The Mummer's Parade that is...................
With permission from our doctors and a 6 hour pass, we left the hospital and shared a sensational experience with Philadelphia. The weather couldn't have been better yesterday, somewhere around 70 degrees, however very unusual for us to have been outside on the 6th of January without even a jacket.
It took a couple of days to get everything together for us and finally after a few hour postponement for the parade it all came together yesterday morning and went down to meet our friends at 11:30am. We met Tracey and Denny along with a couple other nurses down on South Street to get ready for the parade. We were also met by Cathy Gandolfo from the Philadelphia ABC news.
We were interviewed and then Jack joined the parade and "strutted" down Broad St. in the annual Mummer's Parade. This segment was aired last night in Philadelphia on the 6:00 and 11:00 news to tell of how it came about for Jack to be a part of this New Year's Celebration with the Mummers, visit http://abclocal.go.com/wpvi/story?section=local&id=4911361 and see video of the actual interview that was on the news last night. (they goofed on Jack's website, they put .com and it's .org.)
Jack's first "Strut" down Broad St.
Tina and Jack doing the "Mummer's Strut"
Clockwise from Jack, Denny, Lori, Chris, Tracey and Kim - Jack's Strut Buddies
Jack and his Mummer Friend Ed, who carried him while they were on TV
Jack's new friends, Liam and Conner (Tracey's nephews!)
Comments (2)
You won't believe me when I tell you I had the parade on from 10am til 7pm and missed Jack. I have never seen such a parade. I'm so happy that you were able to pull this off. The pictures are great. That strut is everything! Love to all.
Posted by Aunt Peggy & Uncle Ronnie | January 8, 2007 5:19 PM
Posted on January 8, 2007 17:19
Boubie:
Way to go ... you are the cutest Mummer I have ever seen ... I am so proud of you!
Love you,
Cheryl
Posted by Cheryl | January 7, 2007 5:52 PM
Posted on January 7, 2007 17:52