[Speed Gibson,
Friday June 17, 2005 at 11:45pm]
'Tis the season
Many cities have an annual civic celebration, the most well-known being the Minneapolis Aquatennial. This week Brooklyn Park celebrates "Tater Daze" and next week Brooklyn Center hosts "Earle Brown Days." Next month we have "Whiz Bang Days" in Robbinsdale, the Hopkins "Raspberry Festival" and the eagerly anticipated "Duk Duk Daze" in New Hope. There are many others.
There's a parade or two, various events, some sporting events, and often royalty. And they're largely a bore.
My home town of St. Louis Park flirted with one of these for a few years. It was called "Robin Hood Days." They hosted a pretty good Contract Bridge Tournament and crowned a Maid Marion. But either apathy or reality brought the civic leaders to their senses and they quietly did away with it.
If I may suggest, let's retire the rest of them as well. They served us many good years, but they just weren't made for these times.
There's a parade or two, various events, some sporting events, and often royalty. And they're largely a bore.
My home town of St. Louis Park flirted with one of these for a few years. It was called "Robin Hood Days." They hosted a pretty good Contract Bridge Tournament and crowned a Maid Marion. But either apathy or reality brought the civic leaders to their senses and they quietly did away with it.
If I may suggest, let's retire the rest of them as well. They served us many good years, but they just weren't made for these times.
I wonder if Pig's Eye will have Water Treatment Daze...