Old North End Ramble: The Old North End Ramble 2026

Yeah. Oh, yeah. You're bringing your soil over, right? >> Yes. Okay. So, what are you guys up to today? >> Oh, well, we are making uh breakfast sandwiches. Uh so, I guess Yeah, we didn't know. We were the first event for the Ramble, and we've set up a uh a cafe on the green belt in front of the house for people to hang out and enjoy said breakfast sandwiches and get their day started, get their Ramble day started. Okay. >> And uh the breakfast sandwiches were made by Jess and are benefiting the Old North End Community Dinner, which is also associated with the NPA. Um and they have lots of homemade stuff on them. Um I wish they could be local eggs from our neighbors, but they're we we had to go buy them. But they do. Yes, exactly. Little raw milk. And then they also have a hot pepper rhubarb spread on them that are from our garden. So yeah, we're just having fun and seeing our neighbors, which is the best part. >> Hey folks, this year for the Ramble, we're just doing a minimal kind of yard sale. Um uh it was kind of a crazy year, so I wasn't able to do the whole uh pottery sale madness, but um we have a bunch of great stuff for sale for five bucks. And we also decided to do a tribute to the Golden Girls. So we have free Golden Girls pins. You can pick your favorite Golden Girl and we also have a big hand painted Golden Girl montage where uh you can go take your photo right in front of the Golden Girls because who doesn't love the Golden Girls, right? Have a great time at the Ramble. Hi, my name is Jay. Um I live at Trash Mountain and we are hosting a um waffle garden party for the Ramble. Um we also have um some yard sale items um beautiful garden um that we would like you to enjoy some waffles at. Come by. >> It is I'm Hobie. I'm Devon. >> Welcome to the Ramble Scramble. >> Okay. And what are you serving today? >> Eggs. What are you having? >> Okay. >> If you want to order off the secret menu, you have to make an animal noise. >> Okay. So, you also have a lemonade stand around here somewhere? >> Right across the corn right across the street. >> Okay. And that's going to be operating later or already >> to be determined. All right. So, I'm going to go back down to this. >> Hi, this is Imagine a Pancake, Imagine a Song. We have Ameilia here making pancakes and I have my guitar back there. We're going to play some music and we're just inviting neighbors to come. We also have a I also have a free store in there for people to take free stuff if they want. >> Yeah. There we go. >> So, who's the cook? >> It's Amelia. >> Hi. >> I did this last year at my house on North Champlain Street. Um but we we decided to to move here this year through the beautiful shady yard and the gorgeous free me stand free store. Um yeah. >> Okay. Yeah. There you go. We wake up ring. You read the daily headlines. You see the same old bombs in Gaza and keep on raining down. And at home we have a tyrant who wants to wear a crown. Let the reolution light upon me. Let the people rising set the whole world free. Let the reolution light a fire in me. Let the people rising set the ever world free. >> We were just out rambling and we found this awesome yard sale. It's not on the official map. It's a Rebel Ramble. They have these cute little bug prints and a free box and everything. >> Okay. Have you rambled before? I rambled once before. This is my second and this is her first. >> I know. I should have gone last year. >> Yeah, >> that's awesome. >> Okay, so I'm gonna go back to here. >> All right. Hello. Welcome. Um I am Karen Nord. I'm a board member of Preservation Burlington. And today we're going to take a walk through the old north end uh neighborhood. and we're going to learn a little bit about the past and the architecture and some of the stories that have made this neighborhood the place it is today. Um, as part of the ramble, are you guys all going to go ramble after this? >> All right. Well, okay. So, I'm going to ask a couple questions first before we get started. Number one, who lives in Burlington? All right. All right. Anyone from far away, distant land? All right. anyone who lives in the old north end. All right. Well, welcome. I live in the Old North End, too. Um, so anyway, we're going to be taking a walking tour. We're going to learn a little bit about the industrial past, the immigrant history that made the Old North End what it is today. One of the things that I love about the Old North End is um it very much started a workingclass