Bread and Puppet Theatre presented A New Years Eve Insurrection Mass to celebrate another year gone by. Culminating in the second annual Funeral March for the Rotten Ideas of the Year 2008 now, which was a spectacular procession through Coventry village even in the bitter cold. The Insurrection Mass is a non-religious Puppet Service in the presence of the paper-mache gods of the day, with a Fiddle Sermon inspired by the Rotten Idea of the day. The show & procession were participated in by kids of all ages. So, Why Is this mass an Insurrection mass? What exactly inspires insurrection? And what makes insurrectionists celebrate mass? The celebration of an Insurrection mass has several functions: 1) to lift up the depressed souls of frustrated citizens 2)to sing a new song which is raw enough to combine all the sweet and sour notes of the human voice into one big yell, as big as a tornado, or even a steady breeze 3)to tickle wishy-washy minds with the possibility of insurrection. Insurrection means: possibilitarian anarchic celebration is victorious over Not-SO-Bad-any-more pseudo-hope or even everything-is-meaningless post-modern nihilism. Insurrection means: the victory of cheap artists over the moneymaking religion. Insurrection means: life is possible! Publicity and Support came from Cleveland Food Not Bombs, Cleveland Hts Library (the warm room and outdoor starting point), NOAC (Northeast Ohio Anti-War Coalition) (emailed notice of the event, a few of us showed up, & Cyndie even helped) and, of course, the wonderful amazing colassal Bread and Puppet Theatre...... Happy New Year 2009.... (photo note: i've included all but the very worst quality pix so excuse the fuzzy stuff and the video clips range from so-so to ok... feel free to download, copy or post anything you find here with simply credit to gkotrba if published)