 
Chesterfield Independence Day Parade.
Chesterfield MA
July 4, 2001

 

 

 "Giving a Haircut" *

Abington Library
Abington MA
April, 18 2001

Genevieve Mayer's 4th birthday party
South Deerfield MA
June 12, 1990

 

Notice that cool leg banner that says "THE GAMES MAN"! I bartered it for a birthday party performance (but not this one). You'll only see it here at the next event above, though. Here's why: I did a school show that Fall and discovered that it stuck to the velvet stage curtains. So I hung it there for the show so it would get into photos and i.d. me. Unfortunately, I totally forgot about it when I packed up back stage after the show and left it behind. I called the school the next day but not even the custodian could locate it. So it was a 1-season thing.

 

 

 

 

 

Amherst Earth Day
Amherst MA
April 22, 1990

 

Before adopting my official red, yellow, and black color scheme in September 2000, I would always try and wear a shirt color to match the event. I also always wore a red carnation.

 

 

 

 

 

 

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