I'm typically not a huge fan of them, but if Garrett is marching in it, then I'll go to take pictures or have some else take pictures for me. I have been asked to walk in a couple of parades with the band, and have done it....no big deal, but still, not really a big fan.
I went to lots of them to watch the girls march or dance; took the kids when they were little to the Christmas parade in town; marched in a ton of parades as a girl..........I like them but we don't have many that I'm interested in around here. Now I DO go to the big St.Patty's Day parade pretty much every year. It is BIG, like a Mardi Gras parade. We actually set up a tent with food and "party all day."