So today begins the 3 Rivers Festival, a week or so of various activities around here – overpriced food downtown, rides here and there, and arts festival, has-been musical acts. I bought a very nice piece at the arts festival last year, but durn if I can’t get the inspiration to shell out the 300 bucks or so to get it framed… (it’s sort of big)
It all begins with a parade. The first year we moved here, I was startled to see that I was in a part of the country in which people still stand when the flag passes by – which in a parade is..frequently. Just a couple of shots from this morning that struck me:
First, a peace float:
To those of you living in the Bay Area or something, this is par for the course, but believe me, in Fort Wayne, this is something new – to see a float full of enthusiastic peace activists in a major downtown parade?! And….they were vigorously applauded and cheered.
(As were the several military groups that were in the parade. And no, they were not placed in close proximity)
The singer on the float…what was she singing? It wasn’t Imagine, I don’t think. But I can’t remember what it was…
The Burmese contigent (see post below)
Koreans (right in front of a Korean War Veterans’ float)
And then, my favorite juxtaposition:
The float from "The Pointe" – a seeker-friendly church that meets at a local movie theater – the float featured Beatles impersonators singing, well, Beatles songs.
Preceding it just a bit:
St. Mary’s Catholic Church Soup Kitchen, featuring, well…soup. 7 days a week. Seekers welcome.
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