Photos: Mermaid Promenade at Cambridge Arts River Festival

The Mermaid Promenade kicked off the Cambridge Arts River Festival along the Charles River this morning. The parade, which I organized, featured numerous wonderful volunteer mermaids and mer-people, numerous puppets from the Boston Puppeteers Cooperative, music by Rara Bel Poze, a dragon dance by Gund Kwok, Zhonghe Elena Li’s paper-cut dragon, and dancers from “Your Town,” a production of Central Square Theater in partnership with The Dance Complex, Peter DiMuro/Public Displays of Motion and Jean Appolon Expressions.

This is the second Mermaid Promenade we’ve held. Inspired by the Coney Island Mermaid Parade, I pitched the idea of bringing a version to the River Festival to my colleagues at Cambridge Arts, where I work part-time, in 2019. That year’s festival organizers Julie Barry and Jannie Kitchen took the lead in making a great, participatory parade that June.

Previously:

• “Photos: Mermaid Promenade at Cambridge Arts River Festival,” June 3, 2019.

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