Simi Valley Days Parade
Toots, whistles and clowns around
Photos by Iris Smoot

FUNNY FOLK- Simi Valley resident Teresa Median, above, laughs when a clown with the Simi Girls' Fastpitch Softball league gives her daughter Kaitlyn, 2, a high-five during the Simi Valley Days Parade on Saturday morning. At left, Sarah Landy watches her daughter Samantha, 3, blow on a noisemaker. PARADEGOERS PARTY- (Counterclockwise from left) Simi Valley resident Brian Johnson breaks a wood block with his feet in a stunt for the U.S.A. Black Belt Academy. A Royal High School clarinet player gives her final performance for the judges with the marching band at the end of the parade. Members of the Simi Valley Boots and Slippers Square Dance Club greet the parade crowd. The girls of Dance Infinity perform a hip-hop routine.