BUCKFIELD — Adding to the enjoyment of a nearly 45-minute Labor Day Parade Monday, Buckfield-based entertainers Fritz Grobe and Stephen Voltz demonstrated their fizzy fountains by dropping Mentos candies into 2-liter bottles of Diet Coke.

Grobe, one-half of the Eepybird duo, had several young people assist in setting off numerous geysers at the town park before one of the largest crowds ever at the annual parade. Some estimates put the crowd at more than 2,000.

Eepybird’s soda-and-candy-powered rocket car was also in the procession of parade units.

The parade participants came from Buckfield and surrounding towns. Turner, Sumner, Paris, Buckfield and Hebron sent fire engines.

The Buckfield High School Band complete with majorettes gave a musical and colorful presentation.

There were floats from Buckfield Rescue, Pine Tree, Operation Santa Claus, East Sumner Congregational Church and young authors.

The Kora Crazy Cops entertained the crowds, and there were young bicycle riders, horses and old tractors.

More than a dozen restored antique cars entered the parade and were awarded prizes at the ball field after the parade.

Many types of engines were popular at the field, where their noise clashed with the classic rock music of FDX. One engine, which the owner said he still used for sawing wood, was built in 1910. He said there are only eight left in the world.

Miniature horse buggy rides were popular around the field near where kicking a field goal for a prize was taking place.

The Buckfield Community Church youth were collecting donations to fight child sex slavery and exploitation around the world.

People enjoyed the lovely weather by visiting, eating from one of the concessions and listening to the music.