| Krewe of Endymion |
Watching the WDSU cam...
I tune in at 5:33 pm, NY time. The WDSU cam has a shot of a plastic
wrapper and a net behind that. We will see that until 6:15 (NY time.
all times are NY time...)
As usual, WDSU web pages take forever to load, several minutes EVERY time.
The parade was supposed to start at 5:15 NY time. We first see it at
about 7:38.
I tried following the Parade Tracker but it didn't move every time I
checked. I reloaded after seeing lights come up on St Charles and it
showed it close on Canal. So much for it working on my browser,
Camino.
Some guy driving in a car/truck, takes a picture of the WDSU cam, with a flash.
The first float with people throwing stuff arrives at 8:09 pm, almost
3 hours after the supposed start time. (Yes, I know it takes time to
get to Poydras and St Charles....)
We see the driver of the La Fabulosa 830 van clapping his hands to
whatever music is there. We have no audio. Very shortly after we do!
The US Marine Corps Band passes by playing The Halls Of Montezuma again.
The Budweiser Clydesdales? pass by. These horses are dark/black though.
Who were the giant anime figures? We see a c/u of some guy with tons
of beads on his head.
St Augustine passes by, looking good and sounding good too.
I see the first Hummer so far. I'm glad I haven't seen more.
Stilt walkers!
The King (Captain) of Endymion passes by. His float has it's own Cat generator!
We see someone give a donation to a flambeaux carrier. I think they
are the only ones who are allowed to get donations. Everything else is given to the crowd.
Kid Rock has a float. So does REO Speedwagon!
We see some good dancers. We also see the same guys I saw before who
had the straw hats and the red striped jackets. This time they only
played, didn't do any dance routine but they had some good moves.
We see the SS Endymion. 4 parts?
Tales of Sleep and Dreams!
Alice in Wonderland rabbits.
Buddha!
A big white float in 4 parts.
One titled The Butterfly Messenger. What was that about? The video
starts getting jerky around 9:53 pm.
A float titled Endymion too.'
A nice donkey on a Midsummer's Night Dream float. And it's second
half has a cool blue head on it's front. I am not sure who that is
supposed to represent but it's very cool, with stars in it's hair.
A nice winged male figure with horns but it doesn't have a name.
The funky truck with the band again. And the art Lincoln.
Sleeping Beauty, nice dragon on the 2nd half.
A nice old hearse with glass sides and a red hot-rod pulling a
calliope, with a band behind that!
Wow, an amazing figure, I don't know who he is, maybe a cold winter wind.
The Dreamer of Dreams float again with a polar bear.
Joseph and his Many Colored Dreamcoat. I thought there were baseball
players in uniform as riders... Pt 2 has a Sphinx
The Wizard of Oz has some cool green heads in the middle. I'm not
sure who either is supposed to represent. And the balloon with Omaha
written on it is a nice touch.
A band in blue stops in front of the camera. The cymbal guys have fun
flashing the cymbals around. One guy passes it under his leg!
Big but not interesting: Jack and the Beanstalk, Romeo and Juliet
amongst others.
A cop car pulls up, the guy gets out and cleans stuff off his
windshield. A band arrives behind him but this guy is in no hurry.
Maybe he couldn't move anyway. I just wonder if he was holding things
up.
Video is jerky throughout here, about 11pm.
A beautiful painted bird was seen on the back what could have been a
Hercules float but I am not sure what it was.
A nice flower face on pt 2 of a float.
The fronts and backs of many of these floats are beautiful and
creative. The middles tacky.
We see a steel band.
The jerky video has an interesting effect as litter gets blown across
the street.
Getting some freeze frames now. (0 fps) 11:09
Audio comes back at 11:10 but only for a second.
People seem to be leaving. People have turned their backs and left
the ladder boxes. Some pick up stuff from the ground.
Yes, the parade is over.
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