Ragamuffin Parade honoree warns: Support traditions or they will die
Frankie Marra has a stern warning for people who enjoy beloved southern Brooklyn traditions like the annual Children’s Ragamuffin Parade: Support them or they’ll fade away into memory.
“If you don’t support these things, they go away,” Marra told a roomful of civic leaders and elected official at the annual Ragamuffin Parade Luncheon at the Bay Ridge Manor catering hall on Sunday.
Marra, a musician and Bay Ridge civic activist, was honored as the Ragamuffin Person of the Year at the luncheon and surprised many in the crowded ballroom by using his acceptance speech to make a pitch for financial support and volunteers for the march that will take place next month.