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The Fremont Arts Council is proud to present the 22nd Annual Solstice Parade, featuring more than 56 community ensembles in a grand display of joyous street theater. The Solstice Parade is composed entirely of volunteer “community groups”, friends, and families. Lead by both amateur and professional artists, they start creating their ensembles four to five weeks before the parade happens. In the spirit of community development through the arts,

most of the ensembles seek new participants to join them each year. It is easy to get involved, meet new people, and learn a new art skill like papier mache’, stilt-walking, or float construction. Participation is free and everyone is welcome to join in. Plan to get involved next year by visiting Fremont Arts Council on-line at www.fremontartscouncil.org to learn about parade workshops and ensembles.

Post your best parade pictures at: www.flickr.com/groups/1080451@N21/

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Artist Sarah Lovett has been producing amazing, evocative artwork for the Fremont Solstice Parade since 1989. Sarah was introduced to Peter Toms, Barabara Luecke and Sarah Robertson who had come up from the Santa Barabara area to start a Solstice Parade here in Fremont. “I saw a slide show of the Santa Barbara parade with very fun creatures and floats. I was making papier mache masks at the time, and it seemed a good fit. I jumped right in.”

Sarah received a 2010 McKay Grant to produce “Dogody”, a playful canine puppet made from reed, plastic corrugation, and lightweight fabric. The original idea for this creature came from a series of dreams, where the artist was visited by a white puppy who, through it’s playfulness would induce a healing experience. Sarah has spent at least 150 hours creating the large dog puppet, and volunteers have added another 60 hours to help. Sarah was inspired to honor her mythical, dream companion, and all animal companions, with this amazing parade art.

Sarah says “My favorite part of being a parade artist is the build. Anyone can participate. Everyone becomes an artist for a short time and the result is a spectacle of creative involvement; it’s a folk art extravaganza. I love making large silly objects.”

Look for “Dogody” bouncing and playing fetch along the parade route. More of Sarah Lovett’s incredible cane and paper artwork can be viewed at The ‘5 Spot’ restaurant in Queen Anne.

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Parade-Play Rules

* No printed words or logos* No live animals

(except service animals)* No motorized vehicles

(except aid vehicles) * No real weapons or fire* No photographers in the street

without a press-pass

SolSTiCe PARADe AFTeR PARTY

Dancing, Awards, Music & Video

Saturday, June 19 8 pm • at oM Culture2210 North Pacific Street

Seattle 98103 • 206/829-9969

$15 at the door general public $5 for Parade Participants

bring pot luck finger foods• • •

Parade Clean-up Sunday, June 21 • 4pm

at Gasworks Park

Thank you for your support • participation community • art & celebration!

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SOL STARSviP Stage – 1: Announcer John Boylan is a writer & boulevardier who loves street festivals, and the Solstice Parade especially. He is honored to be one of the voices of the parade this year.

Center of the Universe Stage – 2: Petrol Von Huffenfuel and the band bring you off-color jokes & stilted commentary.

Round-the-Bend Stage – 3: Celebration Artist Ricky Gene Powell MC’s with music by Legendary Tiny Giants. A kid friendly zone.See map on cover page for stage locations.

Chalk Faeries Hey – who you callin’ a Faerie ... ? Teamsters 117’s finest takes over the streets. Flitting dust & marking territory as they go.

Banner Babes Autumn & Karina– the Sun & the Moon – once again grace our streets.

Samba olywa Carnaval once per year is not nearly enough.

Greenman & May Queen Shanawa C. Littlebow & Victory Moon share the glory of nature.

Disco for Dollars – Green hat! Shake your money maker! Please donate generously. This is how we pay for this parade!

Bubble Bath Baby Caelen’s 1st birthday & Parade!

Flock of Birds! Glorious, decorated, dancing, spirited lively flock of birds have extra reason to dance & fly through the crowds!

edderkop (Danish for spider) Spiders once known as the weavers of fate Beware of the Spider... rumor has it that she has a taste for small dogs! Made by Jessica Randall & Justin McMinn.

The harlequin hipsters Colorfully clad misfits swing, groove, tumble, fly, flirt, juggle & burn their way into your heart.

Titanium Sporkestra Drums & brass. Party for the people! titaniumsporkestra.com

*volcano!!! Celebrate the Solstice Brian Kooser style – spewing glory. Tikis, Totems & Mysterious Stone Heads & their antics may spell the doom of this happy hamlet as they attempt to rile up the Volcano!!! Has Mankind made enough sacrifices to quell the fury of the angry Volcano!!! or will it be epicac city? Stay Tuned!!!

Mighty Mini Mo A tribute to American “can do” attitude – though it is a battleship, it represents the lasting peace between two great nations.

