On Halloween this year, I had the distinct honor of choreographing a group of humans to carry Black Flags and Spirit Poles with the Grand Marshal float at the NYC Halloween Parade. The 50th Anniversary of the event, this year’s Grand Marshal was artist Laurie Anderson, who’s late husband, Lou Reed had a song “See you at the Halloween Parade” - which was meant to invite our lost loved ones to join us each year at the parade. The float featured names of New Yorkers who had passed in the last year, lyrics from the song, Lou’s guitars amplified and droning, a vocalist, and Laurie improvising along on a violin. We processed beside the float with Spirit Poles meant to invite spirits to join us, and waving 14 ft black poles with 9 ft black flags with lyrics written on them. HUUUUGE kudos to Jeanne Fleming, Martha Tobias, Ellie Brown and the many other humans who were part of this special experience.