Slideshow: May Fete Parade celebrates Palo Alto’s 125th Anniversary
May 5, 2019
Community organizations, clubs, and bands marched on Saturday morning down University Avenue at the May Fete Parade, beginning Palo Alto’s 125th year with music and celebration. The march concluded at Heritage Park, where educational booths, fun activities, and performances were available for children and adults.
![Economics teacher Eric Bloom encourages students to return their textbooks for the end of the year. According to Bloom, students might have recognized his unique fashion choices including vibrant shoes and belt buckles. Bloom said his attire choices actually linked to his lessons. "I have a lot of shoes, I have a lot of belt buckles and wear them purpose because of its educational value," Bloom said. "Especially in the earlier part of my career when we would talk about product differentiation, I had an assignment where students go home and count how many different kinds of shoes [they have]."](https://palyvoice.com/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Untitled-6-1-300x214.jpg)