PHOTOS: 2024 Northwest Montana Fair Parade
CASEY KREIDER | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 2 years AGO
Kalispell Montessori students blow bubbles from a float during the Northwest Montana Fair Parade in Kalispell on Friday, Aug. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)
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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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STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER Casey Kreider is a staff photographer for the Daily Inter Lake. His work documents news, sports, wildlife, landscapes and everyday life across Northwest Montana through visual storytelling. Kreider’s keen eye captures major sporting events, community moments, and the natural beauty that defines the region. He is a graduate of Penn State University and previously worked as a photographer for Lancaster Newspapers in Pennsylvania. In 2024, he received the Montana Newspaper Association’s Mel Ruder Photograph of the Year award. IMPACT: Kreider's work brings readers closer to the people, places and moments that shape life in Northwest Montana through powerful visual journalism. | 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)Casey Kreider
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)Casey Kreider
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)Casey Kreider
Children wave and watch the Northwest Montana Fair Parade in Kalispell on Friday, Aug. 9. (Casey Kreider/Daily Inter Lake)Casey Kreider
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)Casey Kreider
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)Casey Kreider
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)Casey Kreider
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)Casey Kreider
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)Casey Kreider
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)Casey Kreider
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)Casey Kreider
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)Casey Kreider
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)Casey Kreider
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)Casey Kreider
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)Casey Kreider
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)Casey Kreider
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)Casey Kreider
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