Mermaid Parade at Coney Island
There were some fantastic costumes and acts at the parade this year, the “last one” before Coney Island gets a corporate face. I didn’t catch all of them, but the ones I did were a lot of fun. The trains were full (with pirates, mermaids and at least one sea-bound Elvis), and the turnout was massive- several people went home without ever catching a glimpse of the actual parade.
One of my favorites was the Main Squeeze Orchestra with its fleet of female accordionists. You can catch them on July 7th at Riverside Park South, where Main Squeeze bandleader Walter Kuhr is co-curating an accordion festival from 2 to 9 pm.
Another favorite was Samba New York. This Brazillian collective is having a boat party on Wed June 27th. Print their Events page to get in for $10.
More photos after the jump.
There’s more in my Flickr set.
Mermaid Parade
Coney Island, June 23 2007
June 26th, 2007 at 2:44 pm
The weather was great, the marchers were great and cops were reasonable and riding Segways. And I’ve posted 190+ pictures on my site.
Page 1 is here:
And page 2 is right here.
Guess what? Page 3 is here.
Looking for page 4? Here it goes.
And some of my faves are here for your viewing pleasure:
July 5th, 2007 at 10:12 pm
It was my first parade and I vowed to the girlfriend that I’m definitely entering next year! I took over 200 photos and each was so freakishly delicious.