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First I have to apologize for not being online much lately. Live (and now carnival) is getting in my way regularly...

 

This weeks question has nothing to do with clay (or maybe it has?). Where I live, carnival broke out yesterday Monday and now we are in a state of carnival-emergency :D

 

Our carnival starts on a Monday, at 4 a.m. (in the morning that is). People gather in town and wait for the bell to strike 4 and then all (all!) the lights go out and the pipers and drummers are playing the special "Morgestraich" piece. Lanterns of the carnival cliques are the only light that you will see until the crack of dawn. Carnival ends 3 days later, Wednesday at exactly (again) 4 a.m.

 

 

 

Do you have a special carnival custom too in your town?

 

Evelyne

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Well, in Washington, D.C., the local carnival is called Congress.  (Sorry, could not resist.) 

 

Several of the fairs I do in the Fall are sort of like carnivals . . . Bluemont Fair, Lucketts Fair, Clifton Day -- community events that include craft, food, other events.  There are traveling carnivals that set up in parking lots/fields with the usual rides and games -- not of much interest to me, though. 

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In March in Chandler, Arizona we have the Ostrich festival it is three days. We have a parade down the main srreet. There are carnival rides, vendors, food, drink, and music. Oh and let's not forget we have jockeys riding Ostrichs around a track. This is a favorite of mine. I also had my first kiss with my beautiful wife at the Joan Jet concert there.

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http://www.calgarystampede.com

 

So for 10 days in July, most self-respecting Calgarians leave town. Everyone else gets drunk, wears silly "western" clothes and hats that only come out of the closet once a year, gets drunk, watches a parade, gets drunk, eats some free pancakes, gets drunk, goes to the midway (rides, carnival games, various other entertainments), gets drunk, and maybe go to the rodeo or the chuck wagon races, and then get drunk.

Most businesses hold at least one pancake breakfast where you just show up and they feed you breakfast for free. The larger businesses hold bigger parties that get written off as various customer appreciation events (see "get drunk") and pretty much no one does any real work. And they have fireworks every night before they close the grounds.

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hahahahahahahahahaha    callie, you win !!!   :lol:  :D

 

 

 

 

tampa has Gasparilla.  a reminder that pirates once took over the city.  much of the drinking happens over several weekends with parades and other stuff.  the good part is the craft festival happening on march 5-6 this year.  my friend from los angeles is coming to town and we will be found walking all over the festival looking at great crafts, mostly pottery, of course.

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No carnivals around here

Just one of the longest county fairs in the state for a week in summer with horse racing-I think I went once in the 70's?

some local art fairs 

a oyster festival on one weekend-never been

a few beer events I think (I do not drink much so I'm clueless on the beer deal)

A crab race with dinginess crabs-no beer -also never been

 

I do not repeat do not go to shows(art festival) I am not in-to much like a busman's holiday for me

No mate no carnivals in these parts arrrrrrrrrrrrr

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http://www.calgarystampede.com

 

So for 10 days in July, most self-respecting Calgarians leave town.

 

As do the sensible tourists.  We visited Canada a few times, flying in and out of Calgary.  We always flew home on 1 July to miss the stampede.  I love the Rockies, the parks, the peace and quiet.  The thought of all those (drunk) people.......... no way.

 

We have a carnival in town every year (Unless they've run out of money).  I've taken part a couple of times, once with the Scout Group, the other time with a group of cyclists trying to get more peeps on their bikes.  Most years I stay away.

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The carnival came to my house in early summer 2011. That is when the truck pulled up to deliver my kilns, slab roller, extruder, clay, and a host of glaze ingredients. Sounds wonderful and impressive: the carnival started when I rolled out the first pug of clay to cut tiles. Why? Glad you asked. I have never touched clay or any thing used to shape it in my life up to that point. Occasionally I can still hear the clowns laughing at me.

Nerd

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  • 3 weeks later...

Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras Parade on tonight......175 floats of glitter, sequins and very little clothing, 12,000 people marching, 500,000 spectators along the 3km route.......mascara, high heels, alcohol, drugs, huge dance party..... and a very busy hospital ER

 

Mardi Gras here attacts a big influx of national and international visitors attending a month long series of entertainment and events.  Some are great fun (Fair Day: Dog Dress Ups - Bulldog with Princess Leah buns and white tutu), some are so not (used condoms all over the place).

 

One of our ceramics galleries near the festival area has a Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras exhibition going on right now....if you like bright, gaudy colours and lots of boy/girl body parts then its the exhibition for you.   Grayson Perry retrospective show in town too.

 

I leave Sydney often this time of year.

 

Irene

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http://www.calgarystampede.com

 

So for 10 days in July, most self-respecting Calgarians leave town. Everyone else gets drunk, wears silly "western" clothes and hats that only come out of the closet once a year, gets drunk, watches a parade, gets drunk, eats some free pancakes, gets drunk, goes to the midway (rides, carnival games, various other entertainments), gets drunk, and maybe go to the rodeo or the chuck wagon races, and then get drunk.

Most businesses hold at least one pancake breakfast where you just show up and they feed you breakfast for free. The larger businesses hold bigger parties that get written off as various customer appreciation events (see "get drunk") and pretty much no one does any real work. And they have fireworks every night before they close the grounds.

Now that one would fit into Australian culture really well, but why the eating etc?? the get drunk thingie is the way to go. ;) for some.

Here we have an October Artfeast. Various venues, studios, vineyards open to the public  and have art exhibitions for a week coinciding with an October long weekend. Over 20 venues on the Island. 

This year it is combining , withdrawal of funds supporting the Arts, with an annual  Food event so it will be the Art Feastival and will run at various venues for a month. It is fun with arworks popping up in a variety of places, yarnbombing etc. Nice time.

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