Thursday, October 23, 2008
avant gard
a few weeks ago, there was this thing called honkfest in boston . . . lots of alt brass bands came together (the march fourth marching band from pdx was there!) for a big gathering of tubas, drums and other such lovely instruments . . . mixed with fishnets, stripes, glitter, top hats, wigs, masks and other lovely such burning man style attire . . . for one night they came down to providence to grace us with their energy and talent.
the event started in kennedy plaza (a park downtown by the bus mall). the bands warmed up and played a few spontanious songs together. there were people on stilts, clowns, hula hoops, children and adults alike dancing in the park . . . the noise and spectacle sure drew a crowd. then just near sunset, we took to the streets! the whole crowd and all the bands (maybe 4 or 5 by then . . . it grew to like 10 later in the night) took over washington street in unorganized, pre-planed mayhem . . . stopped traffic and paraded down to empire street to as220 (the local art co-op where my friend C lives).
i had met up with C at the park to watch the show and then we danced our little tooshies off down the street with the parade! people in costumes! stilts! music! balloons! streamers! public spectacle! loved it . . .
we all hung out on the street/sidewalk in front of as220 for a while. bands still erupting into spontanious performances. then the show moved inside.
each band took turns marching in playing their music . . . doing a set . . . having a few performers/mascots dance around with the crowd and then marching back out while the next band marched in.
i was such a happy girl!
one of the best nights of my life.
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