MEOW! Calling cats, kittens & cat ladies to Village Halloween Fete
Halloween revelers will be in full feline fashion flair on Oct. 31 when the 51st annual Greenwich Village Halloween parade invites creative puppeteers, and costumiers to the biggest ghoul show in the nation. Meow is the theme of the carnival which begins at 7 p.m. from Manhattan’s Spring St. along Sixth Ave. to 16th St. offering a bewitching, spooky, jaw-dropping, spontaneous, masquerade of satirical perspectives. Actor Andre DeShields was recently named to bring drama to the head turning, rain or shine spectacle. He will likely add theatrical antics to his role as grand marshal. Usually presented live on television via New York One at 8 p.m. reporters and anchors from the station customarily dress to characterize recognizable images. At numerous points along the route the scribes often spotlight individuals and groups who have created a world revered pageantry of ghoulish troubadours. Among the usual skeletons, headless vampires, comic book characters, coffins, cob webs, ...