Everyone Loves a Parade

The Sunflower Festival is similar to a big reunion.  You see people you haven't seen in years (sometimes on purpose!) and again realize how quickly another year has passed as you reminisce about what has happened since the last festival.  I missed the festival last year, so I was able to once again enjoy the sights and sounds it has to offer, starting with the parade.  Being the Sunflower festival, you can't forget to bring the sunflower seeds along with your lawnchairs.  You hear the bagpipes in the distance, see the flashing lights of the police car and sit back to see what the parade has in store.  My only question - how much do you get paid to be a giant tire (or other such mascot), especially on a day when the temperature reached +30?!?