San Diego Pride Parade July 29th***Update

topic posted Mon, July 17, 2006 - 8:17 PM by  Hooper
Hello all you wonderful performers. Hope this finds you doing well. I just got back from a wonderful weekend at the Elysium festival so I am feeling even more alive and creative. We picked up some more performers for the parade so the vision keeps expanding. Im so excited.

So here are as many of the details I have at this time for the parade. The parade starts at 11am. Our met time is scheduled for 9:30 am. Exact spot will be forward to you when we get it (its near University and Centre st in Hillcrest). Parking near the parade will be tight so you want to get there early. FOR THE LA HOOPERS COMING DOWN, I have arranged for parking for up to 3 cars. You can park at Dancing Heart Spa which is located at 3980 Park Blvd. San Diego, CA 92103. Those that are driving down let me know and I will give you detailed directions on how to find your parking spot. It is only 1 block from the start of the parade.

For those of you who don't know me, I do everything in style. So this is what we have arranged for you. We will be meeting at our parade start spot at 9:30 (we will be there from 8:45 on). We will be providing everyone with a hot breakfast and mimosas for those who want them. We will have a chill and stretch area for you to relax in before the parade. We have someone giving you a bit of chair massage (still working on this).

The actual parade starts at 11am. We are the 6th spot in the parade. Which is awesome because everyones energy is really up. We have a strong sound system that will carry far. The music is basically upbeat dance music (songs that send the message of personal pride). There will also be some tribal beats and some classics such as "We are Family" etc. If anyone wants more details on the music to practice let me know.

We have a good group of volunters to support all the performers. They will be doing crowd control, going around with towels for you to dry off (its going to be hot and your going to sweat), they will be spritzing you with water, and be coming around with bottled water for you. You will have lots of assistance. We will have a couple of coolers with lots water and refreshments coming with us through the parade.

So this is the vision. We are performing supporting a crystal meth recovery site. Its a heavy topic. The message we are sending by being in the parade is we want people to see how much fun they can have and how much fun life is. The energy of all these hoops going at once is going to really pull people in. We also have some poi spinners and stilt walkers. Just think how wonderful this is going to be to people who have not seen this before. Wow.

Everyone is to wear white. Don't want to crush artistic expression but we want to show unity. The hoopers will go first, poi spinners behind them, stilt walkers last.

So I hope this helps everyone. If you have any more questions let me know. Please let me thank everyone for coming together. The energy around this continues to unfold. I really want to especially thank those of you coming down from LA, this will help our communties connect even more.

And please invite more people to come and perform. The more people the more energy.

Create, Love, Live,
Tom aka Hooper
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Hooper
San Diego

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