Grandly Local parade steps off

Shortest parade in the territory emphasizes color over duration

Posted 8/22/19

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Grandly Local parade steps off

Shortest parade in the territory emphasizes color over duration

Cybalism, not semiotics, is the dominant paradigm for the Unexpected Brass Band, who feature Rigel Orr, shown here marching in the Local Grandly Parade as part of the Aug. 17 Uptown Street Fair & Parade. He's the youngest member of Port Townsend's own street orchestra. The tongue, by the way, is usually a sign a child is concentrating hard. There's some link between verbal and motor skills that triggers this common gesture.

Special to The Leader by Jane Stebbins

At the end of the parade, Rigel Orr, the youngest member of the Unexpected Brass Band, gets a kiss from his sister, Juniper, at parade's end. Both have played with the Unexpected since they could walk.

Special to The Leader by Jane Stebbins

Uptown Port Townsend's Local Grandly Parade on Aug. 17 may only last a half-dozen blocks, the what it lacks in duration it makes up for in color, as this percussionist shows, with his violet Hibiscus shirt and pink "My Little Pony" snare drum.

Special to the Leader by Jane Stebbins

Street brass isn't for shrinking violets, as the scratched and battered bell shows on this trumpeter for the Unexpected Brass Band, which marched in Aug. 17's Local Grandly Street Fair parade in Uptown Port Townsend.

Photo special to The Leader by Jane Stebbins.

Posted Thursday, August 22, 2019 3:00 am

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With a day-long concert featuring a half-dozen local bands, plus an Arts & Crafts Fair wrapped around the Jefferson County Farmers Market, Uptown Street Fair is a take-over of Lawrence Street and the Victorian neighborhoods above the fire bell. Nearing its fourth decade, the event is part of Port Townsend Main Street program and brings out kids of all ages, from dog walkers to scarf dancers to the reliable Unexpected Brass Band. The Uptown Street Fair celebrates 29 years of fun in Uptown and includes great local music, the PT Arts Guild Arts & Crafts show and wraps around the Jefferson County Farmers Market. No thousands of words could do it better justice than these photos.