Friday, November 1st, 2019. New York City – The 46th Annual New York City Halloween Parade in Manhattan was last night. There were thousands of costumed marchers and thousands of people watching the parade.
According to the organizers:
* – The parade is the nation’s largest public Halloween celebration.
* – Attended by over 2 million people, seen by over 1 million on TV.
* – The nation’s only major night Parade.
* – Recipient of the Municipal Arts Society of New York’s Award for
making a major contribution to the cultural life of New York City.
* – Internationally acclaimed in France, Russia, Germany, England,
Italy, Japan, Spain, Australia, Brazil, Malaysia, Hungary, Korea,
Greece, Poland, China, Argentina, Turkey, New Zealand and Yugoslavia as a
result of international television specials on the Parade as well as
news coverage and worldwide coverage on CNN.
* – A mile-long stage featuring tens of thousands of costumed marchers,
hundreds Halloween characters, including giant masks and puppets, dozens
of marching bands playing music from around the world stilt walkers,
jugglers, break dancers and other street performers participate in the
Parade.
* – An open forum for visual and performing artists to display their art
in an environment where all are creators as well as participants and
viewers.
* – A vehicle for the co-mingling of the diverse economic, ethnic,
social, sexual and racial components of New York City, putting on
display the cultural pluralism of the world’s most exciting city.
* A family event, thus serving as a form of creative and positive
expression for young people in a safe, celebrative environment.
* A vehicle for New York City schools, design and performing arts
colleges and universities, neighborhood associations and artists to work
closely with the Parade staff to design major elements for the Parade
throughout the year.
* An event which has a positive impact on New York economic life,
bringing hundreds of thousands of tourists and an estimated $90 million
in tourism dollars into the city, providing Greenwich Village businesses
and restaurants their best night of the year.
* – An event which has a tremendously positive impact on how people who
live in or come to visit New York see and feel about this community. The
excitement and goodwill that it generates is lasting.
46th Annual New York City Halloween Parade.
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