Throw Away Discord, Throw Away That Chord!
May. 2nd, 2006 10:06 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
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, the Foggy Bottom Morris (men) successfully awoke at 5, arrived at the Takoma Park Gazebo (across the street from HMT) at 6, started dancing at 6:05, and successfully woke the sun up for another year at 6:08. Traditions were upheld (as opposed to the year the cops told us to go home), guests from other teams hung around, a good breakfast and decent conversation, then those with normal lives (or crappy vacation policies) left for work...
The rest of us held to proper Morris May Day tradition and continued dancing, first at the Takoma Park clock tower to get our 2 relatively new musicians (who were going to have to hold the fort the rest of the day as our more experienced gang all were in that real life zone). at 945am, by car or by train, we headed south into the city...and guess what awaited us there?
(insert beethovan's 5th here...)
The Suspicious Package... (ooohh....).
Seriously, we have no idea how much of this made the news if at all, but the entire capitol reflecting pool from the Grant memorial around was closed off, and cops with some serious hardware were protecting it, as a "suspicious package" (some small briefcase) was discovered. Because of the glass, should it have been a bomb, the Botanical Gardens (our next dance stop) was closed and evacuated of all non-essentials. So a long around the block walk got us to a garden on the far side by independence ave, and dancing continued without issue. The briefcase was silently, subtlely, but majesticly...blown up. And we missed it...darn.
Long haul walk (well, 4 blocks, but darnnit it was uphill) to the Library of Congress, joined by a few other foggs and creekers who were normal enough to say "I don't do mornings..." but worked downtown, a few more dances, then off to the Dubliner for beers, lunch, and good company.
And the sun rises for another year...and my morris season for *this* year is done.
Icons made from photos by Andrew Marcus.
The rest of us held to proper Morris May Day tradition and continued dancing, first at the Takoma Park clock tower to get our 2 relatively new musicians (who were going to have to hold the fort the rest of the day as our more experienced gang all were in that real life zone). at 945am, by car or by train, we headed south into the city...and guess what awaited us there?
(insert beethovan's 5th here...)
The Suspicious Package... (ooohh....).
Long haul walk (well, 4 blocks, but darnnit it was uphill) to the Library of Congress, joined by a few other foggs and creekers who were normal enough to say "I don't do mornings..." but worked downtown, a few more dances, then off to the Dubliner for beers, lunch, and good company.
And the sun rises for another year...and my morris season for *this* year is done.
Icons made from photos by Andrew Marcus.
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Date: 2006-05-03 05:35 pm (UTC)Sound like a whole lot of run!
Suspicious package and all.
Sorry we could join you this year but the trout were running.
We had to get some good fishing in, my Cousin Slapp just got her fishing license renewed. First change she was allowed to, after the incident with the Game Wardener.
Good job bring up the sun this year.