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October 28th, 2008

Party Like it’s Halloween at NYC’s Village Halloween Parade

Nobody throws a party like New York City, so if you are anywhere in the area you’ll want to catch the 35th annual Greenwich Village Halloween Parade.
The Parade emphasizes diversity and family as it brings together the myriad economic, ethnic, social, sexual, and racial components of New York City.  Even the NYC Police Department [...]

By Mary Jo Manzanares -- 0 comments

March 2nd, 2007

San Francisco Chinese New Year Parade

San Francisco’s Chinese New Year Parade, celebrating the Year of the Boar (Lunar Year 4705), will begin on Saturday, March 3rd at 5:30 pm.  The parade will start at 2nd & Market, ending in the heart of Chinatown.  This parade is one of the few remaining illuminated Parades in the country, and is consistently named [...]

By Mary Jo Manzanares -- 0 comments

December 27th, 2006

Philadelphia’s New Year’s Mummers Parade

For those readers who’ll be in Philadelphia over the New Year, you won’t want to miss the 102nd New Year’s Day Mummers Parade.
So who are the Mummers?  The forerunners appear to date back to 400 B.C. and the Roman Festival of Saturnalia.  In that era, Latin laborers marched in masks through a day of satire [...]

By Mary Jo Manzanares -- 5 comments