community, and it really is today the same thing. It's a place of culture and history and diversity. Um, and it's kind of been a melting pot since its inception, which I just love. Um, our tour today is going to be about an hour or so. Um, we're going to be walking along North Street and we're going to end over at Pomeoy. It's going to be pretty flat. I'll find places for shade. Thankfully, it's not super hot yet. Um, have any of you been on a Preservation Burlington tour before? Yay! We love giving tours. Um, Preservation Burlington, we are a nonprofit. We focus around education and advocacy of Burlington's historic resources. Um, and one of the things that we love to do is tours. And, um, recently in June, we had our annual homes tour, which is always so much fun if you went on that. >> Yeah. >> It's so much fun. If you haven't gone on it before, definitely recommend. You get to go inside some really nice homes in Burlington. All right, >> so let's get started. Um, here we are at Battery Park. Anyone know why this is named Battery Park? old gun battery. >> That's correct. Yes. The War of 1812, this was a battery. Um, it repelled actually some British forces in 1813. Um, the cannons that you see along this, this one's from World War II, but there were some other ones that were installed earlier. If you walk along battery along this side, um, those were installed in 1897. um this later around 1830 um was sold to become a common for Burlington in perpetuity. So the people who sold it said this area needs to remain a common ground for the people of Burlington and ever since 1831 it has been a common ground for the people of Burlington. Um right now there is a packet of images that are going around. Has anyone seen those recently? All right, awesome. Yeah, if you want to take a look at those and you haven't seen them yet, those are some images of what Battery Park looked like in the late 1800s and early 1900s. And it's cool just to see some historic images of what it looked like. I'm going to pass aroundoop a image of this is a map by Amy B. Young in 1830. Um, and it's going to show you just a little bit of what this area looked like when this area first became a common. Um, so you're gonna see Elmwood, which is called a buring ground right there. Um, you're gonna see this area called the common, which is where we're standing. Um, and then I also want you to take note of something called the glass works. And I'm going to talk a little bit more about that over at that corner, but you're going to be able to see it on this map right here. It doesn't exist anymore. There's houses where there aren't where it was once. Um, but so I'm going to pass this around. You can take a look at it. And I'm going to talk a little bit about this fellow right here. Um, this is William Wells, uh, Burlingtonian. You might know of the Wells estate. There's like a beautiful old historic house um, right on What's the name of that street? St. Paul. No, no, no. Um, the Wells one is up on Union. Is it South Union? Romani. Willard. I think it's on North Willard. It's on North Willard. Um so when you're going across you'll see this beautiful Second Empire building. That's um the Wells Estate. But before that, um he served in the Civil War. He served in over 70 battles in the Civil War. He rose up ranks really quickly. If you look at this list on this, it goes like he was a bre maj major general and then he went all the way down to a major general and a brigadier general. um he got a medal of gallantry um in the battle of Gettysburg. So he was very much a well-known and established um he was well Sheridan >> I apologize for being so loud. >> Um Sheridan actually said that he was like his very ideal image of like somebody who was serving as a cavalry leader. Um after the war he went on and did a variety of things. Um let me just pull out some of his accomplishments. He served in the Vermont Senate. He worked as the president of the Burlington Trust Company, Burlington Gas Light Company, Burlington Board of Trade, and then he was also connected with the Wells Richardson Company, which you might know of like a little bit further down that way. Um, and they sold a variety of things. They're most well known though for pain celery compound. They also sold butter. Um, pain celery compound was kind of one of these late 1900s medical cure alls. Um, it was pretty much alcohol. Um, but with a little bit of celery in it. But, um, you know, it really solved all of your pain that you might have had. Um, it