Event
Every year, for the past 20 years, people come from all over the world to watch and participate in the Woodward Dream Cruise. Every year, for the past 20 years, people who live on Woodward would rather be anywhere else in the world on this particular weekend. This year, I decided to try to enjoy the sights and sounds of this exhaust-filled event that takes place on the world’s first paved road. It was a day of interesting cars and even more interesting people.
Andrew W.K.
The greatest celebration that you didn’t know existed - Junkanoo! It's celebrated every Boxing Day and New Year’s Day in the islands of the Bahamas. Starting at 2 am, the parade lasts twelve hours. Various "groups" dance through the streets adorned in jaw-dropping, incredibly detailed costumes to the sounds of trumpets, whistles, tubas, trombones, cow bells, tambourines, and goat-skin drums. Each group has its own theme for its costumes, floats and music. All of the costumes and floats are handmade over the course of a year from crepe paper, styrofoam, paint, feathers, beads, glitter, sequins, and rhinestones.
We made it out to the parade at 9 am, and even after seven hours of dancing through the streets, the energy was as if it had just started. The beat of the drum, the blast of the trumpet, the rhythm of the dance was intoxicating. Incredible.
