Caws to Unite!
37th Annual MayDay Parade · May 1, 2011
2011 Parade Sections
Scene 1: Universe of Union
Union makes us strong. A celebration of the interconnectedness of the earth and all its beings.
Radical Acceptance Rabbits bring eggs full of seeds and poems to spread beauty throughout the city.
Big ears listen to the ground, to the sky, to each other, to all voices and stories.
A giant Mandala instrument runs on the connection of the electricity that runs through all of us.
All are welcome at the Table of the Sun, a place of sharing and inclusion.
The energy of our bodies and the cells of all creation comes from the Sun.
Scene 2: drawroF
The world is backward and upside-down.
A group of fools speaking truths in humorous and absurd ways. DoDo Birds forever!
Donkeys pull carts with puppet Public Service Announcements.
A fool with a crow in imprisoned in his head. Coyotes are fools too. Upside-down people walking on hands.
Big-headed fools' antics to keep everyone laughing.
Scene 3: Pay Up!
Wretched crows with broken wings protect their nests. Vicious dogs plunder their nests, stealing the eggs.
The eggs are hoarded. Dogs are rewarded.
We are excluded from the table.
The scarecrows scare us away from taking back our place at the table.
Scene 4: Caws for Alarm
Caw! Caw! Caw! A river of crows brings rising energy.
The crows proclaim demands and dreams.
A rant crow brings forth a soapbox inviting audience members to proclaim dreams and rants, to join with people all over the world who rise on May 1st, calling, calling.
The Twin Cities May 1st Coalition joins the Parade to mark the 125th May 1st International Workers Day, calling for Human Rights, Workers' Rights, and Immigrants' Rights.
There are two parts to our MayDay event, the parade, and the ceremony,
followed by a festival in Powderhorn
Park in South Minneapolis until dusk.
Every spring, the MayDay Parade explodes onto Bloomington Avenue! We
own the street for the day, dancing and playing instruments with fiery
verve.
We tell our story, section by section, each designed musically and
visually by MayDay staff artists as a walking theatrical performance.
The Join-In section follows, where lively groups proclaim their names
and causes, and folks who like to dress up strut their stuff! All together,
2000 participants march, boogie or roll down Bloomington every year.
Meanwhile, tens of thousands more line the streets, enjoying the spectacle
and each other.
People are everywhere - on rooftops and on lawns, toting
babies in backpacks and toddlers in wagons, or sitting knee to knee along
on the curbs.
Everybody greets neighbors from near and far with a "Happy
MayDay!!" The city feels intimate, overflowing with goodwill and spring
fever.
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