philadelphia mummers parade 2010
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The Mummers Parade is held each New Year’s Day in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Local clubs (usually called “New Years Associations”) compete in one of four categories (Comics, Fancies, String Bands, and Fancy Brigades). They prepare elaborate costumes and moveable scenery, which take months to complete. This is done in clubhouses, many of which are located on or near 2nd Street (called “Two Street” by some local residents) in the Pennsport neighborhood of South Philadelphia, which also serve as social gathering places for members.
The parade is televised on WPHL-TV; after a national campaign to get the parade nationally televised, an edited two-hour broadcast of the parade was picked up by WGN America and WGN-TV; the broadcast debuted January 3, 2009.
The parade should go on as planned for 2010, and The Fancy Brigade is lined up at The Convention Center. But no City Money towards the parade has brought on the need for a lot of help and fundraising efforts. To learn more about the Mummers check out their main Website. and to learn more about how to help make this years parade a reality, check out the Save the Mummers website.
Sources: Wiki + culturemob.com
