Procession
My favorite time has come and gone, and this year it was fabulous! I have written about this before in earlier blogs, but procession of the species is really a two day celebration of the coming of spring, earth day, and celebration of community. It was started about 15ish years ago, again, as a means of bringing community together, and every year it seems to grow and grow. This year, I invited my parents to come see the spectacle. As we sat on a wool blanket, on the sidewalk, we watched hundreds of people walk, roll, dance and skip by dressed as all sorts of animals, plants and various other species of flora and fauna.
The parade itself is an amazing feat, and you can tell by the costumes, music and dancing that preparation for this day took quite some time, and a large community effort. This kind of close interaction with the community is something I really love about Olympia. If we all have to live in this large metropolitan area as strangers, we should all be strangers together!
Here is a link to the Procession website, take a look at pictures from previous years!
http://www.procession.org/