the mummers are dead! long live the mummers!

THE MUMMERS ARE DEAD! LONG LIVE THE MUMMERS!
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BIBLIOGRAPHY
"The Mummers Parade 2016." ​Visit Philadelphia, ​n.d. 31 Dec. 2015. Website.
Swanwick, Michael. ​In the Drift​. New York: Berkley Pub. Group, 1985. p11.
“Philadelphia Mummers Parade 2 ½ Miles of Unreality: 16,000 to Strut on New Year’s Day.” ​ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chicago Tribune​, 19 Dec. 1965.
Guendelsberger, Emily. “Why Blackface Still Dogs the Mummers 50 Years After it was Banned.” ​Philadelphia City Paper,​ 19 Dec. 2013.
Bunch, Will. “50 Years Ago Today in Philly, This Happened.” ​Attytood ​Blog.​ Philly.com​, 1 Jan. 2014. Blogpost.
Snyder, Susan. “Next Up for the Mummers: Diversity.” ​The Philadelphia Inquirer, ​13 Nov. 2015.
Panaritis, Maria. “Under the Gaiety, Mummers are in Grim Fight to Survive.” ​The Philadelphia Inquirer​, 29 Dec. 2014.
"Keep on Strutting." Editorial. ​The Philadelphia Inquirer,​ 3 Sept. 2014.
Swanwick, Michael. ​In the Drift​. New York: Berkley Pub. Group, 1985. p26.
“Mummers Won’t March.” ​ProQuest Historical Newspapers: The New York Times​, 28 Nov. 1933.
“1934 Welcomes by Mummers in Philadelphia.” ​ProQuest Historical Newspapers: Chicago Tribune​, 02 Jan. 1934.
Bykofsky, Stu. “Apology From Froggy Carr is a First.” ​The Philadelphia Inquirer​, 08 Jan. 2013.
Dougherty, Frank and Ron Goldwyn. “Last Call For Strutters Cops to Check Band Vehicles for Alcohol.” ​Philadelphia Daily News​, 12 Dec. 1995.
Screenshot of Froggy Carr Facebook status update. "Froggy Carr Following the Traditional Route for the Mummers Parade 2015."​ Mr. Mummer, ​06 Nov. 2014.
Blogpost.
Dougherty, Frank. “Mummers on Market St.? New Route for ‘95 Strutters.” ​Philadelphia Daily News​, 20 July 1994.
McDevitt, John. “Mayor Nutter Says This Year’s Mummers’ Parade Will Be Pride of Philadelphia.” ​CBS Philly,​ 20 Dec. 2013.
Associated Press. “Hard-up Governments Take the Fund Out of Festivals.” ​Daily American​, 19 May 2009.
Weart, William G. “Court Denies Negro Plea to Ban Blackface in Mummers' Parade.” ​The New York Times,​ 1 Jan. 1964.
Bunch, Will. “50 Years Ago Today in Philly, This Happened.” ​Attytood ​Blog.​ Philly.com​, 1 Jan. 2014. Blogpost.
Associated Press. “Mummers Pictures Rejected.” ​The New York Times​, 31 Dec. 1987.
Price, Debbie M. “Philadelphia Asks, Is It Art Or Politics?” ​The New York Times​, 10 Jan. 1988. (in two parts)
Swanwick, Michael. ​In the Drift​. New York: Berkley Pub. Group, 1985. p22.
Zimmerman, Jonathan. “Cross-dressing at the Mummers Parade.” ​Newsworks.org​, 31 Dec. 2012. Blogpost.
Hack"Journalists"Can'tBeReformed. 3 Jan. 2015. Comment posted to “Enough with the #PhillyShrug: These Mummers Cannot be Reformed.” ​Philly
Declaration​, 2 Jan. 2015. Blogpost.
AL DÍA News (@ALDIANews). “Philly is 44% African American, 13% Latino, 7% Asian... the #MummersParade & #Mummers are not. To ensure parade support
they NEED diversity.” 1 Jan. 2015, 12:18pm. Tweet.
Reilly, Ignatius (@killerswp). “That would completely ruin it,like most Philly neighborhoods that #diversified #epicfail.” 1 Jan. 2015, 12:51pm. Tweet.
AL DÍA News (@ALDIANews). “Without growing communities & their energy & drive to contribute, both as participants &spectators, the #MummersParade is
doomed @killerswp.” 1 Jan. 2015, 12:54pm. Tweet.
Reilly, Ignatius (@killerswp). “@ALDIANews If the parade is doomed,so is the city..you can't force your way into a tradition,it's fun and family and get ready
#HARDWORK.” 1 Jan. 2015, 1:02pm. Tweet.
AL DÍA News (@ALDIANews). “Complete silliness to think that if a city stays static it will thrive. @killerswp.” 1 Jan. 2015, 1:11pm. Tweet.
D’Ambrosio, Felicia. “How the Mummers are Trying to Change Two Street.” ​The Philadelphia Inquirer, ​28 Dec. 2015.
Gelles, Jeff. “Fancy That - The Mummers are Returning to Broad Street.” ​The Philadelphia Inquirer,​ 14 Feb. 1995.
Dougherty, Frank and Ron Goldwyn. “Fine-tuning The Mummers Sober, Shorter Parade Urged.” ​Philadelphia Daily News​, 17 Dec. 1992.
Coard, Michael. “Jim Kenney Owes Black Folks.” ​The Philadelphia Tribune​, 29 May 2015.
Whitlow, Annis. ​The Racial Politics of Urban Celebrations : A Comparative Study of Philadelphia's Mummers Parade and Odunde Festival​ (Thesis M.C.P.).
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2004. p58.
Swanwick, Michael. ​In the Drift​. New York: Berkley Pub. Group, 1985. p27.
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Performance by DBQ on Saturday, January 2, 2016
at 1026 Arch St. 2nd Fl. Philadelphia, PA
http://dbq.website
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