HONK FESTIVAL- SATURDAY
On Saturday I went to a festival called Honk in Somerville. Honk is a festival of activist street bands, and it is truly a great time, where you can dance and sing along to all kinds of music. Honk is a three day festival, and my dad and I went on Saturday. We took the train and subway to Davis Square. There were tons of people there. First we went to a food truck called RedBones. RedBones is known for their delicious ribs. It is a tradition that every Honk fest, my dad and I eat some ribs from RedBones. They were SO good!! After we finished the ribs, J.P. Licks caught my eye, and I knew instantly that I just HAD to get ice cream. I got peanut butter cookies 'n' cream.
We had planned that my music teacher would be meeting us at Honk, because SHE also goes every year too and lives in Somerville. When we met up with her, we looked at shirts, talked, and took some pictures. It was really fun to see her there.
After a little while, she went off with her friends, and we went with my dad and his friend Greg.
We went to his son Charlie's bake sale he was holding down the street. Everything was whatever price you think was fair. He got a lot of business, and had 5 choices, but sold out of some of the treats quickly. I got 2 peanut butter cookies that had a Hershey kiss in the middle.
Once Charlie had basically sold out of everything, they packed up his stuff, and carried it home, while Greg my dad and I went to go watch a Brazilian drumming band. It was amazing how they could just keep drumming nonstop for like 5 minutes at a time. Their hands and fingers must have to be very strong in order to do that. Next, while they were still drumming, I decided to go on Pokemon Go (because duh :)), because I thought there might be some good Pokemon around because it was such a big event.
My dad told Greg where we were going, and he said that the best place for Pokemon was the park down the street where there was also a band playing. Turns out that all 4 pokestops at the park had a lure at them. A lure is when Pokemon spawn quickly around you, and makes more Pokemon appear. Usually there wouldn't be as many Pokemon, but there was a lure at all 4 pokestops. IT WAS AWESOME!! And lures aren't that popular, and they are hard to get too. However, I had to stop playing because it was using up a lot of my battery.
Then, we went to a plaza where there was a huge band from Detroit that was playing, and I saw my music teacher again! She and I squeezed through everyone and the tight spaces. Finally, we got to the front row! This band was my favorite out of all of the bands I watched. Something I liked about the band was that some of the songs they were playing were pop songs, so I really enjoyed that.
When the band was done we walked to Greg's friend's house, which was where the float was that they had made for the parade on Sunday. Ill import a picture at the end. A group of people (including me) brought the float down to a park so it would be ready for the parade. The motor for the float was human powered- 2 people were pushing it, 1 on each side, and there were 2 bikes at the back. I was actually on one of the bikes, and right when I had started to bike, the tire popped and was flat!
I still biked because it wasn't that bad, but i had to get off a few minutes later because I had to leave, and the actual tire was peeling off the rim, so it was becoming unsafe. Honk 2016 was extraordinary! I didn't want to leave.
We had planned that my music teacher would be meeting us at Honk, because SHE also goes every year too and lives in Somerville. When we met up with her, we looked at shirts, talked, and took some pictures. It was really fun to see her there.
After a little while, she went off with her friends, and we went with my dad and his friend Greg.
We went to his son Charlie's bake sale he was holding down the street. Everything was whatever price you think was fair. He got a lot of business, and had 5 choices, but sold out of some of the treats quickly. I got 2 peanut butter cookies that had a Hershey kiss in the middle.
Once Charlie had basically sold out of everything, they packed up his stuff, and carried it home, while Greg my dad and I went to go watch a Brazilian drumming band. It was amazing how they could just keep drumming nonstop for like 5 minutes at a time. Their hands and fingers must have to be very strong in order to do that. Next, while they were still drumming, I decided to go on Pokemon Go (because duh :)), because I thought there might be some good Pokemon around because it was such a big event.
My dad told Greg where we were going, and he said that the best place for Pokemon was the park down the street where there was also a band playing. Turns out that all 4 pokestops at the park had a lure at them. A lure is when Pokemon spawn quickly around you, and makes more Pokemon appear. Usually there wouldn't be as many Pokemon, but there was a lure at all 4 pokestops. IT WAS AWESOME!! And lures aren't that popular, and they are hard to get too. However, I had to stop playing because it was using up a lot of my battery.
Then, we went to a plaza where there was a huge band from Detroit that was playing, and I saw my music teacher again! She and I squeezed through everyone and the tight spaces. Finally, we got to the front row! This band was my favorite out of all of the bands I watched. Something I liked about the band was that some of the songs they were playing were pop songs, so I really enjoyed that.
When the band was done we walked to Greg's friend's house, which was where the float was that they had made for the parade on Sunday. Ill import a picture at the end. A group of people (including me) brought the float down to a park so it would be ready for the parade. The motor for the float was human powered- 2 people were pushing it, 1 on each side, and there were 2 bikes at the back. I was actually on one of the bikes, and right when I had started to bike, the tire popped and was flat!
I still biked because it wasn't that bad, but i had to get off a few minutes later because I had to leave, and the actual tire was peeling off the rim, so it was becoming unsafe. Honk 2016 was extraordinary! I didn't want to leave.
More great memories, it was a fun day to share with you Nuala! Dad
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