King Mango Strut Preparations and Prop Making Session

Tue: 7:00 PM
The Wallflower Gallery
10 NE 3rd St
Miami, FL 33132

Hello friends!

Your buddies at Emerge Miami are preparing for another fun year of participation in the King Mango Strut Parade on Sunday, December 28, and we’d love to have you join us! The King Mango Strut is a Miami tradition dating back to the 70′s where participants break out the silliest getups they can hammer together and march through the Grove in celebration of celebrating! Here’s this year’s plan:

The float for Emerge will be “Let’s Rock the Boat!”, and we will be demonstrating all the things that are dragging down the world we love (sometimes begrudgingly), and all the positive things we can do to shake it up! This will include the following ideas:

- a boat float (currently under drafting and construction)
- blow up dolls for boat passengers
- cardboard waves representing different forms of adversity
- bicyclists to pull the boat forward
- large dollar signs, “banker anchors”, empty oil containers and assorted fake rockets and debris that are holding progress back, dragging behind the boat
- a sing-along revision of “Row, Row, Row Your Boat”, which we are currently drafting (suggestions welcome!)
-any ideas you’d like to see happen!

Here’s how you can help:
-We need participants to march or ride in the parade and enjoy the goofiest day in South Florida, and to help us live out our dream!
- any supplies that can help us create the props- this is all user-friendly cheap construction, easy to do and fun to use!
-help putting together props and float-related materials
- tell everyone you know to come out and enjoy the parade- or even participate with us in any or all of the things we have planned!

Please send out an email response or call Adam at [masked] if you are interested in participating! We will have our regularly scheduled Emerge Meeting on Tuesdays at 7 PM at the Wallflower Gallery for planning and prop-making- join us anytime!

For more Mango Strut details, visit http://www.kingmangos…

The Lowdown:
WHAT: The King Mango Strut Parade, Sunday, December 28
WHERE: Coconut Grove
WHY: For the heck of it- we can all use a laugh!!

Please spread the word and get involved!

Love,
Your Friends at Emerge Miami