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Second-Lining on the Scaffold

#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

Across the Bridge into the Uptown

The Men of Class second-line proceeds across the bridge into Uptown New Orleans, where a second-liner climbs up on the scaffolding of a pumping-station that’s being remodeled. I have noticed that part of the phenomena at second-lines is dancers climbing up on ledges, roofs or other high places so as to be noticed by the crowd, or perhaps to be able to see the whole parade stretched out beneath them, or maybe both. 10/21/12

Men of Class Second-Line beginning at the Yacht Club

The Men of Class began their second-line at the Yacht Club on South Broad Street, with the Stooges Brass Band. I wasn’t aware at the time that my homeboys in the TBC Brass Band were marching with the Treme 12 second-line downtown, because that second-line wasn’t listed on the WWOZ schedule.

The Annual Car Show on RWE Jones Drive, Grambling

After the Grambling game, RWE Jones Drive was full of classic cars, as it is every year at homecoming, although the police were out in force to prevent people from u-turning and riding up and down the street in front of the stadium as they had done in previous years.Â