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    Before the start of the Bubbles Parade, Mr. Bubbles helped children learn how to create giant sudsy spheres.
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    After the Bubbles Parade marched around the Plaza, participants enjoyed — yes — more bubbles.
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    Children and parents found lots of activities in the family-friendly Kids Zone.
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    Coaches and members of the Humboldt Crabs were ready for autographs and photos in the morning prior to the start of their afternoon game.
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    Hulk Hogan (a.k.a. Eric Giacone, of Eureka, and one of the Humboldt Crabs coaches) was on hand with several Crabs players to autograph baseballs and pose for photos with Crabs fans prior to their afternoon game.
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    Trinity Rasband, of Arcata, moved in close to the bubble generator prior to the start of the Bubble Parade.
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    Jerome and Luka Bearbower, of Bayside, enjoyed the bubble machine prior to the start of the Bubble Parade.
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    Mr. “Bubbles” (right) help lead the giant puppets, Samba da Alegria and lots of children and parents in the Bubble Parade toward the Arcata Plaza.
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    Raiden Morehead, 2, and his father Rick, of Arcata, checked out the skate ramps in the Kids Zone.
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    Raiden Morehead, 2, of Arcata, recovers from a spill on his skate board in the Kids Zone.
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    Brady Bayless (left), 6, of Eureka and others looked over the drop on one of the skate ramps in the Kids Zone.
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    Being allowed to climb all over the Korbel Volunteer Fire Department’s fire truck parked on the plaza was a popular activity for many children, including Theo (left) and Zachary Coriell, of Arcata.
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    Aerial silk dancer Heather Irvin, of Arcata, and others from the Humboldt Aerial Collective showed off their strength and agility in performances on the plaza.
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    Feeling the flow on the plaza.
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    Aerial silk dancer Heather Irvin, of Arcata, showed off her strength and agility in a performance on the plaza.
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    Aerial silk dancer Sage Crain of the Humboldt Aerial Collective, high above the plaza.