This was the 9th year that our band of merry mischief makers has inserted a guerilla entry in the parade, and we faced unprecedented opposition. A wee man with a big clipboard actually shouted "They don't have a permit! Get them!" (The police officers he was addressing didn't bat an eye.) Apparently we had made a mockery of the Assistant Coordinator of the Orderly Adherence to The Rules one too many times. They also cut the take so we wouldn't be on TV for the first time. We really work it: fire spinners, puppets, dancers, costumes, kids... and the crowd LOVES us! Yes, I know rules are there for a reason. But I think somebody at the station ought to evaluate what makes the event joyful and entertaining. It's not the posers if front of a green screen.