*Stormy Weather Artist Allison Kerr’s Stormy Weather is about rainy days, real & metaphorical. Accompanied by Seattle’s premier steel drum band, Bakra Bata, stilt walkers & banners express the idea that if you want sun, you should prepare for rain.

Blank Canvas Painted en-route, to finished collaborative works of art at the end of the procession.

Sensible Washington Lady Liberty & George Washington leading a Sensible Washington coalition of average, hard-working individuals that benefit from the use of marijuana.

his hemptourage Welcomes the Sun Fremont Troll - only changing him a little as we bring him to life for the crowd.

People Power make Solstice Parade shine

Creativity, kindness & action is how it comes to be.

Artist ensembles of the Solstice Parade — order subject to change.

Painted Cyclists Just look at those

beautiful painted bodies ride!

In progress on Dogody, Sarah worked with many collaborative volunteers.

Sarah Lovett in Butterfly wings, 2009. Deva inflatable puppet, 2008.

T e Parade starts here!

Rainbow City Band Seattle’s premier, one-and-only LGBTQ marching band!

vista Kids We are a group of ‘kids’ who have been friends for 43 years, in the parade cause next year we turn 50.

Seattle Atheists Pirate legions escorting the most revered Flying Spaghetti Monster allowing Pastafarian adherents to be touched by His Noodly Appendages to receive His Blessing.

Basic Rights for the Re-Animated integrating into Normal Society – (BRRAIINS) Reclaiming rights of Re-Animated-Americans.

2nd Wind Drumline & Color Guard Heavyweight drumming. Lightweight drums.

Washington veterans Against the War Peace Flags – a dramatic visual reference suggesting alternative choices that we, as a nation, can take regarding current international affairs.

Zero Waste-Scapes Assorted trash monsters & a tree of phone books, representing our collective waste here in Seattle. See environmentally conscious wack-jobs having a lot of fun.

Year of the Tiger Created by Annett Mateo. Celebrating the current Chinese Zodiac Year.

east indian village ensemble Smiling ensemble, wearing colorful saris & turbans, dances & sings it’s welcoming melodies to the parade attendees!

Powered by Flower Have you ever wondered how good it would feel to be covered in flowers?

Yellow Submarine We all live... better, with a little help from our friends. Are you ready for a trip to Pepperland? All you need is LOVE!

Super huggers We dress in red capes with white hearts & go into the crowd to give hugs to whom ever wants one! Spreading the LOVE to Seattle.

GreenStage Lovers take to the streets & bring the forest to you. Join us for a Shakespeare Summer of Love! greenstage.org

la Carabela A traditional Santiago de Cuba-style conga: costumed dancers, musicians & singers singing traditional conga songs.*

*ice Queens 2010 Larger than life & constructed from reed & papier maché with elements of couture. Stunning creations use primarily environmentally friendly biodegradable materials. Gracing the Solstice streets with energy, charm & power.

vikings hunting for Ballard Gears, pulleys & belts actually power this 14ft Viking boat – an antique tricycle modified into kinetic art.

The Downside-Up Circus INTERROBANG – Acrobatics, juggling & tandem bicycle antics! Totally pedal-powered – street-based circus on tour, performers haul themselves & gear by bicycle.

The Theonistas Dresses of the ages – made of recycled hair-nets from the Theo Chocolate factory! Spanning from cavewoman days & into the future – the latest in hair-net couture!

Seattle Rugby Club Men’s & women’s multi-divisional rugby football club.

Doric lodge #92 Fremont Masons bearing tools of the trade today & through the ages!

Westcoast Kickball league Spontaneous kickball games during parade stops, encouraging kids & grown-ups to join in.

*venetiza Solstizo Artists Kate Freeman & Mylinda Sneed have designed a grand Venetian waltzing carnival ensemble, complete with a life-sized, 36.5 foot long gondola. Come join the whimsical masquerade dance as it passes by!

The Sisters of Perpetual indulgence: The Abbey of Saint Joan. 30 years of fabulously accessorized activism, tirelessly work to uphold their vows to promulgate universal joy & expiate stigmatic guilt.

Trikkes on Parade Showing what carving a human powered Trikke Carving Vehicle looks like.

Ya-Ya’s for Ta-Ta’s Honor thy boobies! Humor from the heart, area.

lunicycles Three Looney, Uni, Cyclists. Amazing youth – yay, yay, yay!

vikings Afloate Let’s hope they stay that way. Argh!!!!

*Rube Goldberg Solstice Designed by artists Christie Wolf, Lee Zuhars & Chuck Harrison, an outrageous Rube Goldberg machine (think the game: Mousetrap) will delight the Solstice crowds. The artists have used classic Solstice Parade elements (painted bikers, belly dancers) in their contraption; see how many you can identify!

