#279 Second-Lining on the Roof-Men of Class 2012.MOV (by John Shaw)
Second-liners often end up on roofs of cars, roofs or buildings or other high places, either to see everything below from a vantage point, or in the hopes of being seen or noticed themselves. At the Men of Class second-line at Joe’s House of Blues, Seventh and Dryades, Uptown New Orleans, 10/21/12
The stops along a second-line route are primarily places for the parading organization to show honor and respect to other organizations (and vice versa), but large crowds gather at these spots, many of which are traditionally-significant locations, so the intersections become sudden venues, at which dancers show off their creativity and skill and vendors sell their food, drinks or other products. Note the second-liner who is dancing on the roof of Joe’s House of Blues, Uptown New Orleans, 10/21/12
The Men of Class second-line works its way through Uptown to Joe’s House of Blues at Seventh and Dryades. This neighborhood bar is known as a venue for Mardi Gras Indian practices, and also has the occasional live blues or soul band. 10/21/12
The Men of Class second-line heads down Louisiana Avenue past the Sandpiper Lounge, which looks as if it hasn’t changed a bit since 1957, Uptown New Orleans, 10/21/12
#246 Stooges Brass Band @ Men of Class 2012 (by John Shaw)
The Stooges Brass Band playing for the Men of Class 2012 second-line in Uptown New Orleans, 10/21/12
#240 Stooges Brass Band Why You Worried About Me Men of Class 2012 (by John Shaw)
This was the first time I have heard the Stooges play this song, which I usually associate with the TBC or the Rebirth Brass Band. This was the Men of Class 2012 second-line leaving the first stop and heading south on Louisiana Parkway, 10/21/12
The Men of Class second-line moves on from Big Man’s Lounge south along Louisiana Avenue in Uptown, with the Stooges Brass Band, 10/21/12
#235 Sisters with Class Coming Out 2012 (by John Shaw)
The Sisters With Class come out at the first stop on the Men of Class second-line near Big Man’s Lounge on Louisiana Avenue in the Uptown, 10/21/12
Some scholars believe that second-lines in New Orleans derive from West African practices of parading and drumming around a village in order to bless it or protect it from evil. But in New Orleans, the day’s activities involve more than parading and playing music, for the procession stops at a number of places where the social aid and pleasure club that is parading will salute another club. This takes on the aspect of ritual, and thus second-lines serve to build ties and alliances within New Orleans’ inner-city neighborhoods, 10/21/12
#212 Men of Class Second Line 2012 (by John Shaw)
You could say this dancer took his second-lining to new heights when he climbed up on the scaffolding of a pumping station being remodeled on Broad Street in Uptown New Orleans. The Stooges Brass Band are providing the groove, 10/21/12
