Parade, Rained On

The Dance Parade was today.

Daya used to be in it with her old studio.

Move NYC was in it this year, or at least a few of the Move kids were.

None of my parent friends from Move were going to be there though.

Bummer.

But Sharon's daughter was in it from Daya's old studio, so I hung out with them.

The parade starts at 17th and 6th and goes to Tompkins Square Park, where there are three stages set up and the groups all do a short stage performance after dancing through Manhattan.

Daya could not do the parade part of the parade due to dance rehearsal at MYB, but she had a call time of 3pm for a 3:53 stage performance.

She told me repeatedly that I don't have to go.

Obviously I don't HAVE to.

I don't HAVE to do anything.

But maybe I WANTED to!

The unfortunate thing about the parade was the POURING RAIN.

I m unsure if that was better than the searing heat of previous years or not, but it was not pleasant.

Both are pretty terrible, actually, for a parade.

We walked several blocks with the parade, then Sharon car-jacked the car that was driving ahead of the studio (Krystal's parents from the studio), three of us got in and had a very pleasant VIP parade treatment out of the rain.

Rainy Parade from Car Window

It was so wet.

Tompkins Square Park, where I have painted a few times

At 3pm Daya arrived at the park all the way from Lincoln Center.

The rain got even worse with flood advisories.

About 15 minutes before the performance, Move NYC called it off due to safety issues on the wet stage.

So we left and went to Capezio.

Daya was in a super pissy mood, at least towards me- I have no idea why.

4 pairs of tights on special (buy three get one free) costs $62, in case you were wondering.

I liked this spiky massage ball.  I kind of want one.

My foam rollers are spiky so I probably don't need it, but I still like it.

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