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Blackout Anniversary
Three Parties – One Celebration
8pm to 10pm.

Thursday August 14, 2008 is the 5th anniversary of the great blackout,
when our city rediscovered itself as “Toronto the Good”.  Remember when
life spilled out into the streets; remember talking to strangers; remember
when magic zapped out the mundane.

Join local merry-makers Streets are for People!, New Mind Space, Promise,
Reclaim the Streets, Drummers in Exile, Bike Pirates, Take the Tooker,
Bells on Bloor, Urban Repair Squad, Samba Elegua and the Kensington Horns
for three parties and one big celebration.

PARTY OPTION #1 – PARADE
8pm – assemble Central Tech bleachers, (Harbord just east of Bathurst)
BRING – horns, drums, instruments of all kinds, noise makers, lanterns,
costumes (anything silly)
9pm we depart

PARTY OPTION #2 – CRITICAL MASS BIKE RIDE
8pm – assemble – Bloor and Spadina
BRING – the usual fun
8:15 depart
9pm return to Bloor and Spadina

PARTY OPTION #3 – SILENT STREET RAVE
8PM – assemble – 666 Spadina (at Sussex Ave.)
BRING – music player, glo-sticks, costumes, the usual fun

9:30 – Don’t miss the Secret Grand Finale when three parties become one.

This Sunday marks the 5th anniversary of the day our consumptive society blew the fuse on our own power supply.  Come and celebrate this realization and the relive the acts of community that this day inspired with all acoustic music, kid-powered games and a special evening theatrical performance in the streets of Kensington Market!   www.pskensginton.ca  Out with the lights, in with the music!

We can still some spare hands for a few hours each to help make this Pedestrian Sunday as amazing as it can be–please call Kelsey to volunteer (416)841-8549.