Pioneer Day 2003 images

Americanas Horse Riding Group member Vanessa Schwendiman rides in the 60th annual Days of '47 parade Thursday.

Sun shines through the halos of Mama's Faith Temple Choir on their float. The parade's 9 a.m. start time let them beat some of the heat.

Spectators watch the Corner Canyon Stake float of Draper pass the City-County Building. The Days of '47 parade begins at South Temple and Main streets and proceeds to Liberty Park.

President Thomas S. Monson and Sister Frances Monson of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints wave from car.

Tram Vo, left, and Tu Huynh greet spectators as they march with the Vietnamese Community of Utah float in the Pioneer Day festivities.

Rose Park resident Brad Christensen dishes out some good-natured heckling to participants in the Days of '47 parade.

Jen Andrews, left, and Marci Hartley, right, both of Kaysville, dance to "Louie Louie" with a friend during the Days of '47 parade. The parade, one of the oldest and largest in the United States, attracts thousands annually. The first Pioneer Day was celebrated in Utah in 1849, but the parade and Days of '47 events known today didn't begin until 1943.