{"id":25153,"date":"2024-06-15T22:16:26","date_gmt":"2024-06-16T02:16:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/?p=25153"},"modified":"2024-06-15T22:20:20","modified_gmt":"2024-06-16T02:20:20","slug":"mermaid-promenade-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/gregcookland.com\/wonderland\/2024\/06\/15\/mermaid-promenade-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Photos: Mermaid Promenade at Cambridge Arts River Festival"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Mermaid Promenade<\/a> kicked off the Cambridge Arts River Festival<\/a> 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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Previously:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022 “Photos: Mermaid Promenade at Cambridge Arts River Festival,”<\/a> June 3, 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Mermaid Promenade at Cambridge Arts River Festival, June 15, 2024. (\u00a9Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rara Bel Poze performs in the Mermaid Promenade at Cambridge Arts River Festival, June 15, 2024. (\u00a9Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gund Kwok performs in the Mermaid Promenade at Cambridge Arts River Festival, June 15, 2024. (\u00a9Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mermaid Promenade at Cambridge Arts River Festival, June 15, 2024. (\u00a9Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mermaid Promenade at Cambridge Arts River Festival, June 15, 2024. (\u00a9Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mermaid Promenade at Cambridge Arts River Festival, June 15, 2024. (\u00a9Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mermaid Promenade at Cambridge Arts River Festival, June 15, 2024. (\u00a9Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mermaid Promenade at Cambridge Arts River Festival, June 15, 2024. (\u00a9Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mermaid Promenade at Cambridge Arts River Festival, June 15, 2024. (\u00a9Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mermaid Promenade at Cambridge Arts River Festival, June 15, 2024. (\u00a9Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mermaid Promenade at Cambridge Arts River Festival, June 15, 2024. (\u00a9Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mermaid Promenade at Cambridge Arts River Festival, June 15, 2024. (\u00a9Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mermaid Promenade at Cambridge Arts River Festival, June 15, 2024. (\u00a9Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mermaid Promenade at Cambridge Arts River Festival, June 15, 2024. (\u00a9Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Zhonghe Elena Li and friends carry her paper-cut dragon in the Mermaid Promenade at Cambridge Arts River Festival, June 15, 2024. (\u00a9Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mermaid Promenade at Cambridge Arts River Festival, June 15, 2024. (\u00a9Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mermaid Promenade at Cambridge Arts River Festival, June 15, 2024. (\u00a9Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gund Kwok performs in the Mermaid Promenade at Cambridge Arts River Festival, June 15, 2024. (\u00a9Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mermaid Promenade at Cambridge Arts River Festival, June 15, 2024. (\u00a9Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Mermaid Promenade at Cambridge Arts River Festival, June 15, 2024. (\u00a9Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Rara Bel Poze performs in the Mermaid Promenade at Cambridge Arts River Festival, June 15, 2024. (\u00a9Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gund Kwok unpacks their dragon to perform in the Mermaid Promenade at Cambridge Arts River Festival, June 15, 2024. (\u00a9Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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Gund Kwok performs in the Mermaid Promenade at Cambridge Arts River Festival, June 15, 2024. (\u00a9Greg Cook photo)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n
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2024 Cambridge Art River Festival poster illustrated and designed by Greg Cook.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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