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Roy Rogers Horse (Trigger) and German Shepherd (Bullet) Float Ready for Parade by RFD-TV Tourament of Roses 123rd Parade
Always ready for a religious procession. In Trincomalee I had come across a couple of amazing processions, awesome klezmer-like music (I think klezmer has its roots in India), fire, coconuts, offerings, ashes, smoke, and things left outside the houses....giant leaves with rice on them...also in front of a tea store the owner gave out juice boxes and at another procession, ladies bringing out pitchers of a drink they were pouring for float participants and onlookers.
Of course I had my camera with me. But ya know what? I just felt kinda funny taking pictures of a religious procession....it seemed beyond rude to me, kind of disgusting. I saw other people doing it and I suppose it didn't matter but I wanted to just be, not necessarily participate, but just be and not take any picture.
Well it paid off in a way. A lady poured some of the drink for a kid who ran over to me and told me to drink it. By now the usual laughter all around. I knew it was ok so I drank it down. What do you think it was? Tasted like a tea drink sweetened or maybe with fruit juice added...I couldn't tell...but in it were pieces of onion. Ashok is coming over tonight. I have to ask him what that was!
The Imperial Order of Odd Fellows float, one of Nelson's older City lodges. The Kootenay Lodge was incorporated on November 24th, 1919. The Odd Fellows are an international fraternity dating back to the 1700s, and are still active today.
I managed to get a quick picture of the Downey Float getting ready to head out for it's 8-hour ride to Pasadena...taking side streets. On a normal day, it's only 25 minutes away. Our City float is built just a few blocks from my home, so I frequently go to the building site the week before New Year's Eve. Not this year, though. The route takes it just 10 houses away from mine at the end of the street. Usually, it's traveling so quickly I can't get a good shot. Just feet from the main street, they were stopped for some last-minute adjustments. I hopped out of the car and grabbed a quick shot of the back end of the float. Thanks, Judy, for coming with me. I should have gotten a picture of you with the float.
Large Nebuta lantern float with light. Nebuta House Warasse, Aomori, Aomori prefecture, Japan. 青森市 ねぶたの家 ワ・ラッセ
I am creating an art float with friends and neighbors for this year’s Mill Valley Memorial Day Parade.
Our float for this parade features the Bamboodu Theater, a mobile puppet stage I created for civic events and art shows. Our first show stars Lady Liberty and Mr. Trump. As music plays, a Mr. Trump’s recent tweets and alternative facts appear on a news ticker. Each time Trump says something wrong, Liberty hits him on his thick, bobbing head.
As we march, we will invite parade watchers to sing along the inspiring poem by Emma Lazarus about the Statue of Liberty (“Give me your tired, your poor …”). Through this interactive art experience, we hope to engage people of all ages to change the world through civic action.
I am building this float with a wonderful team at the Mill Valley Community Action Network (MVCAN), a local political group which I recently joined to resist the conservative takeover of our country.
I’m very grateful to all our friends and neighbors who are helping bring it to life: Danny Altman, Laura Boles, Jean Bolte, Phyllis Florin, David Glad, Peter Graumann, Edward Janne, Suz Lipman, Jean Marie Murphy and Mark Petrakis, to name but a few.
Our Bamboodu Float is coming along beautifully, and I can’t wait to show it off at the parade on Monday, May 29, 2017.
Join your neighbors to keep democracy alive!
Learn more about the Bamboodu Float: bit.ly/mvcan-float-info
Learn more about my Bamboodu Theater: bit.ly/bamboodu-info
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And now Float is looking much more like herself. OMG I could not be happier with this wig! First of all, it's wonderful quality! Secondly, it fits her head perfectly! Third, OMG! She looks like Float! :D
“When the tides of life turn against you and the current upsets your boat, don't waste those tears on what might have been, just lie on your back and float.”
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On swimming pools with a width of 3.00m or wider a central float is added to the central tensioning system as additional safety precaution, this ensures that the net remains above the water and especially when the swimming pool water level is raised due to rain.
Behold the Art Float for Social Change! Our unique parade float features Mother Earth and a circle of waving hands, spinning on a carousel of art pulled by the pataphysical dragon Quetzy. We presented the Art Float to thousands of participants at the colorful Fairfax Festival Parade on June 9, 2018. Photo by Fabrice Florin.
The Art Float was created by Fabrice Florin, Geo Monley and over a hundred volunteers at Tam Makers, with the gracious support of Good Earth, MVCAN, Pataphysical Studios, Tam High School and the Youth Poster Contest. Activists Greg Brockbank and the Freedom Singers stood on the float podium and led us into song with classics like ‘This Land is Your Land’. They took turns with local musicians Sheri Cooper and Clancy Bounds, who inspired us with their heartfelt songs for a better world. We hope to engage more people to participate in democracy -- and we invite you all to vote, speak up -- and be the change!
Thanks to all our friends and neighbors who made this project possible! We are particularly grateful to our wonderful event crew, including Derek Bacchus, Joey Burnett, Phyllis Florin and Marilyn Price, as well as videographer Kim Spencer, photographers Dana Dworin and Grace Severtson. For this event, we had the privilege of marching with like-minded partners: the Climate Action Coalition carried a large white crane held by members of 350Marin, Marin Clean Energy, Sustainable Fairfax, Drawdown Marin, Sierra Club Marin and Mamas on Fire. And peace activist Jes Richardson closed our procession with his GandhiMobile. Special thanks as well to Cynthia Briggs and the gracious organizers of the Fairfax Festival Parade.
We’ll present the Art Float again at the Fourth of July Parade in Corte Madera -- and throughout California in fall 2018, to help get out the vote for our next elections. Learn more here: www.tammakers.org/art-float/