The three of them waited for Dolan and then another discussion ensued, at the end of which the four of them formed a little ragtag parade and trudged toward me.

Cortés and his band of conquistadors are brilliantly evoked, and with a good deal of wit - "a ragtag parade of fools and indigents" driven by a commander of unusual vitality.

The exhibition begins with his jarring "Shadow Procession" (1999), a ragtag parade of silhouetted moving images projected on a big screen, which evokes the displaced and dispossessed who haunt not only South Africa but the history of the world.

From outside the cemetery walls, the ugly chant of a ragtag parade grew audible: "Death to the Arabs."

Scenes of lush forest and picture-perfect wildlife are followed by a ragtag parade through the development, singing, fireworks and a feast of colored doughnuts.

In a picture taken in 1950 in Ann Arbor, Mich., a high-stepping drum major in shiny boots and tall shako leads a ragtag parade of children across a campus lawn.