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The clan begins to gather on the Summer Solstice, 2002. |
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Suzanne, Michael and Dorothy start the setting up. |
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Laurie Anderson, Suzanne Amstutz and host Elden Dellanina. |
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Roger Hoyt takes the pictures posted elsewhere on this page. |
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Elden and Sandy Dellanina contemplate the evening's events to follow. |
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Berkeley Meigs and Dorothy Dearman work the flowers. |
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While Michael Koelsch, Laurie Anderson and Michael McCaleb set up elsewhere.
Lot of Michaels in this group! |
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Dorothy Dearman and Ellen Lilleu prepare their flower headpieces. |
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The Graduates icon keeps watch, making good use of the portion of the
Dellaninas' home being remodeled. |
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Berkeley again, and Darlene Amundsen - more flowers! |
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...and a friendly Jay keeps excess seeds (and bugs?) under control. |
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Ellen LIley and Michael Koelsch go over some Graduates Club fine points.
Looks like a serious confab! |
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While Berkeley gets face-painted for the occasion by Michael McCaleb. |
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A dolphin tops the Santa Barbara Solstice Festival logo. |
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Our host shows off a high-school band jacket -- he still fits! Gilroy
is said to be the "garlic capital of the world." We went to the Garlic
Festival there.- like a county fair but EVERYTHING made from or with garlic...but
that's another story. |
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Michael Scar regards the finished floral headwear. |
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Michael Scar, Suzanne Amstutz and Ellen Lilley. |
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Hermine Baker joins the group, with flowers, too. |
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Michael McCaleb's self-taught Solstice poster art! |
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Jerry Jensen, Nancy Lieberman and Stephanie Larsson. |
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Hermine takes a crack at Solstice music-making. |
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A general view of the improbable crowd. There's Jack Weigel to the
far left, without a flowered cap! (And without a hot-dog hat, for that
matter!) |
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And then the dancing started once evening shadows fell... |
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Now there's forced perspective and tricks of the early-evening light,
not the attack of the 10-foot tall woman! Hollywood does that all the time,
on purpose. With me it just happens once in a while... |
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Drew Weiman in the good company of Dennis Forster! |
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Sondra and Bernie Krakower put in an appearance on the dance ... lawn. |
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Is Dorothy having a good time? And this may be my only shot of Larry
Larsson to the right in the picture. |
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Bernie, Hermine and Drew accompany the drummers. |
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Jump-cut -- Suddenly it's a day later, and Laurie Anderson and Ellen
Lilley join the crowd at the Santa Barbara Summer Solstice Parade. See
the lumpy thing above the crowd across the street? That's art. Part of
the current outdoor display. Controversial. |
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"Parade's a'comin'!" See the confetti all over the guy to the right.
That's typical. A lot of fun and very messy. The city is about to ban the
sale of "Silly String". Too hard to clean up after it bakes on the sidewalk
in the sun for a while. |
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Well, the kid needs a haircut. The Condor was a whale-watching boat
harbored at Santa Barbara; as Newcomers, we used the boat for dances and
barbecues. It was recently replaced by the new jet powered Condor II. |
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Solstice is a goofy time - unpredictable. But good seats for a view
of the parade... |
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This was a "pile-of-metal-junk float. The parade folk handed out lengths
of pipe and invited watchers to beat the heck out of it. Weird, but in
character! |
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I didn't "get" this one. Must have something to do with George Bush
and Texas? |
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Solstice. Self-explanatory? Don;t miss the "poodles" in the background. |
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There's one of those poodles now after the parade's all said and done
-- If he catches that stuff on fire, well... |
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