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A powerful influence on the Fremont Solstice Parade, Dave McKay was a transplant
from Santa Barbara, California, who moved many people with his gentle spirit
and great talent. Tragically, he passed on in 1995, leaving us a rich legacy
of masks and costumes, a deep interest in creating and exploring mythologies,
and an example of inspired lunacy. The banner he designed and is seen with
here has been adopted as the logo of the Fremont Arts Council and, thanks
to a small bequest he left us and the energy of Norma
Baum, it is reproduced in the Solstice Banners
which mark our parade route and flutter over the neighborhood all summer
long. This shot was taken at the 1994 Solstice Parade.
Photo copyright © 1999 by Larry Neilson.