Gallery: In annual rite, students fill streets of Snohomish

About 1,500 Snohomish High School students walked through downtown Snohomish in the annual Serpentine Parade on Friday to mark the school’s homecoming celebration. It’s been a tradition for generations of students.

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Hayden DeYoung (40) ducked, but Nolan Harris stands, barely clearing wires while riding in a fire truck during the annual Serpentine Parade of Snohomish High School students on Friday in Snohomish. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Snohomish High School students slap hands with Central Elementary students during the annual Serpentine Parade on Friday. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Freshman Troy Pennamen sports three red-and-black spikes in his hair. He was among about 1,500 Snohomish High School students who walked in the annual Serpentine Parade in Snohomish on Friday. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Snohomish High School students walk in the annual Serpentine Parade in Snohomish on Friday. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

English teacher Tim Fraser-Bumatay wears an Iron Man costume as he and Snohomish High School students walk in the annual Serpentine Parade on Friday, a tradition for generations of students. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Snohomish High School students walk down Fifth Street in the annual Serpentine Parade on Friday. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Some 1,500 Snohomish High School students walk in the annual Serpentine Parade on Friday in downtown Snohomish. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Residents watch more than 1,500 Snohomish High School students walk in the annual Serpentine Parade downtown on Friday. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

A trio of Snohomish High School students take a selfie as they walk in Friday’s annual Serpentine Parade, a tradition for generations of students in Snohomish. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Hayden DeYoung (40) ducked, but Nolan Harris stands, barely clearing wires while riding in a fire truck during the annual Serpentine Parade of Snohomish High School students on Friday in Snohomish. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Snohomish High School students slap hands with Central Elementary students during the annual Serpentine Parade on Friday. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Freshman Troy Pennamen sports three red-and-black spikes in his hair. He was among about 1,500 Snohomish High School students who walked in the annual Serpentine Parade in Snohomish on Friday. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Snohomish High School students walk in the annual Serpentine Parade in Snohomish on Friday. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

English teacher Tim Fraser-Bumatay wears an Iron Man costume as he and Snohomish High School students walk in the annual Serpentine Parade on Friday, a tradition for generations of students. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Snohomish High School students walk down Fifth Street in the annual Serpentine Parade on Friday. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Some 1,500 Snohomish High School students walk in the annual Serpentine Parade on Friday in downtown Snohomish. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

Residents watch more than 1,500 Snohomish High School students walk in the annual Serpentine Parade downtown on Friday. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)

A trio of Snohomish High School students take a selfie as they walk in Friday’s annual Serpentine Parade, a tradition for generations of students in Snohomish. (Andy Bronson / The Herald)