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2010 Coney Island Mermaid Parade
On June - 20 - 2010
What a difference a year makes! Last year’s parade was wet and gray with only a few spectators. This year the weather was perfect. We had blue skies with temperatures around 85 degrees, and large crowds. Like last weekend’s Naked Bike Ride there was plenty of anti BP sentiment. There were also no shortage of beautiful women in creative and revealing costumes. This year’s King Neptune was Lou Reed of “Walk on the Wild Side” fame. Queen Mermaid was Performance Artist/Inventor Laurie Anderson. The Coney Island Mermaid Parade is another reason to love New York this time of year.
Enjoy,
Terry.
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2009 Halloween Parade
On November - 2 - 2009
Coney Island Mermaid Parade
On June - 18 - 2009
Carnival In Rio De Janeiro ‘09
On March - 5 - 2009
2009 Rio De Janeiro Carnival Videos
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Welcome to the NYC Summer 2009 Rio Carnival photo and video gallery page! This year I have more pictures from the world famous Sambadrome. For the uninitiated, the Sambadrome is the main ’stage’ for the world’s biggest Carnival parade. This year I went to the Sambadrome four times and enjoyed many hours of the parade, or desfile in Portuguese. The first day comprises of the Junior Carnival. This is where children and teens from the neighborhoods of the Main Samba Schools parade. The second day is where the ‘B’ group parades. The third and fourth days is the main event. This is when the ‘A’ group Samba Schools parade. This main group includes schools like “Beija-Flor”, “Imperatriz”, “Mangueira”, and “Salgueiro” this years winner.
To understand the scale of this event, imagine a Samba school that is made up of more than 3000 members. These 3000 members take an hour and a half to complete the half mile parade route. The drummers number 300 strong and the floats are a marvel of art, engineering, and construction and can be as tall as three stories! Truly an amazing experience.
In addition to the main event, I captured some Rio street carnival action, and of course, some beach action complete with gorgeous Brazilian beauties.
Enjoy,
Terry.
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Greenwich Village Halloween Parade ‘08
On November - 1 - 2008
Caribbean Labor Day Carnival Parade
On September - 2 - 2008
This year’s Caribbean Labor Day parade in Brooklyn fell on a perfect Summer’s day. Blue skies, warm sun, and lots of scantily clad women jumping around to Soca, Calypso, Reggae and Compas music. This year we got a performance from Wyclef Jean on top of a float. The crowd went wild as he passed by. By comparison this years crowd was larger that last year’s. Unfortunately, the NYPD does a great job of dampening the energy of the crowd by keeping each band far apart from each other. So, the excitement is allowed to die down between each band. Each band then becomes a separate performance with an intermission in between versus a continual extravaganza that a parade is meant to be. In spite of that the separate performances were fun to be a part of. Labor day is the unofficial end of summer. But, as long as there is something interesting to see, I’ll attend, take pictures, and post them. Til’ the next event,
Nyc Summer
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Coney Island Mermaid Parade
On June - 22 - 2008
The 2009 Coney Island Mermaid Parade will take place on June 20th.
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Carnival in Rio De Janeiro ‘08
On February - 24 - 2008
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I’ve been going to Rio De Janeiro for their Carnival for several years now. And, every year it has been phenomenal. This year, despite bad weather, and smaller crowds than prior years, it was still a great time. The pictures above give a nice cross section of the types outdoor entertainment that go on in Rio during the Carnival. First off, if you have never been to Rio but have only heard about it, it is true, there is no shortage of gorgeous Brazilian woman in tiny dental floss bikinis all along the miles of beaches that surround the city. During the Carnival season the city all but closes down for four days while the inhabitants and visitors party their asses off. From parades in the Sambadrome, the official home of Rio’s specular parade, to street parades. From all night block parties on the beach to all night clubbing. Samba and Axe music permeate the streets. When carnival is over and I fly back to New York, it takes about a month to get Brazil out of my system. There remains a longing that tugs at my heart for the place especially when I hear Samba or Bossa Nova music. Brazilians call this Saudade. It is saudade that keeps me going back to arguably the best party on earth!
Nyc Summer
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Halloween in Greenwich Village
On November - 2 - 2007
What better time is there to wear a crazy, scary, or slutty costume, assume a different persona, and walk around in public and not be though of as weird? That’s the wonder of Halloween!Every year on Halloween night New Yorkers and visitors from all over the world dress up in their wackiest, sexiest, or most creative costumes and parade up 6th avenue from Greenwich Village up to 23rd street. The following excerpt is taken from Wikipedia:
New York’s Village Halloween Parade is an annual holiday parade and street pageant presented the night of every Halloween (October 31) in New York City’s Greenwich Village. Stretching more than a mile, this cultural event draws two million spectators, fifty thousand costumed participants, dancers, artists and circus performers, dozens of floats bearing live bands and other musical and performing acts, and a world-wide television audience of one hundred million.
Among the parade’s signature features are its pageant sized puppets — giant rod puppets “articulated” by teams of puppeteers — and its open participation to anyone in a costume who wishes to march. It is the largest public Halloween event in the United States, and the country’s only major night parade. It has been called “New York’s Carnival.”
The weather this year was mild and the spectators, dressed in costumes themselves, were participants in the spectacle. It’s an amazing event with young and old enjoying the festivities into the night. Puppets, marching bands, performers on floats, and anyone with a costume or mask. Come one, come all, join in and reveal in one hell of a good time.
Enjoy,
NycSummer
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