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PHOTOS: 2024 Northwest Montana Fair Parade

CASEY KREIDER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 1 year, 6 months AGO
by CASEY KREIDER
Casey Kreider is a photographer for the Daily Inter Lake and was awarded the 2024 Mel Ruder Photograph of the Year from the Montana Newspaper Association. He is a graduate of Penn State University and previously worked as a photographer for Lancaster Newspapers in Pennsylvania. He can be reached at [email protected]. | August 9, 2024 12:15 PM

Scenes from the 2024 Northwest Montana Fair Parade along Main Street in Kalispell on Friday, Aug. 9.


    Miss Teen Northwest Montana Rodeo rides a horse down Main Street during the Northwest Montana Fair Parade in Kalispell on Friday, Aug. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Members of the Flathead Shrine Club hand out candy during the Northwest Montana Fair Parade in Kalispell on Friday, Aug. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Vayda Kauffman, 2024 Junior Teen Northwest Montana Rodeo walks down Main Street during the Northwest Montana Fair Parade in Kalispell on Friday, Aug. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Children wave and watch the Northwest Montana Fair Parade in Kalispell on Friday, Aug. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Members of the Flathead High School Marching Band perform during the Northwest Montana Fair Parade in Kalispell on Friday, Aug. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Members of the Glacier Wolfpack Marching Band perform during the Northwest Montana Fair Parade in Kalispell on Friday, Aug. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Flathead High School cheerleaders walk down Main Street during the Northwest Montana Fair Parade in Kalispell on Friday, Aug. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Members of the Flathead Shrine Club hand out candy during the Northwest Montana Fair Parade in Kalispell on Friday, Aug. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    A vintage fire truck rolls down Main Street during the Northwest Montana Fair Parade in Kalispell on Friday, Aug. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Cody Carson, 2024 Miss Northwest Montana Rodeo, waves from a pickup truck during the Northwest Montana Fair Parade in Kalispell on Friday, Aug. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    A young girl puts her hands over her ears during the Northwest Montana Fair Parade in Kalispell on Friday, Aug. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Members of the Flathead High School Marching Band perform during the Northwest Montana Fair Parade in Kalispell on Friday, Aug. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Members of the Glacier Wolfpack Marching Band perform during the Northwest Montana Fair Parade in Kalispell on Friday, Aug. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Paula Sullivan with the Flathead County Sheriff's Office tosses candy to kids during the Northwest Montana Fair Parade in Kalispell on Friday, Aug. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Two people in the procession wear chicken and cow suits during the Northwest Montana Fair Parade in Kalispell on Friday, Aug. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    A child tosses a handful of candy to specators during the Northwest Montana Fair Parade in Kalispell on Friday, Aug. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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    Eli Heil and Trenton Lynch with Kalispell FFA lead a procession on tractors down Main Street during the Northwest Montana Fair Parade in Kalispell on Friday, Aug. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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