{"id":18530,"date":"2017-04-30T21:55:20","date_gmt":"2017-05-01T01:55:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=18530"},"modified":"2023-05-31T15:20:35","modified_gmt":"2023-05-31T19:20:35","slug":"2023-carnival","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iaintjustmusic.bobleafe.com\/?p=18530","title":{"rendered":"2023 – CARNIVAL!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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(PANO) See that big ride in the middle? That\u2019s the side and back of Holy Trinity Church in Hackensack. It\u2019s 3 short blocks from where I live and it\u2019s where my siblings and I were baptized.<\/span><\/p>\n

See all the asphalt that the other rides are on? That\u2019s where I went to school from Grades 1 through 4. It was a big building that housed an elementary school (Holy Trinity School) and a high school (Brownson High).<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s now the church parking lot.<\/span><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m not sure when the church began sponsoring carnivals in May, but I\u2019ve been shooting them on and off for over 20 years.<\/span><\/p>\n

It\u2019s been a while – what with the pandemic and all – so when I saw this sign on the old convent, I decided to head on over there:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I went at around 6:30 on Thursday – while the sun was still out – to see what was there and if it had changed much.<\/span><\/p>\n

It hadn\u2019t.<\/span><\/p>\n

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There was The Zipper in its usual spot on the northern end:<\/span><\/p>\n

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And there was the Round Up right next to it:<\/span><\/p>\n

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It seems that the name on the sign acquired a couple of extra letters, thanks to the motion of making it a certain type of image.<\/span><\/p>\n

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(PANO) I don\u2019t know what this one was called (“Traffic Jam”?), but it doesn\u2019t seem like there\u2019s all that much interest in it:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I have no idea how this guy wound up with a carnival on his head:<\/span><\/p>\n

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(PANO) So THIS is where all those cartoons live:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I think I\u2019d better come back when it\u2019s dark out, so my camera can ride the lights.<\/span><\/p>\n

And two nights later, I did.<\/span><\/p>\n

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(PANO) From across the street:<\/span><\/p>\n

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(PANO) Here\u2019s where you go to stuff yourself with carnival food:<\/span><\/p>\n

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(ALWAYS a great idea before you go on rides that spin at hypersonic speed!)<\/span><\/p>\n

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And here are those rides\u2026\u2026\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Zipper from straight ahead:<\/span><\/p>\n

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From underneath:<\/span><\/p>\n

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The Zipper at gorgeous full speed:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Unfortunately, it went WAY too fast and exploded into many pieces that littered the lot:<\/span><\/p>\n

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Fortunately, there was a church right across the street in which to pray for the victims\u2019 souls.<\/span><\/p>\n

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Time to check out the Round Up in action.<\/span><\/p>\n

It starts off innocently enough:<\/span><\/p>\n

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(PANO) But – like the Zipper – it started spinning at insane speeds\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026..fast enough to become intensely green-hot (the multi-dimensional equivalent of \u201cred-hot\u201d) and melted off into one of those dimensions (a kid-friendly one, I hope):<\/span><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m running out of rides to shoot\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026.oh look, here\u2019s one:<\/span><\/p>\n

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I\u2019m not sure what this one\u2019s called, but I DO know it started off with kids in individual swings that were hanging off <\/span>the round upper section. Who knows where they are now\u2026\u2026\u2026.but the ride looks great!<\/span><\/p>\n

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Is there anything (or anyone) left to photograph?<\/span><\/p>\n

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Oh wait\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026\u2026I see one rather tame ride with the last two kids at this carnival sliding down it:<\/span><\/p>\n

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They look like nice kids, so – to end this post on a happy note – I won\u2019t show you what awaited them at the bottom.<\/span><\/p>\n

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See you next year!<\/span><\/p>\n

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