Actually, I wanted to vote to both Yeses. I’ve marched in parades that I enjoyed, and I marched in parades that I was basically ordered to participate in (amusingly, the voluntold marching in one parade meant that I had free admission to the associated festival… which I had bought tickets to not 30 minutes before being informed that I was required to march in it. 
Combination of JROTC, Boy Scouts, and Air Force.
A number of times, mostly as a Girl Scout.
At this point, they’d be more like a rainbow thong. LOL
When I was in college I was at a branch campus of PSU and was asked to march in the parade wearing the mascot uniform.
I didn’t vote because my answer would be between yes, but I didn’t want to and yes I loved it.
For me it is, Yes, and I didn’t mind. (But after 5 miles, doing all those push-ups was really wearing me out.)
Played Sax in Marching Band in high school, so marched in a bunch of local parades…those were never very exciting.
However there were some standouts. We did march in the Annual South Boston St. Patrick’s Day parade, those are always fun, and one year we marched in the Disney World Main Street Parade.
I voted “Yes – loved it” although that’s an overstatement… I was in my high school’s marching band. Overall I pretty much enjoyed marching in parades but it wasn’t something I got all that stoked about.
Our karate school marched in a small neighborhood parade shortly after I got my black belt. I got to march along with the kids and kinda sorta demonstrate some forms and moves about once every block, just to get the kids moving and showing off.
Not enough choices so I didn’t vote. I have been in parades. I have liked it and hated it on different occasions.
Couple of military parades when I was in the USAF. One was a Battle of Britain Remembrance Day kind of parade when I was over in England. Got out of normal duty a couple of days. Kind of interesting and a few giggles actually.
I’ve been in many parades in my town and nearby over the last forty-something years. Memorial Day parades when in the school bands–elementary, junior high, high school. Later I created the town’s annual Fourth of July parade, so I’ve more or less had to march in that. Then more Memorial Day and Veterans Day parades with my historical reenacting group, which is about ten years old.
This year our town celebrated its bicentennial so there was a huge parade in July to celebrate that.
My town has always done parades on Memorial Day, Labor Day and a Holiday parade (the Wednesday night before Thanksgiving). More recently they’ve added a St. Patrick’s Day parade. Apparently we have a lot of Irish folk living around here? I’m not sure.
Anywho… In high school I marched with the band first as a drummer then later as a “flag girl”. Also known as “not quite cool enough to be a cheerleader”. As an adult, I was in many parades with my ex-husband who is in the Army. We always rode on some kind of large vehicle. The kids really loved it.
Yes, I was in high school marching band and I still kind of miss it.
In high school band, and later when the company I worked for (laundry appliance manufacturer) had us walking in community parades wearing company tee shirts and handing out samples of Tide. That was fun, but it was always on Saturdays when I would have preferred to sleep in.
Once, when I was about 10 or 11 years old and playing in Little League. Marched with the team, but don’t remember the reason. Don’t really remember much about it at all, really (Mom has pictures), but since I was a very shy kid, I don’t imagine I wanted to do so at all.
I played trumpet for 2 years in high school, so I marched in parades as a result. I also marched in the Día de los Muertos parade on South St in Philadelphia.
1982 Mummers Day Parade in Philadelphia.
(Also played Madison Square Garden in the tour following the parade)
Athletes parade at a world championship. Showing the flag, et al. Bit of an embuggerance.
Done it a few times. I wouldn’t say it was fun. It was okay, I guess. People deliberately look at you, which is a bit of a weird feeling when you’re not courting it.
It’s also kind of a silly thing to do, now that I think about it, but that doesn’t stop me from enjoying watching a parade when one goes by.
Between Boy Scouts and Marching Band (from 7th grade through my sophomore year in college) I was in many parades. I’ve also done parades as part of various theater groups. The most recent ‘parade’ was a union march on our state capital I participated in about 6 years ago.
I could vote either of the last two options. It’s not really that bad physically, if it weren’t for how bad you sweat. I mean, sure, it wears you out, but at least it’s not aerobically challenging or anything. You’re moving way too slow for that. Though, granted, I’m not a tuba player or anything. My clarinet was extremely light.
But, still, it gets kinda boring. And, annoying with all that sweat running into your eyes that you can’t do anything about. You’re always “on,” and since you’re marching, you can’t break posture to fix anything. And it’s not like you can carry anything with you to stop it.
I guess those "you"s should be "I"s, since it’s just my experience. Some people didn’t seem to sweat at all, even in the hot uniforms. And I never saw anyone actually march that wasn’t in band–even the Scouts just walked.