Live
Science and Showmanship!
Do it yourself inflatable
architecture!
Gigantic
masks!
Brass bands!
An orchestra of
bicycle instruments!
All in Lower Manhattan.
Join us this year down
the mighty river, led by veteran parade producers,
Great
Small Works. They�ll take us from the Hudson
through the Tigris and Euphrates, with a parade surge
that rivals even the great Mississippi. Spectacle
and surprise are around every bend, as the pageant
runs through the canyons of downtown. Want
to join the parade? Email or
call 212.219.9401 x. 301.
View the parade route here!
Parade Directors
Mark Sussman, Jenny Romaine, Stephen Kaplin, & John Bell
Special Guests
- Sonic Utility Bicycles (SUBs), created by Kenny
Wollesen, Dr. Thomas Zanderwall, Monsieur Ezra
Mash, Lithuanian Genius Dallius and Daniel Jodecy
(courtesy of the Modern Drum Shop) from Zebulon
Labs
- Alessandra Nichols, circus engineer and master
composter, and Barb Minoian, engineer from the
Mus�e Minoian and the fishing vessel TALATCHE,
Hoonah, Alaska
- Linnaea Tillett, Lighting Designer, 2005
and 2003 LUMEN award winner for ICEPOOL at The
Snow Show, Lapland, Finland and Ecliptic/Rosa Parks
Circle, Grand Rapids, Michigan
- Scrimshaw art by Downtown Animator and Tattoo
Artist mournography
Portraying
- the Rising Tide steamship, from the newspaper accounts of the 1927
Mississippi flood
- the Tigris & Euphrates River Boats, based on designs from
Ibn Al-Jazari's
"Book of Knowledge of Ingenious Mechnical Devices" and
- the Heavenly Flowing
River, from the Submerged Palace of the Dragon King, Qin Dynasty
Great Small Works Artistic Directors: John Bell, Trudi Cohen, Stephen Kaplin,
Jenny Romaine, Roberto Rossi, & Mark Sussman
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