INDEX - Starting Time &
Place / quickie Summary / parading ORDER / Ending moves / optional stuff / Epilogue
Parade meets up at Sunset on burn night (Sunday
at 8:20 ish)
Starting place at Beer & Darts camp (BAD #8)
- START
We will meet up at BAD at sunset on burn night &
talk about the parade route in person before starting. (check out the handy map below). our
parade meet-up spot is near restrooms, beer, lounge spaces & handy parade
posters to help us explain the ENDING plan & parade ORDER to new friendlies
who come out to play at the last minute. we're keeping it simple.
follow the leader parading thru the streets rampaging;
being loud, spectacular, shiny, talented & fabulous.
the effigy crew will radio
a few of us & help us land this parade at the effigy field at just the
right time. we don't want the entire parade route to be tooooo long and i hope
it isn't the shortest most direct walk
to the effigy either. we are gonna have FUN together, parade lovers.
- SUMMARY
start at BAD#8 at sunset. follow
the parade leaders making a circus train of burner spectacle as we walk through
the streets of pyropolis. route TBD (maybe it will
pass your camp, maybe not, join & see). Note the fantastic PARADE INTERSECTION (aka groundhog day
where we make turns on the route) found on attached map (the 5 road
convergence bt. burning soul lounge & caffeine conundrum camps).
the finale repeats OM &
drummed heartbeats as we turn to exit. MAKE A U-TURN in front the effigy
perimeter & immediately clear out of the performance area, leaving the way
we came. Large instruments & puppets have an alternate exit leading to a
Puppet Parking area. But mostly everyone goes back out the same way you
entered.) simple. tell your friends in the parade.
- ORDER
of PARADE LOVERS
The parade is about the
journey & this circus train isn't taking a direct route. This is very much
a game of follow the leader, at the front will be 2 pre-selected fire spinners
& a cymbal crasher followed by safeties (see Parade Order in attached image
or the list below for more specifics).
LOUD & BRIGHT in front,
GONGS & RESONANCE in the back.
We would like talents to be grouped together as you walk in the parade. Drummers in a platoon, bellydancers all together,
puppets in same section, etc. this
increases the impact of the parade by concentrating intensity, lets you
interact & vibe off of new burners with similar skills & interests. If you
offered to walk a puppet, introduce yourself to the other puppet people &
find a position that is helpful. Basically, when u get to the parade starting
location, find your crew.
FRONTEND - 3 leaders - 2
firespinners & 1 cymbal crasher (they know who they are)
skilltoys & handflags
musicians
drummers.
dancers
hoops
you. him. her
light up costumes
playaflies
stiltwalkers
giant puppets
biiiiig flags
megaphones
BACKEND - gongs, bowls
& resonating sounds (the caboose)
(only human powered things
in procession, no motorized mutant vehicles, no flamethrowers, please. be ready to walk. stay hydrated. bring what
you need to be spectacular. make sure your feet are attached or mobility device
is set to GO)
- ENDING
the END of the parade
happens at the effigy field. This time, they
agreed to let the parade route approach the effigy on burn night. Normally the parade gets to the edge of the
crowd at the effigy field & then is dismissed...BUT this year we get to go
closer because i BELIEVE the parade can leave simply, UTURN left and exit the
perimeter. make that happen.
[[Be
reminded that the performance area near the effigy is NOT a circle, it’s a
horseshoe shape & behind the effigy is a dangerous No-Man’s land of fire
tools & safety gear. Do not try to
go behind the effigy for any reason whatsoever, please.]]
The parade’s finale on the effigy
field asks you to perform a unifying action, when done by every parade lover it
reminds us to leave the effigy perimeter. It is important to our finale for
everyone to know about repeating OM when we turn to u-turn & leave, as the
drummers shift from loud noises to a heartbeat's pulse as gongs & bowls continue
to resonate.
As the
majority of the parade approaches the effigy and retreats, we will begin a loud,
deep ॐOMॐ chant to help remind the parade lovers
to continue exiting the performance area and our percussion will begin using a heartbeat
rhythm till the perimeter is cleared.
If everyone can repeat OM as they leave, it acts like a signal & it
sounds really nice with a gong. (kinda
like the telephone game where something is repeated & passed on through the
crowd to be heard over the loud noise the parade will make along the rest of
the route)
Gongs
and singing bowls follow the back of the parade, these sounds continue and will
help signal the end of the parade & exit the remaining paraders who have
not yet u-turned & emptied the performance area in front of the effigy.
2 flanks of parade lovers (stage right
flank will be those carrying large objects like puppets, bass drums, elephants,
tubas, etc.) the stage left flank is the majority of the parade who has less to
carry. So imagine the shape of a letter
Y (or look at the ending route map lol).
The bottom leg is the entrance that approaches the circle around the
effigy.
The right flank will have an exit
only lane that extends out the right arm of the Y for Sending our large objects
outside the effigy perimeter near the cornfield to the tiny "puppet
parking" area where they can safely set down their big stuff before the
burn.
The rest of the paraders will make
a left u-turn. Entering the bottom leg of the Y and the walking up to the left
arm of the Y, making a u turn and going back out the bottom of the Y the way
that they came.
It is
important that we can shift our high energy parade walking once we get into the
effigy performance area enough to ensure everyone leaves in a quick, simple way
so that the following burn night acts can go on next (like fire, fireworks
& BURNING).
So (1) remember once you arrive at the effigy to
walk in & walk out quickly, like u are in a hurry. Feel free to be loud on the way in. (2) after
your u-turn, repeat loudly “OM” on your way out (3) notice the gongs, singing
bowls flow with your om. You will see pairs of people with flags and bamboo
lantern poles making big crossed X with their pair of staff so you can see the
gesture & remember to exit already cause it is time to clear out of the
performance area the way you came in & find a place to watch the burn. pretty much the parade walks into
the effigy perimeter and walks straight out (for most, out the way they came)
We are
starting the parade loud & strong with high energy & keeping this force
strong as we walk all along our parade route.
This ending is a super duper change from that into low bass tones &
clearing out. So the parade melts into the rest of burn night & echoes
positive energy in their ears as they return to the default world the next day.
- OPTIONAL STUFF
Special events offered to parade lovers at flipside:
-Optional Body painting around
noon on sunday by gregory, hosted at Burning Glam (#81) who offers costuming
love during the entire event.
-Optional parade gesture
storytelling workshops at Just Your Gesture (#4) fri & sat, at noon &
sunset
- EPILOGUE
& btw, if you are feeling out of step or unsure of rhythm at anytime, take
a breath & feel your heartbeat. if you have breath in
your body, you have the power to choose your path. this performance is
orchestrated improvisation and you have accumulated talents your whole life
that let you now share this gift with our community. some of you have a plan & others will
pick up something new along the way --
in the parade, as in life.
alright, friendly parade
lovers i look forward to hearing & seeing you make a spectacle on burn
night. we've got this. cause YOU bring
it.
