Ring Out Loud
It's the Actual Start of the Parade!
this is my 15th? 20th? post on Carnivale and The Mardi Gras By The Sea Parade... and yet, this one is the actual first one from the parade, itself! Here, the Grand Marshal. I've seen him around town, as our Town Crier. He's been in the first car for every parade, we have ever been to. And he;s something of a fixture. I have no idea who he is, and I've passed him by hundreds of times over the last 30 years.
My task this year is to find out his name. Seems important to the town, so I think it only right!
Oh, and Apropos of nothing whatsoever, there's a Greek Flag and a Turkish Flag, flying right next to each other on the balcony,top middle of the image. Ironic, given their enmity towards each other? Or a statement about coming together?
2018 Carnivale Parade
Mardi Gras By The Sea
Be good. Do good.
Don't be an Ass.
The bells are ringing
The song they're singing
The sound is bringing the people 'round
(the bells are ringing the song they're singing the sound is)
They hear the instructions (bringing the people 'round)
- John Flansburgh / John Linnell / John C. Flansburgh / John S. Linnell
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