was, let me see if I can find Yeah. >> So, here's an image. There's an advertisement for Pain Celery Compound for the nervous, the debilitated, the aged, literally everything. If you had an issue, Pain Celery Compound was there for you. Um, a lot of companies like the Wells Richardson Company, um, by 1906 with the Pure Food and Drug Act when you had to really list all the things that you were putting in them because a lot of them put like opium and alcohol, um, to really make sure the pain was like you didn't have feel that pain. Um, a lot of them kind of they went on decline because these medical cure all weren't actually. So, they're just loaded up with with alcohol and painkillers. Um, so there's that. Any questions here? We're gonna mosey our way over across to the corner. When we're walking by, um, you're going to see kind of like a little fenced in area. That's where there used to be this totem pole. I think it's important to recognize that, um, this is Abanaki ground. Um, the totem pole was made by a non-Annaki person. I don't know if you guys remember this kind of controversy that came out. Um, and then they decided that they were just gonna kind of let it fall apart in perpetuity. Um, but I think it's like pretty much gone now. Um, and I'm not sure what the plans are in terms of like having another reference to indigenous peoples who were who once had this land um, before European settlers, but um, yeah, take a look at that. We're going to head right over to the corner to talk about that glass company. So, would you like to welcome me to the ramble and say, >> "Well, I don't I don't want to be that much of a focus." That's kind of what I mean. >> Okay. >> So, >> who wants to welcome me to the round? MJ, you want to welcome? >> Sure. What do I say? >> Welcome to the ramble. >> Well, I would say if it was >> my name. I'm here at Dewey Park to do >> Oh, here. >> You You're going to have to leave this. I'm You're better at public facing. >> Use the word rebel in it. Ramble in there. >> Okay. Okay. >> Okay. >> Yes. Totally. Hello. My name is Dewey Park. We're selling some wares. We're doing some clothing stuff. There's some free clothes and we're at the Ramble. We're really excited to be here. Check it out. >> Have you done the Ramble before? >> I have not done the Ramble before, but I've been a go for many years and I'm really excited to be participating this year. >> Same here. >> Yeah, we got Jenna's boutique. She calls it Purple Boots Boutique. She makes all these little tops by hand. >> And then I have some handmade stuff, too. >> Oh, >> okay. >> So, come check out our art. Thank you so much. You know, I'm just going to finish by taking >> Yeah, we got the free pile. We got some people at the free pile right now. Lots of good clothes if you need something. Um, yeah, we also got a $5 pile with some other things. And very exciting. >> Art prints craft. We have a crafts. >> Oh yeah. Bring your kids on down to Dewey Park because we have crafts going on over here for the ramble. We have sidewalk chalk. We have collaging. We have all types of canvases that are ready to go and you can come paint with us. So, come check it out. >> Okay. >> I'm going to go over here. >> May I buy some? >> Yeah. >> All right. >> OH, WE GOT ANOTHER. >> All right. >> You hold on to the rope right back here. >> Okay. Now, here. Wait. Now, one sec. I don't want to. >> All right. >> Does everybody know how tugofwar works? >> Okay. You just tug the rope. >> You need to pull. >> You need to pull. YOU GET LOW AND PULL IT. >> ALL RIGHT. ARE YOU READY? >> YEAH. YEAH. >> ON your mark, GET SET, >> GO. THEY ARE WINNING. >> OH, team blue within the lead. >> Best of blue. >> Yeah. Best of three. >> BEST. BEST OF THREE. You guys got to prove it. >> We need you on our team. All right. We got mommy. >> LUNAR. YOU WANT TO COME ON? >> YOU WANT TO HELP? COME ON. ARE YOU JUST GOING TO CHEER? >> YEAH. >> GOOD. WOW. >> You have a grown up. >> All right. I think we need one more person on this team to even it out. All right. >> It's okay. It's okay. It's okay. >> All right. Time for more. >> Ready. >> Three. >> Two. One. GO. >> They're smoking. >> OH MY GOD. >> YEAH. YEAH. >> YEAH. Sean coming back. >> Wow. 15. >> All right. >> Okay. >> Thanks, John. We needed that. >> All right. One more. >> There you go. >> I'm not very good at the little guy. I like this. >> What do you need with that rope? You want to We're gonna get it to be the machine. >> All right. So, this is a hula hoop race. Okay. >> So, everybody