nPosted on December 21, 2019
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nThe shortest day of the year has been Make Music Day Winter in New York City for almost a decade now. Get this: there are 12 different musical parades around the city, open to everyone who wants to participate! And of course people can create their own unique making-music event or parade, as well! How fun!
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nMake Music Winter has been so great, it’s spread nationwide and even a little bit worldwide. This year, there are open-to-anyone musical parades in Palm Desert (CA), Pasadena (CA), Philadelphia (PA), Pittsburgh (PA), Port Townsend (WA), and Provo (UT) – and that’s just the U.S. cities starting with “P”! Also: Perth, Australia! Check out your own city at the Make Music Winter website.
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nIf there are no parades in your own hometown, start the custom!
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nHere are a few sorts of making music in public that have paraded down NYC streets:
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- electric guitarists
- medieval singers
- Puerto Rican Parranda percussionists
- people playing music with iPhones (?)
- handbell players
- musicians on bicycles
- trombone players
- people playing music on boomboxes
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nAlso on this date:
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nInternational Dalek Remembrance Day
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nBah, Humbug Day
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nLook on the Bright Side Day
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nAnniversary of the first crossword puzzle
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nBirthday of actress / activist Jane Fonda
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nSolstice
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National Flashlight Day in the U.S.A.
(Celebrated on Winter Solstice)
National Flashlight Day in the U.S.A.(Celebrated on Winter Solstice)
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nCelebrating short on the shortest day of the year
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nForefathers Day in Plymouth
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n(December 22, unless that day falls on a Sunday)
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nPlan ahead:
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nCheck out my Pinterest pages on:
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nHistorical anniversaries in December
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nAnd here are my Pinterest boards for:
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