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Here is the second batch of photographs from July 4th’s parade in the neighborhood:
9th Ward Alderman Michael Browning
The Red & Black Brass Band performing on Maryland Plaza. Once again, thanks to Pass the Past Coffee’s Erica Tsimerman for the photo above and others that I’ve interspersed throughout these two posts.
Also, thanks again to the Central West End Association Board for hosting another wonderful 4th of July, and all the neighbors and visitors who participated. It was perfect.
The CWE’s 4th of July Parade has been marching along for 44 years now, and it never seems to grow old. The route has gotten longer since those early years, and the activities at parade’s end are much more elaborate, but no matter what year it is the 4th of July in the Central West…
On the longest—and also a very hot—day of the year, CWE Yoga celebrated the summer solstice with an event at the Maryland Plaza fountain. As the sun was setting, 25 yoga enthusiasts completed 108 sun salutations in an hour-long fundraiser for tornado relief. CWE Yoga’s founder, Constance Lambdin, reported that the June 21 event raised…