JUNE • 2007THE POINT & SEBCO are proud to present the 14th Annual Hunts Point Summer Festival and 4th annual Fish Parade“LOVE your ENVIRONMENT” Backyard and Beyond
June 2, 2007 Starting location Hunts Point Riverside Park (Lafayette & Edgewater)
Fish and marine themed
Costumes – Floats – Music – Puppets - Performance – Banners - Murals 12:00 pm: Parade registration
12:00 – 1:30 pm: Starting workshops and activities • Costume & mask-making workshops • Boat Rides with Rocking the Boat • Fishing off the piers with I FISH NY • Arrival of the Bronx River Alliance canoe trip (join this trip at www.bronxriver.org) 2 pm - Fish Parade marches through Hunts Point 2pm - Summer Festival kicks off on Hunts Point Ave (Seneca to Lafayette)! • Children’s Carnival on Seneca Ave with pony rides PRIZES WILL BE AWARDED FOR A COMBINATION OF • Best effort to link local and global environmental issues • Best use of recycled materials • Most creative costume/group • Most creative performance/group • Best fish or marine theme
The first Hunts Point Fish Parade was held in 2003 to raise public awareness of the community that was to become home to the Fulton Street Fish Market, following in the trail of wholesale meat and fruit vendors. Prior to the first parade, THE POINT had spearheaded an outreach to and protest for the residential neighborhood, highlighting environmental concerns about a huge commercial enterprise coming to the area (more pollution from truck traffic, for example). When the move became inevitable, the parade became a vehicle to celebrate Hunts Point and get to know our new neighbor. Loosely modeled after the Mermaid Parade inConey Island, the parade welcomes the participation of community groups, organizations and individuals. Key to the Fish Parade is an emphasis on incorporating some of the quality-of-life issues in Hunts Point into the pageantry of Parade. Winding for a mile through the streets of Hunts Point, and stopping traffic as it crossesBruckner Boulevard, the procession features new and vibrant work by emerging artists, community groups and schools throughout theBronx and beyond.