All Soul's Procession 2009

Last weekend was All Soul's Procession in Tucson. If you don't know about this event click here

We had the idea to create a big float to carry the kids in. Griffin, Matilda, cousin Gracie, and cousin Eva. Here is he progression:

Test with the Zebra tent:

Painting:

Creating a rickshaw:

Road test:

Griffin test:

Here it is loaded in the back of my truck with the Max puppet. That is a representation of Brie's cousin Max who passed away a few years ago. We created that in 2006 and it comes out every year for the procession. The idea for the event is to honor the dead, but it's also an artist's celebration of life so there are really creative displays:

Here are Griffin, Eva, and Gracie. Matilda wanted to be held most the time:

Me:

Uncle Luke in the Max puppet:

Us:

Stopping for a drink:

Matilda:

Here we are processing:

The end of the day. Matilda fell asleep so we put her in the zebra:

Here is a slideshow from a local newspaper

And more from the television news

Another from Flicker

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