Friday 18 June 2010

The Manchester Day Parade


On Sunday, it's the Manchester Day Parade, starting at Castlefield, along Deansgate, up via St. Peter's Square and back again. Starts at 2pm, finishes at 4.
I'm taking part with 1,800 other people. Our group, Juba do Leao is one of the many many local participating groups. It will be fascinating, colourful, jubilant and many more things besides as it is celebrating all the differences that make up our city. So various and varying nationalities will be represented, different ages, different ways of performing, making music, strutting and shuffling and spinning and towering. All heights, widths, voices and hair dos will be on show. Manchester is fantastic for its festivals and this Parade will act as a vast bringing together of many of them. Hope the sun shines.

And I cannot decide on what to wear...

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