Tubaluba New Orleans 2nd Line band – the grease you need to shake what yo mama gave ya. Riding a pedal powered parade float commissioned for last year’s Pride Parade – a giant truck chassis powered by 8 stationary bicycles!

*Dogody Designed & built by artist Sarah Lovett, DOGODY bounces & skips down the street stopping often to sniff or lick viewers, rollover, or play fetch. Dogody is very friendly & runs up to everyone in excitement. Go, go! Bow-wow. Wow!

Cnidarians & Company Jellyfish & sea creatures march in celebration of the fragile diversity & beauty of our precious oceans. Tangled tentacles marches ahead, mirroring the messy mix of modern life: a conglomeration of hope, fear, technology, pollution, despair, art, frivolity, uncertainty, rhythm & love.

elvis: live from the Fremont Parade! SUPA (the Seattle Ukulele Players) & the Bubble Girls celebrate the King & all his 1970’s superstardom.

escape from the Zoo Party up before they lock you up, again, you crazy animals!

Glitter Skitter Brigade Watch out as the Glitter Skitter Brigade leave a trail of shiny & shimmering smears on Fremont streets!

Forbidden Forest Bikers Savor our delectable drops of sweetness & transport yourself to the Forbiden Forest.

Seattle Musical Theatre Singing a selection of songs from past & future productions. We hope you will come join the fun this coming season!!!

GiraSol Samba goes Bohemian & Art Nouveau. Fusion of the roots of Brazilian samba with the brazen creativity & vitality of turn of the 20th century France, revealing moments of illumination through dance, music & inspirational float design.

Wrong-way clowns Where is the parade? Where is the parade? They are not lost – they are just late!

*Flying Dreams Flying silk banners for the parade entrance & at each of the three stages along the route. Collaboratively made with the community by artist Sonia Telesco.

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Join the Fremont Arts Council

The Fremont Arts Council is a volunteer-driven nonprofit 501(c)(3). We build community year-round with creative endeavors and seasonal celebrations.

We encourage you to volunteer, and to make a gift in addition to your membership. Membership fees and all donations are tax-deductible.

Fremont arts council. 3940 Fremont Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103.

Donate online & become a member at:

fremontartscouncil.org

The price of what we do...Event Permits ......$4000Paper, glue & scissors ..............$500

Wheels & lumber for Floats ...............$300

Powerhouse Community Art Studio ............$6000

Parade Day Smiles & Wonder ....... Priceless

Please & Thank You...DoNATe

To The GReeN hAT

The biggest source of funds to the Solstice Parade is YOU the audience! We invite you to take part, your donations make this parade possible. The generosity of so many people is heart felt, & art felt in the community. Tell your friends about the Green Hat and make sure they bring along extra bills to throw in support the Parade!

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… & YoU ... Follow the Parade to

Gasworks Park!!!

We host year-round community celebration art events:September: Luminata. Lantern Festival at Green Lake celebrating Autumnal Equinox.october: Troll-o-ween. Performance at the Fremont Troll & Ghoulish procession through Fremont on Halloween.December: WinterFeast. Celebrating the Winter Solstice.May: May Day. Celebration and dance around the May Pole.

Solstice Parade StaffLeslie Zenz – Solstice director

Mylinda Sneed – Parade coordinatorGyan Davies – Gasworks coordinatorDavid Marine – Workshop coordinator

Shawn Murphy – Security directorLaura Baumwall – FundraisingSonia Telesco – Print designer

Allie Kerr – Poster designBarbara Luecke – Solstice Parade founder

Peter Toms – Solstice Parade founder

The Fremont Arts Council believes art helps

build stronger communities and creates a sense of place. Fremont is a state of mind not a zipcode. The FAC

produces the Fremont Solstice Parade, and cares for the Fremont Troll and other local landmarks.

$25 FAC Membership Join noW!

*2010 McKay Grantees: The Dave McKay Parade Grant Program supports new art and performance for the Fremont Solstice Parade. Dave was a celebration artist who brought his thoughtful intention, master costume-design skills, and deep attention to detail and craftsmanship to everything he created. He believed art should be a part of everyone’s life. This year, the Fremont Arts Council awarded $4500 to seven artists and artist teams, in his honor.

Your donations to support the Solstice Parade help make this

grant program sustainable.

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Thank you. Thank you.The Fremont Arts Council thanks everyone who took part in producing this parade. Especially our committed board of directors, the artists and volunteers, the community and our neighbors. Everyone who saved a box of gew gaws or brought in art supplies, and everyone who resisted donating paint. Thank you to the volunteers who ran our garage sale and everyone who donated something and to those who bought something. Thank you to the people of Seattle who have been appreciating and supporting our parade since it started 22 years ago. Thank you to the Fremont Chamber for keeping the tradition of the Fremont Fair alive, and to for the good work they do in the community.

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