{news} 4th of July, Boom Box Parade, Willimantic

[Jean de Smet]

On July 4th, the Willimantic Boom Box Parade is the place to be!  Especially
for Greens.  The Parade exemplifies our key values:  grassroots,
participatory democracy where anything goes!  

 

All the major media will cover the parade, and all the major candidates will
be there.

 

The Green Candidates need 10,000 signatures to just get on the ballot.
Coincidentally, there will be about 10,000 people at the Boom Box Parade!
What a great opportunity for us to have fun and get a lot of the petitioning
done at the same time.

 

Let's meet at 9:30 in the Jillson Parking lot, in front of the former cinema
(directions below).  We can easily get the parade marchers to sign as they
assemble, because they are just hanging around waiting, and looking for
interesting people (like us) to talk to.  If there's 20 of us, we might get
half of them!  The marchers aren’t “marchers” per se.  They are just people
like us with their dogs and kids and trucks and boomboxes.  We can walk the
parade route, too, and get signatures from the observers.  

 

Or, if Ken can bring our banner, we can definitely walk in the parade.
Bring a boombox!  There is no pre-registration required, we can hand out
leaflets for Ralph and Cliff, etc.  We easily give away 1000 flyers when we
do this.  It's a great way to be seen.

 

We always get a great reception, and people are familiar with the Greens in
Willi.  In my petitioning, I've only had 4 people out of 200 refuse to sign.
So, this is fertile ground!

 

Let's make our presence felt.

 

To get to Jillson Square:  Technically, Jillson is on Route 66, Main Street.
Coming from east and west, you’ll be on scenic Route 6.  Route 6 becomes an
expressway in Windham.  Take the exit marked “UConn”, and follow the signs
to Route 195/UConn.  Take a right on 195, which in about ½ mile becomes
Jackson Street at Mama’s Pizza (don’t go left and follow 195).  Keep going
straight into Willi, about another mile.  Go right on Valley Street, which
is at the corner of Jillson Square.  Take the first driveway on your left
into the parking lot.  If you miss Valley, you’ll see the famous Frog Bridge
in front of you, but turn right on Main, and right into Jillson parking lot.
The former movie theater is the only building there. 

 

>From the south, take Route 32, go over the Frog Bridge in Willi, ta da,
you’re here.  From the north, just come down Route 195 or route 32 into
Willi.  

 

 

 

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