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Memorial Day Parade
How much do you love a parade? If you're anything like me, the conglomeration of shinny fire engines, horses, marching bands and carefully choreographed dances, is a singularly fascinating experience.
I especially love that there in Spa city we like our parades so much, that we make sure to get it in when we're sure everyone is in town, on a Wednesday. One year ago, before I was privy to the details of such events, I was quite surprised to come out of Boarders and see a parade on Broadway. "Hmm...," I though to myself. "Why is there a parade on Wednesday?"
Well, I still haven't heard a good answer to the question, but I'm fairly confident it has to do with the fact that people want to get out of town on the weekend, and there wouldn't be anything more disappointing than a parade without anyone watching.
So, I was heartened to see the sidewalks relatively crowded today with people coming out to watch our parade, despite the cold temperatures. From what I've heard, today's parade is just a taste of what's to come on Flag Day.
I especially love that there in Spa city we like our parades so much, that we make sure to get it in when we're sure everyone is in town, on a Wednesday. One year ago, before I was privy to the details of such events, I was quite surprised to come out of Boarders and see a parade on Broadway. "Hmm...," I though to myself. "Why is there a parade on Wednesday?"
Well, I still haven't heard a good answer to the question, but I'm fairly confident it has to do with the fact that people want to get out of town on the weekend, and there wouldn't be anything more disappointing than a parade without anyone watching.
So, I was heartened to see the sidewalks relatively crowded today with people coming out to watch our parade, despite the cold temperatures. From what I've heard, today's parade is just a taste of what's to come on Flag Day.
posted by The Saratogian City Desk at
9:49 PM
1 Comments:
As with anything in this city, you can answer this question with simple logic. First, pretend Monday and Tuesday don't exist(because the really don't in the downtown business world). Then ask yourself ask yourself when people are more likely to crowd onto the streets, during any day of a three-day weekend or on Wednesday or Thursday. If you answered the later, give yourself a gold star. Next, ask yourself what day is the slowest for downtown businesses. If you answered Wednesday, give yourself another star. Are you catching a reoccurring theme here?
So to sum it up for the cheap seats, it's so that downtown businesses clean up on a day when they'd probably be empty otherwise. Simple logic, pure capitalism.
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