We were thrilled to be dancing down Broadway at the 11th Annual Dance Parade. I had put out a call for RL alumni to participate, and we were happy to add Jupiter and his spouse Doug to our parade group, as well as our "support" people Leo and Ivana.
The day did not look especially promising, weather-wise, and it was somewhat cool, cloudy and at times, drizzly.However, it always lifts my spirits to see all kinds of dancers and people come together in a celebration. We had to wait longer than usual to kick- off, but once it got started, it was on! Since we had our big RL banner with us, and not enough support to hold it, we changed our "marching " strategy a little and had some of the dancers performing in front of the banner, and some holding it, alternating personnel at times.
The spectators were spread out, as usual, but they were generally excited to see the vast display of humanity doing what they do on this day. One thing we'll try to do for next time is have a support person just take video of us doing our routines (this year we did merengue and cha-cha), so we're not at the mercy of random photographers/videographers. So far in my You Tube search, I found this www.youtube.com/watch?v=d90JZMquZz8&t=2369s - you can see a short clip of us at around the 38:00 minute mark. We did get to perform a piece of our cha-cha routine in front of the Grandstand at Astor Place, so hopefully someone got that recorded!
Next year (I hope) we'll be able to perform at the Dance Fest at the end of the Parade. Let us know if you would like to participate (you'll have a while to think about it!)