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"Somos Agua" - Mayday Parade 2007

May 06, 2007 21:20

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alisgray May 7 2007, 03:29:29 UTC

ooooh, THANK YOU! I had to work. at least we had sunshine through a window.

happy neugotik May 7 2007, 03:31:57 UTC

yay; glad you liked them; I just added more a second ago (behind the cut tag) I figured: heh, cut tag, why hold back? *smile*

sunshine has a way of sneaking in =)

neugotik May 7 2007, 03:43:59 UTC

they also had this cool bit where all these folks in 2 lines dressed in black did slow sword-like kata moves with blue water like swords - and they all had masks made out of platic bottles: creepy but very cool ... slow & quiet ( ... )

alisgray May 7 2007, 16:26:42 UTC

I liked them very much. My college also has a big old May Day tradition -- here are some photos from this year's. Maybe a bit heavy on the Morris Dancing photos, I suspect the photographer is a fan. The wearing of white and hoop races are very traditional; the people in togas are performing a play with the Greek and Classics department. Some years the president rides a horse instead of a golf cart. so nostalgic! there's a lot of close-harmony singing involved too, as I recall.

alisgray May 7 2007, 03:30:36 UTC

wow, the big shaggy dog is gorgeous! how did the kids like it?

neugotik May 7 2007, 03:33:25 UTC

hee hee: Omg I loved him! He was like a wolf & his eyes blinked & everything. The kids thought he was cool. Actually, he stood up & howled to the moon I have photos of that too - I got a lot of good ones, considering I only had 24 images left on my camera when I arrived (oops) hee hee.

Maybe I'll post that howling for you: it's good. I like wolves, very much.

skylarker May 7 2007, 15:45:53 UTC

Great shots! Some of these scenes didn't come into the part of the parking lot where I was watching.

neugotik May 13 2007, 04:30:10 UTC

yay; glad you enjoyed them! =) There were some awesome new float/giant puppet creations, as there are every year!

The black crow of one year & the alice and wonderland teaparty are still quite memorable, this year I quite liked the wolf, the mermaid/water-nymph, and a number of the seas/water creatures.

skylarker May 13 2007, 13:35:24 UTC

I was particularly taken with the flying fish, since I saw them from the parking lot, where it looked like they were flying above the trees!