Posted July 5, 200618 yr This was my second year at the Northside 4th of July Parade, and it was even better this year - despite me missing the first 15 minutes of floats! Here's my thread from last year, if you're interested...so let us begin! I got there just in time to catch the Northside Drill Team - guys with cordless drills, and flags and such attached to them: The Queen City Rainbow Band had new outfits, new flags, and were lookin' super! (Thanks for asking!) Seriously, these guys are way cool...they were also at Dayton Pride '06 (Here's Jeff's thread on Dayton Pride '06) American Sign Museum - woo hoo! So when Cranley walked past, I asked him, "During your run for City Council last fall, you said your priorities were 'Safety, Capital Investments, Transportation and Compassion,' when actually your only priority was springboarding yourself into the House of Representatives. So, what lies are you telling us in this campaign?" Actually, I didn't ask him that, because I'm both non-confrontational, and pretty impeccably polite. Alas. Kids on stilts - impressive... "Mike DeWine - Too Liberal for the Republicans, Too Conservative for Democrats, but Just Right For You!" This is my favorite act in the parade - the Cordy Horn Marching Band (no idea if that first word is "Cordy" or not). They get a group of about two dozen people together, who walk along playing any instrument they want, playing any song they want, no coordination - just Free Jazz for a Free Nation! To me, this group completely sums up Northside... This Bob Ross-looking dude was walking along with the Free Jazz band (you can see him to the left three pictures up), and when the accordion-affect would stop the group, he'd kneel down and continue painting. Yeah, I'd have a big smile on my face if I were that scarecrow too... Peace, end war, raise the minimum wage, etc. Some new dog-related business in Northside - training, maybe? Beautiful puppies... My second favorite Northside regulars - the Apple Street group (down to three folks this year), followed by Fergus Street (the guy with the sign, plus one other person out of the frame who was holding an inflatable alligator...I have no idea why) A street scene - loads of folks! Kids on little mini-vehicles...cuteness... The Northside Lawnchair Ladies Brigade! A timeless classic, they have choreographed routines - spinning their chairs, dancing around them, sitting on them, etc...a real crowd favorite. Wouldn't be a parade in Northside if Jim Tarbell weren't riding his scooter in it! The Coalicion por los Derechos y la Dignidad de los Inmigrantes (Coalition for Immigrant Rights and Dignity): This was great...the whole trailer was filled with water, and this guy was going from the toilet to the sink to the tub, plunging them. I guess he's got a plumbing business...just fantastic. The Barnyard Burlesque! Old cars... The Ghost of Ohio float... The Gorgeous Ladies of Roller Derby - Cincinnati Rollergirls! David Pepper's slogan was "The Heimlich Remover" - let's hope so! No idea what this was for, but it was so Carnival...freaky, and very cool... A couple folks from the Queen City Bicycle Co-op: No idea who these folks were... Ah, high-schoolers enlightening us with their deeply pondered geopolitical insights... By far the coolest entry this year was Ink Tank's Human Typewriter...each hat was a letter, and they walked along arranged in a QWERTY keyboard format. They carried little bucket-things that sounded like the keys of an old-fashioned typewriter when they clicked them, and they'd sometimes bob up and down. Remarkably cool... Kilt Activists: Who the hell is Lucy? All I know is that she rocks... Er...is there a City Council race I'm unaware of? Or is he just getting an early start on 2007? Walking back to our friends' place, I ran across the OK girls... And, as a special added bonus, I edited together a video of four of the parade entrants - Taylor Jameson had their crew dancing to a karaoke of "Beauty School Dropout," the Free Jazz band, the Lawnchair Ladies, and some pretty kick-ass drum corps! Unfortunately, I got the Lawnchair Ladies just after a routine, but you can get the basic idea! Here's the video.
July 5, 200618 yr Awesome, beautiful photos of a great neighborhood and great parade. BTW, this photo reminded me of a Robert Downey Jr. mug shot.
July 5, 200618 yr Right on!! (you sure this wasn't West Chester?) :-D way to go RiverViewer.. great fun. thanks
July 5, 200618 yr Great stuff! I always love a good parade. I took about 100 pics of Hamilton's 4th of July parade this afternoon, I'll post them once I return from San Antonio next week. It was a lot more traditional than this.
