I am deeply honored to have been made the Grand Marshal of the 29th Portsmouth Halloween Parade.

While the parade itself doesn’t have a theme, I can have a theme for myself at the front of the parade. I’ll be marching the parade as a bee and I’m inviting everyone who would also like to put on a bee costume to join me at the front of the parade so that together we may create a SWARM of bees.

Also, there is an ancient tradition of medieval peasants banging pots and pans on Halloween to let the dead know that we haven’t forgotten about them. Those who wear a bee costume and join me at the front can bring a pot and a wooden spoon so we can raise a ruckus into the night and let those who have passed on know that we haven’t forgotten them. And if you can work some lights into your costume somehow that would be awesome but not required.

I’m super looking forward to this once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to represent the creative spirit of Portsmouth. I hope you all, as a bee or whatever you want to be, take part in this historic tradition of the Portsmouth Halloween Parade!