WITH MANY THANKS for the generous in-kind donations from Snohomish Flying Service, helicopter pilot Stacy Stone, and photographer Dennis Bishop, we are happy to present a WEB GALLERY of bird’s eye images of the Kla Ha Ya Sunset Parade for your enjoyment.
This past May, Membership Web Team members tripped all over themselves to post the news that a billboard artwork was installed announcing, “This Place Matters.” The agreement with the Icon Groupe was to leave the art up for 30 days, but as we got closer to the annual festival and it was still in place, president Warner Blake contacted Kandace Harvey for the possibility of capturing aerial views of the billboard and the parade. Her company, Snohomish Flying Service donated a half-hour of helicopter time, pilot Stacy Stone donated his skills at the controls, and photographer Dennis Bishop agreed to help out the Society, once again.
The attraction of capturing aerial views came from Tom Hamilton, balloon pilot with Airial Balloon Company, who emailed us this shot from his command post, taken just after sunrise on July 5th, when most Snohomish residents were still sleeping under the haze of their household financed firework displays from the night before.
Photo by Tom Hamilton, balloon pilot, taken on July 5, 2009