line up behind the rope >> and we're going to hula hoop as we race one another. Okay. >> Run and hula hoop. >> Well, can you walk in hula hoop? >> Okay. And if you if the hula hoop drops, >> all you got to do is pick it up >> and start hula hooping again. Okay, >> back. >> Okay, THAT'S A GOOD WARM UP. >> EVERYBODY LINE back up. >> Line back up here. >> We'll do that one next. Okay, >> WE'RE GOING TO HULA HOOP THE ME >> AND THEN WE'RE GOING TO hula hoop. >> This one's pretty light, too. >> No, no, I mean this one. I mean this one. He's got that one. >> Okay. Ready, set, go. Okay. Yep. Yep. >> Everybody. >> All right. Line up. Line up. >> You ready? >> Yeah. >> You ready? >> Yep. >> You ready? >> Wait a second. >> I can't walk. I guess you can. No, I can't. You got to waddle, you know. Yeah. Okay, everybody, it's a hula HOOP RACE. ON YOUR MARK. >> On your mark. >> HEY, HOOPING. Keep it hooping. Now, go back. Go back. Go back. We're just having fun. Nobody's cheating. Good job everybody. >> Don't everybody >> do a roll variation. >> OH, OKAY. NOW, >> EVERYBODY, >> ALEX IS GOING TO TEACH US >> THE NEXT hula hoop variation. Okay. >> Variation. You can roll it. >> Go like this. Watch Alex. >> Ready? >> That's the camera. >> Keep it up. >> GO ALL THE WAY. >> Got to go all the way. >> All the way. >> Everybody back. >> All right. up and do the rolling. You want to try roll. >> Show OD HOW YOU DO IT. >> Hey Odie. >> All right. Has everybody got their hula hoop in a rolling position? >> Rolling position. >> ARE YOU GUYS HAVING FUN? >> OH, YES YOU ARE. >> I CAN'T. >> OH, YES. >> All right, everybody ready to roll? >> Hi, Odie. >> All right, pass down. Yeah. >> THREE. >> TWO. ONE. GO. >> You got to CONTROL IT. >> HEY, YOU GOT TO KEEP IT WITH YOU. KEEP IT WITH YOU. >> COME BACK. YOU GOT TO GO BACK. YOU GOT IT BACK. >> PUT IT BACK AFTER THERE FIRST. >> NICE. NICE. >> YOU GOT TO roll it. YOU CAN'T CARRY IT. YOU >> CAN. >> All right. What do we take? One more hula hoop race. >> YEAH. HOW DO WE WHAT DO WE WHAT DO WE DO NOW? NICHOLAS, show us. >> WE HAVE TO >> I GOT IT. I GOT IT. I GOT IT. >> Like a jump rope. >> Oh, that's a Yeah, it's funny that we made like that >> and earlier this spring there were mushrooms everywhere that had inoculated in the in the wood mulch. So, yeah. Thanks. >> Yes. >> Okay. So, who are you guys and what are you up to today? >> Hi. Uh, so my name is Audrey. I'm the owner, operator, farmer of Burly Blooms. Uh this is season two for me. We are an urban farm based in the Old North End, 87 Interville A. Uh and I grow uh cut flowers to sell in the neighborhood uh as well as the greater Burlington area. >> Okay. And this is your garden? >> Uh yes, this is the flower farm. We've got 14 beds uh all around 25 ft. Uh no sprays ever used. Everything is grown o natural. So, plenty of beneficial bugs here, lots of life, lots of good living soil, um, and beautiful seasonal fresh flowers for the neighborhood. >> So, how did you decide to be part of the Ramble? >> Uh, I have visited Decatur Fest since I've been living here. Uh, last year the Ramble kind of got ahead of me and so this year I was like, I got to make sure that I'm a part of this event because I think it's an amazing thing that happens in the Old North End. Uh, and just a really great way to kind of like meet more people and feel like I'm more a part of the community because that's a really important aspect for me in uh, running this flower farm. >> Okay. Can So, can you show me the bouquet that you made for Joanne? >> Yes, of course. Um, so I've got some flowers over here that were harvested fresh yesterday and this morning. >> And so this is sort of like a build your own bouquet sort of event. Um, so we've got different aspects here. We've got some like filler and foliage, some cool grasses. Uh it's fun to kind of forge some things that are on this property that were planted by the previous owner. Um got some like raspberry leaf in here for foliage. Uh for focals, we've got Rebecca Prairie Sun. That's a really fun variety. Everyone is super drawn to it. Uh it's my second year growing it, so definitely this will stay on the farm. Uh and then we've got some flowers people call spikes. They have a lot of vert verticality. Uh so we've got some gladiololis in here. Uh and then some discs to kind of round it out. We've got some little zenas and different pastel colors. Uh and some fun cosmos uh that are yet to open so they stay fresher. So um yeah, lots of different elements for people to play with and kind