Would there be room for an orchestra made of trash? I was thinking of an all-trash marching band. Barrels, buckets, cans, bottles, etc.

>We're not asking for permits or permission. We're >just gonna do it.

THIS IS WHAT WE NEED!!!!

Santa Cruz Last Night Parade of Freaks

Aye, I'm in. Sounds fun.

Discussion group (and semi-half assed coordination of what is an utterly a decentralized non coordinated affair) for Last Night Santa Cruz:

tribes.tribe.net/lastnightdiy

Website: www.lastnightdiy.org

Not looking forward to the usual boring city-sponsored New Year's Eve fare? Why not join the Last Night Santa Cruz DIY Parade?

A New Year's Eve parade of freaks, clowns, gamelan, politics, fire, samba drums, punks, pirates, art, hippies, art cars, zombies, marching bands, moms, dads, kids, and music. Join the parade.

After several years of city-sponsored mediocrity, First Night Santa Cruz officially goes belly-up. To hell with city-sponsored anything anyway. Let's do our own parade. A Last Night celebration. A last night of waiting for governments, institutions, or anyone else to entertain us, satisfy us, bring us security, freedom, or joy. We reclaim our streets and usher in the new year with our own celebration.

We're not asking for permits or permission. We're just gonna do it. We'll start at one end of the mall and march down Pacific. Extra bonus points if we can pull off a swell dance party to rollicking live music on the other end. This is your parade, your celebration, and your new year. Interested?

Don't wait to see who else is involved or whether we will really pull this off. Fuck it. Jump in.

Keep in touch, join an email discussion, etc etc on the Last Night email list: lastnightdiy-subscribe (at) lists.riseup.net

Contact: Rico - parade (at) thespoon.com

The sentinel article said that the city was planning on a budget of $125,000. Does anyone know what that money would go to? Was it just for extra cops that day? Does the city provide ambulances and water? What is the cash for?

I think the cash is being used to commission a study on the feasablity of conducting a fact-finding, marketing, and donation -garnering team on re-starting and re-invigorating First Night Santa Cruz.

Or we can just do it ourselves.

Last Night Santa Cruz in the Metro
santacruz.indymedia.org/mod/otherpress/display/632/index.php

How bout a love in with flowers and pink blossomed fairies, too?