May Day Parade

Of course it took me till July to get the May Day pictures up. No idea why it took me this long. Ah well, imperfection at it's finest. A friend of mine said, "let's go to the May Day Parade" more or less. Now that Olivia is 2 i figured she would get a kick out of it. She would actually have the attention span to watch it instead of wanting to eat the dirt off the ground.

The May Day Parade took place in S.Mpls specifically on Bloomington Ave where the street is blocked off for the day i believe. It is put on by In the Heart of the Beast (HOBT) which is a puppet and mask theater company. To find out more about HOBT (you really should it's very interesting) go here.

This was our first May Day parade and my friend was explaining that the parade was actually a story that has four scenes. This year it was Uproar! If i had been thinking i would have made sure to get a picture from each scene, but i missed out on the first one. You can go here to find the full Uproar! story.



I saw this guy walk by in the parade. I loved his umbrella. I just loved his whole costume actually. He reminded me of the old school "hobo" statues my grandparents' friend used to collect. Hmmm... yeah i know. Extremely random memory.



This is the begining of the 2nd scene Breathe!. The people breathe and actually become breath and dance. These were my favorite puppets.



I loved the wind chimes the Breathe puppets carried. There's something about them... kind of mystical. If i didn't have neighbors so close, i would have windchimes all around my deck. No lie.

This is from the Return scene. "The return to wisdom and ancestors." This owl came towards us. I loved how this puppet was designed. I thought Olivia would freak out but she just stared and stared. The owl reached out a hand to Olivia and Olivia touched her hand (with my help). It wasn't often that the puppets came to the curb so i thought that was a neat moment.

I have more pictures that i'll put up. To find the history of the parade, go here. It's interesting.