"Sheltering the Creative Spirit"
Taos, New Mexico USA
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"Sheltering the Creative Spirit"
Taos, New Mexico USA
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Frank's car goes on and on, as a "float", in the first ever Arroyo Seco July 4th Parade, complete with Trickster and several Board and Advisory members on board.
The Galaxie Stars Of course the star of the first
annual Arroyo Seco Fourth of July Parade was the Galaxie, Frank’s 1966 Ford.
Red, white, and blue draperies, Frank Waters Foundation banners, American
flags, and Uncle Sam top hats festooned its chassis. Sparks of light meteored from
silver pinwheels attached to each side of its gleaming windshield.
Its wheels flashed blue and white with intertwined crepe paper. Outside, FWF advisory board member Elsa Farr, wearing spangled red, white, and blue tights, red shorts, and a flag-like vest, reigned on the star’s throned trunk along with a bearded collie named Dottie, who almost freaked out at the piercing shrieks of a fire engine close behind. Bill Farr, also on the advisory board, videotaped the auspicious occasion.
Inside, as if she were Queen
Elizabeth, Trickster the half-coyote dog waved and nodded to the masses lining
the street. The good guys wearing
white hats around her in the car were Barbara Waters honking the horn and
driving; Imogene Bolls, Foundation vice president; and Nate Bolls, board member.
Crowds cheered and cameras
clicked as the glittering star swept grandly down the block-long main drag of
Arroyo Seco. Horses pranced, music
blared, little children bicycled, a clown sprang cartwheels, and stiltwalkers
staggered precariously.
Like a shooting star, the
Galaxie’s moment of glory was brief but spectacular. It wasn’t quite enough, however.
Afterwards outside Casa Fresen Cafe, the car’s silver pinwheels began
spinning sparks again as if the spirit of Frank Waters was demanding, “Come
ON. Let’s have another parade!” |
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