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More than 100 local dog owners marched with their pets in Depot Town Saturday for the March of the Mutts Parade.
The parade was led by Ypsilanti resident Steve Pierce on his Segway, along with a bagpiper. Together they led the parade down Rice Street and into the middle of Cross Street, where the marched down into Riverside Park.
The Ypsilanti High School marching band followed in the rear of the parade, playing Motown classics with dance moves to go along with the music in the parade.
According to Mayor Paul Schreiber, the turnout for the first year of the pet parade was better than what Depot Town Promotions expected.
“The organizers were figuring 50 (people), but they had over a hundred. So this was really wildly beyond our expectations,” Schreiber said. “It again proves what an interesting community we live in.”
Schreiber said that the parade proves that Depot Town is changing and adding more diverse activities to the local community.
“Depot Town used to be just a place to go for antiques, it still has that, but now they have Café Racer for motorcycles and a body art studio,” Schreiber.
“Diversity might be a good way to put it, but I also think with the economy people are looking at doing different things,” he said. “Ypsilanti is a great place to do that.”
After a lap around the park, the participants brought their dogs to the gazebo where the judges decided the six categories.
The cutest dog belonged to 7-year-old Vivian Satwicz. The best costume went to Cathy Britt's dog. Jan Anschuetz's dog won the most character contest, Beth Gathner's won best behaved and lake Kenzie won the most Irish.
Contest winners won such prizes as a grooming kit, leash and pet fountain.
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