King Mango Strut was one of the best ever
Today's King Mango Strut was one of the best ever. Maybe it was all the crazy things that happened in the news this year -- there was plenty to parody. Antoinette Baldwin appeared as Sarah Palin and the crowd loved it.
Our group (I came up with it, but wasn't actually in it) of Code Enforcement officers brought a lot of smiles, too, people loved receiving fines for smiling, laughing and just scratching their heads. Anna Maria got the group to look very menacing and they marched in line and handed out the citations.
As you can see, I got the new blog masthead for the New Year. Like last month, where I got four bickering restaurant owners to pose (left), I managed to get bickering Glenn Terry and Antoinette Baldwin to pose. It took me six hours. I tried earlier in the day and finally, by the end of the parade, I guess they were both in a good mood and I got them together for the picture.I had it planned in my head for weeks and when the time was right it just happened. I think Barbara Lange was involved but I'm not sure, she kept telling me she would help me get them together every time she saw me today. But I did a lot of begging all day and I think I just wore them down. I guess it helped that I was right in Glenn's face for most of the parade at Commdore Plaza and Main Highway and I did follow Antoinette around like a little puppy dog whenever I saw her.
But after all those hours of planning, just as they started posing for me, a Herald reporter and a few other photographers grabbed their cameras and they snapped away, too! I set up the shot and everyone got it, as well! I was going to save the new masthead until the New Year, but I have it here now, so that I can have it published first.
posted by Tom Falco at 6:40 PM
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2 Comments:
What an incredible day! Great, great, great fun (as always) -
Only complaint? My son was given a ticket by the code enforcement for "too much smiling."
Clearly - he should have been cited for "food all over his face." ;)
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(a 4 bars instrumental solo)
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