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PHOTOS: Color run, Kiddie Parade and water ski show keep Bemidjians busy at the Water Carnival

The Bemidji Jaycees 77th Annual Water Carnival continued on Saturday with events such as the Double Your Fun Color Run, Kiddie Parade and the Bald Eagle Water Ski Show.

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Dakota Leith, 1, drinks from a bottle while riding his motorcycle in the Kiddie Parade on Lake Boulevard Saturday, July 3, 2021, during the Bemidji Jaycees Water Carnival. (Jillian Gandsey / Bemidji Pioneer)

BEMIDJI -- The Bemidji Jaycees 77th Annual Water Carnival continued on Saturday with events such as the Double Your Fun Color Run, the Kiddie Parade and the Bald Eagle Water Ski Show.

The day started off with the color run, which had about 90 participants pre-registered for the event. The Kiddie Parade began at BSU's Bangsberg Hall and headed down Lake Boulevard just in time to end at the Bald Eagle Water Ski Show held at 1 p.m. at the Lake Bemidji waterfront.

Merriam's Midway will be open from noon to 10 p.m. in the Sanford Center parking lot during the rest of the carnival but closes at 8 p.m. on July 5. There will be armband specials for $20 from noon to 6 p.m. on Sunday, July 4 and Monday, July 5.

Remaining events for the Water Carnival include:

  • The 77th Annual Bemidji Jaycees Water Carnival Grand Parade will be held from 1 to 3 p.m. on Sunday, July 4. It will start at the intersection of 15th Street and Beltrami Avenue and travel south on Beltrami Avenue, turn west on Fifth Street for one block and then head north along Minnesota Avenue, ending again on 15th Street.

  • The fireworks display, presented by Hill’s Plumbing and Heating, will be held at dusk, usually around 9:45 to 10:15 p.m., on Sunday, July 4, on the southwest end of Lake Bemidji.

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Participants in the Double Your Fun Color Run are doused with “color” while running along Paul Bunyan Drive on Saturday, July 3, 2021, during the Bemidji Jaycees Water Carnival. (Jillian Gandsey / Bemidji Pioneer)

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A large crowd came out for the Bald Eagle Water Ski Club Show on Saturday, July 3, 2021, during the Bemidji Jaycees Water Carnival. (Annalise Braught / Bemidji Pioneer)

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A member of the Bald Eagle Water Ski Club does a flip on a kneeboard during a show Saturday, July 3, 2021, during the Bemidji Jaycees Water Carnival. (Jillian Gandsey / Bemidji Pioneer)

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Adeline Story, 1, rides in a wagon during during the Kiddie Parade on Lake Boulevard Saturday, July 3, 2021, during the Bemidji Jaycees Water Carnival. (Jillian Gandsey / Bemidji Pioneer)

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Bald Eagle Water Ski Club members create a pyramid as the final act of their show on Saturday, July 3, 2021, during the Bemidji Jaycees Water Carnival. (Annalise Braught / Bemidji Pioneer)

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A participant runs through some “color” during the Double Your Fun Color Run on Saturday, July 3, 2021, during the Bemidji Jaycees Water Carnival. (Jillian Gandsey / Bemidji Pioneer)

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Bald Eagle Water Ski Club member Charlie Kohl, 10, heads toward shore on his wakeboard on Saturday, July 3, 2021, during the Bemidji Jaycees Water Carnival. (Annalise Braught / Bemidji Pioneer)

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Participants in the Kiddie Parade head down Lake Boulevard on Saturday, July 3, 2021, during the Bemidji Jaycees Water Carnival. (Jillian Gandsey / Bemidji Pioneer)

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Participants in the Kiddie Parade take off from the start on Lake Boulevard on Saturday, July 3, 2021, during the Bemidji Jaycees Water Carnival. (Jillian Gandsey / Bemidji Pioneer)

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Bald Eagle Water Ski Club members perform an acrobatic trick during a show on Saturday, July 3, 2021, during the Bemidji Jaycees Water Carnival. (Annalise Braught / Bemidji Pioneer)

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Participants in the Kiddie Parade head down Lake Boulevard on Saturday, July 3, 2021, during the Bemidji Jaycees Water Carnival. (Jillian Gandsey / Bemidji Pioneer)

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Bemidji Jaycee Larissa Donovan throws color onto a pair running the Double Your Fun Color Run on Saturday, July 3, 2021, during the Bemidji Jaycees Water Carnival. (Jillian Gandsey / Bemidji Pioneer)

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Members of the Bald Eagle Water Ski Club performs at a show on Saturday, July 3, 2021, during the Bemidji Jaycees Water Carnival. (Jillian Gandsey / Bemidji Pioneer)

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Participants in the Double Your Fun Color Run are doused with “color” while running along Paul Bunyan Drive on Saturday, July 3, 2021, during the Bemidji Jaycees Water Carnival. (Jillian Gandsey / Bemidji Pioneer)

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Bald Eagle Water Ski Club members jump off a ramp during a show on Saturday, July 3, 2021, during the Bemidji Jaycees Water Carnival. (Annalise Braught / Bemidji Pioneer)

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A crowd watches the Bald Eagle Water Ski Show from Library Park on Saturday, July 3, 2021, during the Bemidji Jaycees Water Carnival. (Jillian Gandsey / Bemidji Pioneer)

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Bald Eagle Water Ski Club members create a pyramid during a show on Saturday, July 3, 2021, during the Bemidji Jaycees Water Carnival. (Annalise Braught / Bemidji Pioneer)

Jillian Gandsey is the Multimedia Editor at the Bemidji Pioneer. She is an Iron Range native and a 2013 graduate of Bemidji State University. Follow Jillian on Twitter and Instagram @jilliangandsey. Contact her at (218) 333-9786, (218) 996-1216 or at jgandsey@bemidjipioneer.com.
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