Dancing in the street

You didn't hear from me over the last few days because I spent Thursday afternoon through Friday noon in Holland, MI to see part of their Tulip Time Festival. There were two highlights for me. The first was when the kids from the area high schools formed up teams of dancers to completely encircle the big downtown park. They wore native Netherlands costumes and the traditional wooden shoes as they performed traditional dancers in the street. The second highlight was to visit Windmill Island, which contains a working windmill (they sell the flour in the gift shop) that was given to the city by the country (and also prompted Netherlands officials to ban windmill exports). Tulip Time is an annual Dutch heritage festival held every year. This was the first time I took the time to see any of it.

I stayed only until noon partly because I had seen enough and partly to get back to Detroit to see the final performance of One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest at the Hilberry Theatre. As always, an excellent production about power and cruelty on the part of the asylum nurse and orderlies and kindness on behalf of the new patient. The play is a bit different from the movie that starred Jack Nicholson.