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The 2nd Annual “People’s Joy Parade”
An Art Processional Celebrating the Diversity of Zocalo Cherokee
The People’s Joy Parade is a grassroots menagerie of crepe paper float makers, home made costume fashionistas, b-boys/girls, midnight minstrels, Gigante puppeteers, art cars, bike brigades, moving installation artists, Elvis impersonators, cardboard bricoleurs, rainbow dancers, knights of St. Louis, drag queens, beat making marching bands, Mexican wrestlers, robot makers, Virgin of Guadalupe’s, and any lost members of the Missouri tribe.
Because… parades recognize the importance of the people who make up a community.
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Interactive-Art Pre-Parade Programming @ CAMP!
C.A.M.P. = The Community Arts and Movement Project
3026 Cherokee Street
www.stlcamp.org
314-827-4730
FOOTBEAT: A Moving Community Sing-along including favorites like “Man in the Mirror”, “Lean on Me”, and “Dancing in the Streets”
Rehearsals:
Sunday April 18 @ 5pm
Sunday May 2 @ 5pm
GIGANTE Workshops: Learn how to build your own towering puppet from papier mache and bamboo.
RSVP Required
Saturday April 17 @ 1-3pm
Saturday April 24 @ 1-3pm
COSTUME SHOP hosted by The Finder’s Hive: Tweak your get-up or make a funny hat or mask with help from some great local artists!
Fun and free for all ages — children under 14 accompanied by an adult please, and donations welcome!
Sunday May 1 @ 12-4pm
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The People’s Joy PARADE!
Saturday May 8 @ 1:11pm
To march in the parade, please contact coordinator Sarah Paulsen at pintorasp@hotmail.com
Meet in the Black Forest Parking Lot promptly @ noon to line up!
Come join us in an expression of spring time celebration to honor the spirit of community on Cherokee St, our favorite Mexican neighborhood, the neighbors you know and don't know, and/or the resourceful creations of local artists.
To participate in the parade contact
La Sarenita Paulsen
at pintorasp@hotmail.com
(314) 221-2221
Parade Route
Starting at MINNESOTA & CHEROKEE at 1:11PM
EAST on CHEROKEE to NEBRASKA
NORTH on NEBRASKA to UTAH
EAST on UTAH to IOWA
SOUTH on IOWA to CHEROKEE
EAST on CHEROKEE to TEXAS
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photos by Bob Crowe and others via
the Cinco de Mayo Flickr Pool
Sponsored by Snowflake Gallery, St. Louis Language Immersion Schools, Benton Park West Neighborhood Association, All Along Press, Firecracker Press, and Cinco de Mayo St. Louis with additional financial support from Lyndsey Scott, Kevin, Kathy Paulsen, Tom & Mary, Ariane Moore, Octavio Nancy Carolina Maria & Liliana, Eric Stiens, Eric Ryszkiewicz, Jamie Kreher, Jason Deem, Erica Leigh Irwin, Eric Woods, Joan Suarez, Robert Crowe, Roseann Weiss, Ned Lips, Lisa Bulawsky, Sarah Gyorog, Barbara Wilhelm, Amy VanDonsel, Ted Deidre Dobbels, Linda Hennigh, Mahrya Monson, Michael Lang, Justin Cleveland, Carissa Clark, Kristine Scott Donovan, Bruce Fuller, susan rentfrow, galen gondolfi, Jemal Swoboda, Jason Triefenbach, STL-Style, Kevin K, Ian Darnell, Jessica Baran, jon Cournoyer, Thomas O'Guinn, Jennifer Allen, sallie durbin, Rebecca Bodicky, Stanley Jones, Trei Dohn, Catherine Gillespie, Michael Sullivan, and chester baran.
Gratitude for Gigante Support and Other donations! |
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