July 5, 200618 yr Looks like a great time! "You don't just walk into a bar and mix it up by calling a girl fat" - buildingcincinnati speaking about new forumers
July 5, 200618 yr Hey, that's me in the Reds hat in the back ground, with the I <3 OTR sticker on the cowl. Fun time. <img src="http://www.pbase.com/reh/image/62962533.jpg"</img>
July 5, 200618 yr Hey, that's me in the Reds hat in the back ground, with the I <3 OTR sticker on the cowl. Fun time. Hey, rockin' cool! Thanks for participating - I feel like such a taker every year, never giving, but I guess by posting photo threads I'm spreading the wealth a little bit! So is that a regular scooter club, or are you just a scooter enthusiast and know someone, or is it some shop that puts the parade entry together?
July 5, 200618 yr ^ Yeah, it's the Ten Year Lates Scooter Club. We meet Wednesday nights at The Comet. Great group of folks. It's not affiliated with a shop, though Dave from Metro Scooter in Evanston is right in front of Tarbell, and Seth from Metro is riding the side-car Stella to Jim's left. http://tenyearlates.com/
July 5, 200618 yr Lucy Rocks http://www.lucyrocks.com/ It was a benefit at the Northside Tavern to raise money for a sick kid.
July 5, 200618 yr crap I am replying to my reply Here are a few I took. & yeah, Cramer strikes again. http://home.fuse.net/christol/40j/01.html
July 5, 200618 yr Great shots, Quimbob...so you know Dana? I was hanging out with friends of his, though I've only met him a couple times...
July 6, 200618 yr Great shots, Quimbob...so you know Dana? I was hanging out with friends of his, though I've only met him a couple times... tattooes are kinda like beards - they are fine on other people. No, I don't know Dana. Any idea why the sign museum guy was there ?
July 6, 200618 yr ^Don't know, but I assume it's fairly cheap to enter, and it's great that they decided to come by... You know, the thing that struck me most about the parade this year was how many local businesses there were in the parade. Businesses that weren't there last year. I noticed driving back how many businesses along lower Hamilton there were...I was really surprised. Can anyone list off the businesses in Northside that weren't there, say, four or five years ago? There had to be four or five that were there now that weren't there two years ago...
July 6, 200618 yr Can anyone list off the businesses in Northside that weren't there, say, four or five years ago? There had to be four or five that were there now that weren't there two years ago... I'm sure I'll miss a couple but starting on the 'South Block': Gajah Wong West Casablanca From Knowlton's corner going North on Hamilton: IWW world HQ (a union not a business but an occupied storefront nonetheless) Queen City Off-Broadway (nice little theater company in the old artists warehouse/woolworths) Wizard Computers Honey Hobo Books Bronz Bar (The former Jacobs) Shoe-topia Slim's Good Dog (pet supply shop in the old one mo cup space, just opened 7/1) The Maitri Center (performance space in the old Masonic Temple) The Feldenkrais center. Just a Chip The Survival Shop Darou Salam (African Store next to Shake It) The Northside Tavern Pot Luck Blue Room Massage Melt Bughouse Video Scentiments Sidewinder Coffee House Ali's Boutique Intimate Gatherings Pinnokios There are a couple of tax places, check cashers, beauty supplies, satellite TV places, used appliance places I know I missed, anybody else? Madisons will be opening a new store in the former NY Flava 'soon' and Take the Cake is said to be headed into the hip side soon as well. Now that I look at it, that's a pretty good list......
July 6, 200618 yr That's just about the coolest parade I've ever seen. So grass-rootsy and unspoiled. Thanks for posting!
July 21, 200618 yr Madisons will be opening a new store in the former NY Flava 'soon' and Take the Cake is said to be headed into the hip side soon as well. Madisons from findlay mkt? That's great. I saw Portofino Pizza & Subs doing work on Chase Ave - they closed their location near the Star 64 tower.
July 21, 200618 yr Thanks for the photos! If I'd been there, I think I'd have probably had a difficult time keeping my mouth shut when the DeWine people came by. -OhioGuy (who just this week sent emails to his family in Ohio showcasing why they should vote for Sherrod Brown) :D
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