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Parade takes root in Dorchester once more
By adamg on Sun, 06/05/2022 - 7:00pm
Repping the Dorchester Food Co-op.
After a two-year absence, the Dorchester Day Parade returned to its eponymous avenue, with hundreds of participants walking, sashaying, marching and dancing their way from Lower Mills to Columbia Road.
The National Lancers were near the front, on horseback:
So was the Boston Police Gaelic Column:
Plenty of bands and dancers:
This dapper guy, yes, Chicken Man, would run a bit, put down his bucket, get up and dance on it, then repeat:
A couple of the dancing troupes were preceded by mini-vans with enormous speaker systems that made sure you didn't hear the music so much as feel it:
Plenty of politicians, as well:
Little Miss Dorchester Ryleigh Mahoney (l) and Young Miss Dorchester Savannah Washington:
Some ladies wore traditional Vietnamese dresses and hats, in Republic of Vietnam colors:
Neighborhoods:
Free tagging:
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Another home run
For Dorchester. Fabulous weekend inclusive of all
Beautiful day Great Parade
Could have used a few more marching bands miss the old Crusaders band.
I miss the Crusaders so much
I miss the Crusaders so much They used to stop and play in front of Dot park. It was nice being there today though since we haven't been able to have it since 2019 and the weather was perfect
Crusaders are in VT for a month finishing 2022 show
https://bostoncrusaders.org/2022-schedule/
They will be in Post Office Square on June 21 for a free concert late afternoon. Competitions in Quincy on July 2, and in Lynn on July 3. Drum Corps International is "Marching Music's Major League". They have incredible talent from all over the US and some international members. The Crusaders members are taught the corps history. They know about Hyde Park, Mattapan, and Dorchester Day. The parent organization owns the Riverside Theater building, and they have a youth percussion program in Hyde Park.
2021 Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Smj-dWrUVV8&list=RDSmj-dWrUVV8&index=1
“This dapper guy” - you mean
“This dapper guy” - you mean Chicken Man the Dorchester legend whos been dancing on Ashmont corners as long as I can remember
One person in the parade got a less than rousing response
I’ll take him
Over Diaz any day of the week and twice on Sunday.
real class, real courage
give a candidate the finger while standing behind a fence, surrounded by a crowd of friends.
You mean to tell me...
...that someone flipped off the guy who represents and embraces the "f*ck your feelings," "grab 'em by the p*ssy," and "sh*thole country" MAGA crowd? Where are my pearls!? They must be clutched at once!
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Diehl deserves more than just the finger
Diehl's campaign bus has the moronic "Brandon" stickers. So one of his slogans is a not too cleverly disguised f-u to the president. "Real class, real courage" indeed.
So if that's ok with Diehl, it's ok if the guys in this video give him the finger. They could have given him a lot more.
Profiles in Courage!
Not sure that I can take a comment criticizing someone's "courage" seriously from an anon who can't even bother to make a profile that will link their comments together here.
As opposed to ...
These people, true cream of the crop, and I bet one or two even actually live in Dorchester.
And the guys yelling at Diehl
Are definitely from Dot. What’s your point?
They were disgusting. Not
They were disgusting. Not that they don't have a point--kids shouldn't be wearing masks in school anymore in my opinion. Mayor Wu was with her kid and she looked really defeated, though she was trying to put her best out there and pretend it was the nice day it ought to have been without these chuckleheads. Got a worthy cause? Behave like this and your cause goes in the toilet.
Those people were terrible
We were stationed next to the War Memorial at Fields Corner. Those j@(% @$$#$ couldn't even stop yelling for five minutes while the mayor laid a wreath at the memorial and shook hands with some local veterans.
But the rest of the parade was good (also excluding Jeff Diehl)!
Some of the usual suspects were missed but hopefully they'll be here next year.