Krewe of Dead Pelicans
I know, I know. I’ve got to find something cheery to post about…but this is pretty much New Orleans in a nutshell. Give us something awful and we’ll find a way to bring people together and if that isn’t the definition of ‘lemons into lemonade,’ I don’t know what is.
Beth alerted me to the newly formed Krewe of Dead Pelicans, which was having a Second Line this afternoon in the Central Business District. It wasn’t a protest, exactly, nor a fundraiser… I think it was mostly a chance to have a community outpouring of the rage and despair we’ve all been dealing with.
And the costumes, of course, were amazing, especially since they were just thrown together. A band played, and everyone marched on.
Click to see the larger images:
And a brief video of the beginning of the Second Line:
(again, sorry about the audio- I’m quickly discovering that it doesn’t take much to overwhelm the Nikon’s mic, but once the police motorcycles move on the audio’s okay)
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July 10th, 2010 at 9:33 am
That is one of the things that is most interesting about Nola – the eclectic mix of people and acceptance of the odd to be normal.
July 10th, 2010 at 9:34 am
Tess, is your shop online?
July 12th, 2010 at 10:22 am
Hey Karin, thanks for visiting!
No, the shop was online, but we’re out of business now- a combination of the economy, burnout, and my daughter leaving for college.
The final wrapup is on my personal blog here, and although it was a ton of fun it’s also nice to have my house back!
All that’s really left are the dozens of “inappropriate beads” that I’d collected as I went along buying things for the business- ones that are amazingly tacky, gaudy, sleazy, or just plain awful- and I need to get focused on getting them online and giving them away to whoever is funky enough to want them- things like the freaky clown and the shudder-inducing roaches.
July 12th, 2010 at 10:40 am
And realizing now, of course, that I need to change my bio. Ooops. Onto the list it goes. Thanks for bringing it to my attention!