Thousands of people packed Worthing seafront for the annual Rotary carnival.
Almost 40 floats took part in yesterday's parade, led by the Corps of Drums Society, from Marine Crescent, Goring, to Steyne Gardens.
Carnival princess Rachael Hebberd, 12, and her mother Debbie arrived in a white Rolls-Royce before boarding the Rotary bus, an open-topped Southdown double-decker decorated with blue and yellow balloons.
Littlehampton's carnival queen, Colette Pote, 24, followed in a silver Mercedes-Benz.
Before the 1.30pm start, Ron Noakes, chairman of the Rotary carnival committee, said: "I haven't slept all week."
There was an 11th-hour hiccup when the bus earmarked to carry the civic dignitaries broke down on Sunday night, but it was fixed in time.
The carnival proceeded to go without a hitch and Mr Noakes said he was delighted at the high standard of the floats and the number of people watching.
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