HONK!

[badoingdoing]

There is something particularly nice about having twenty-nine or so activist marching bands (or so) converge on your neighborhood, playing up a storm. HONK is one of my favorite things about living in Somerville, and this year didn't disappoint. The only problem was that I couldn't get to see every band perform. Yay for the ones I did see,

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[ziqueenmab]

Emperor Norton's Stationary Marching Band
This sounds amazing.

[anacoluthon]

I miss my old marching band days. I am jealous that you had so many in your neighborhood!

Also, I am impressed by any amount of juggling skill, as I failed to learn to even juggle floaty scarves the one time someone tried to teach me.

[badoingdoing]

Well, I'm about where you are with toss juggling -- twelve catches of three bean bags is my all-time max. Contact juggling, on the other hand, I'm good enough that people can be justifiably impressed :)

Or, well, people at least pointed their kids at me as something interesting to watch during the parade.

[anacoluthon]

Oh, I see - I assumed "contact juggling" was a type of toss juggling, since I'd never seen types of juggling discussed before. I always thought of contact juggling as "that glass ball thing from Labyrinth," so now I'm glad I know what it's called.

I hear you're probably going to visit in the relatively near future... can I get you to show off for me? I've never seen anyone do it in person.

[badoingdoing]

Totally. I'll remember to bring a sphere. I usually travel with one anyway, even though the TSA has been known to look askance.

[volantwish]

I saw you!!!

[ubersturm]

man, i really wish i'd discovered HONK! before last year. was the girl with the gorgeous green-scaled dragon tuba there again this year? i completely failed to get a photo of her last year, but it was so incredibly awesome...