of just have fun uh putting together their own bouquet. >> Okay, I'm going to push this over here. turn. >> Okay. So, who are you guys? What are you What are you doing here today? >> Hi, my name is Ayana and I'm out with my friends and we just went and learned about flower production in the Old North End and we've been boopping around getting little gems here and there. Hi, I'm Emma. This is my first ramble and it's a beautiful day. >> Nice. >> Hi, I'm Avery. I'm an old North End resident. Second Ramble. Um, yeah, we were just over here at Burley Blooms. We were just at Trash Mountain looking at their wares and waffles and we're hoping to hit up Decator Fest Fountain Street stuff and that like that and uh having a good time. Okay. >> Hi, I'm Cars. This is the third ramble. Uh it just started but it's going to be a good day. I want to get one piece of cool art which is definitely possible. Yes. >> Oh yeah. >> Okay. I'm just going to point it over like this. >> How old are you, buddy? Hi, we're Dave and Alicia. We've got our daughter, Amita. Uh we longtime restaurant folks and wanted to bake some goods and have some beverages for our neighbors. >> Yeah, this is our first um year having an event for the Ramble. We bought our house about a year ago, so it's a nice opportunity to mark the occasion. >> Okay. >> Have you been busy today or we have lots of kids? We got a lot of classmates >> from other parts of town coming out to say hi. And more kids on the way. >> Yeah, it's been really fun. >> Should we get a treat? >> Let's come get a treat. >> Oh my gosh. What kind of treats do we have? >> Well, are these Is that a mochi cookie? >> Um, matcha almond. Matcha almond >> cherry brownies. >> Whoa. >> Uh raspberry Greek yogurt cake and citrus poppy seed >> scrambled eggs. >> Waiting mochi. >> We'll edit that out. >> Younger than Hobie and Elise are her parents. >> What would be like >> Okay. Um, my name's Andrea Todd and I've lived in the Old North End for a really long time. And the ramble is when we all get together and I love, especially now that we're doing these Rose Street yard sales that we get to see people both on our street and from other streets kind of coming through and just keeps me remembering why I keep living here, which is all the people, my neighbors that I get to hang out with for the day and see the creative things that they're working on, too. Okay. So, I'm just going to take a quick shot of this >> and all these people here. >> Now I have a zapper. >> Happy rainbow. >> It actually works. >> Spray paint. >> Okay. >> Free bags and hats. Oh god. >> Wow. Look at this thing. >> You might need another bag. >> And then anything here is make an offer. >> All right. >> Okay. Wait a minute. Wait a minute. Okay. Go ahead. sensitive. Okay. My name is Anna Rodriguez from Rodriguez Folklorico. I'm originally from California and um I have family from Mexico and Guatemala. And so that's why I got started doing ballet folklorico which is traditional Mexican folk dance. This style of dance that you're going to see today is from Halisco. Every state in Mexico has a different style of dance, a different style of music, a different style of of costumes. And like you know, I could tell off the top of my head just by the costume which state it's from. And a lot of people would be able to do that as well. But this is Alisco's dance is the most emblematic, most iconic kind of Mexican folk dance that you've seen. And you probably heard this song before. So with that, I think we'll get started. >> All right. >> Oh, and >> we'll get started in a second. >> My bad. I said that. >> No, that's okay. So it'll be the top one in a second. >> Okay. Heat. Heat. Heat. I guess you don't Heat. Thank you. >> Thank you so much. >> Would you like to say something in Spanish? at the ending. >> Okay. >> Yeah. So the question that was asked was about the indigenity and if the different I said every single state in Mexico has a different style of dance, different style of music, different style of costumes. It's all under the category of ballet folklorico and so it is heavily influenced by indigenous cultures and colonizers. So um in the more southern states that's where some of the states in Mexico where there are more indigenous people the population percentage of indigenous people cultures traditions are much higher. So like tiapas um waka are going to be much higher indigenous populations and so those style of dress and the style of music are going to be very different. So the music might