Spring comes to Brooklyn Heights, and with it the Saint Ann’s Puppet Parade
Zany, exuberant fun
The 29th annual Saint Ann’s Puppet Parade, a high-spirited ritual in Brooklyn Heights, made its joyful way down Pierrepont and Montague streets and along the Promenade on Monday afternoon.
The parade, a Saint Ann’s School tradition since 1985, features puppet caricatures with giant heads, towering gods, animals on strings and aliens on sticks, led by drummers and cavorting, somewhat wicked clowns.
It’s a “celebration of life and spring,” said Saint Ann’s puppet master Ronnie Asbell, who founded the parade. “It’s about bringing the whole school together with the community in joy and celebration.”