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Monday 19 June 2017

Party People


Inside this giant mobile mirror ball is Graham Massey, once/currently of 808 State. In front of the mirror ball are a New Orleans style marching band called Mr Wilson's Secondliners accompanying him on brass and percussion as he spins house classics through the streets of Manchester, as part of yesterday's Manchester Day parade. Now in its eighth year the parade was played out this year in standard Mancunian weather- blazing sunshine, thirty-odd degrees heat. Even just standing still was a sweaty business. As the parade finished in Exchange Square, Massey and his band kept the party going a little longer with a wonderfully ramshackle version of Planet Rock.

Planet Rock

2 comments:

Brian said...

It even looks hot, but I'm happy for your city. My best to Manchester!

JC said...

Looks like a day I'd love to have caught. Great to see the city getting back to normal while never forgetting those caught up in the atrocity.