be like mimba which is really common in southern Mexico and in Guatemala and Guatemala's you know the Latin American country with the highest indigenous population and those like southern Mexico and Guatemala are all Maya people. So, you know, the mimba, they're going to be a lot more weaving based. So, their clothes, the dresses are going to be woven. Well, traditionally it' be like handwoven and they're going to have floral embroidery and they're probably not going to have really like the ribbons and this kind of doilydes up here. One of the dances is like I think it's called Florida Lina and it's like a pineapple dance and they're wearing they're wearing like their traditional clothing and they're doing you know this style of dance and it's completely different. There's no skirt work. Um, and then in northern Mexico, so like Chihuahua is like the highest percentage of like the whitest population in Mexico. And so their version of dance is heavily influenced by like Germany and Austria. So like their skirts are going to be short. They're kind of dwindlesque. Like if you saw them, you'd be like, I get that connection. And the music is there's like this thing you can see online. Um if you're on folklorico like Tik Tok or Instagram, you'll see people will do this thing where it's like is it um pula music or is it Mexican like you know folklorical music for like those regions and like I cannot tell the difference all the time and like that's kind of the joke is they're so similar because it's heavily influenced by those cultures. And if you heard it and I could play it in a second it's like it's pula music and again they're wearing short skirts. They're not doing any of the skirt work that I'm doing. It's a partnered dance and it is like jumping pula the whole time but Mexican style and it's like its own thing but it's heavily influenced by Europe for example whereas some of the other states are a lot more indigenous origins. So yeah that's a great question. Yes. >> Is it always a partner dance or is it same sex? So it is very traditional typically in like the gender dynamics and like I could get on like the differences. It is obviously I think like in like for if I you know when I'm teaching a class anybody can do whatever they want but most of the dances like Halisco most of them are going to be partnered but partnered in groups or like there's a partner and then in the middle there'll be like a fight between men over a girl and that's what a lot of the songs are and but or there'll be a fight over a man for a girl but it's like the song's actually about chickens or like roosters and so it's and then the guys will literally go like that and like fight each other and it looked really beautiful. I know me doing it. I you know it doesn't look like it but it's really cool when you watch it and um but like the pineapple dance for example is not that's just women doing that dance but the vast majority of them like super tr like if you had the ideal situation it would be it's typically pairs but then again there's going to be more likely that you'd have women because like for Halisco for example which is this region mariachi is the style of music that goes with this And unfortunately mariachi because again it's a traditional style of music it is in machismo culture it is heavily male-dominated. So like there's even in the United States there's like a couple of all female mariachis but the vast majority are going to be all male somewhat by circumstance just because how you grow up like your mom did ballet folklorico so she's going to have you do ballet folk lurico your dad did mariachi so you're going to do mariachi if you're a guy so there's this there's a really big kind of split that there's a lot more girls who do the dance there's a lot more boys who do mariachi so I think that's also part of the reason why there's going to be more all female dances I don't think I've ever seen all guy male presenting dance that I can think of. I've seen them do it like at the start and then the girls come in, but never like a whole thing. But, you know, could always change tradition. It's got to evolve with the time. So, >> okay, here we go. There you go. >> Hi, my name is Kristen. I am an amateur artist, especially a lover of all things fiber, yarn, knitting, spinning, weaving. And so today at the Ramble, I'm offering an opportunity to learn how to use a rigid hedle loom, which is a tool that I've just started learning how to use over the last year. So I've been inviting people to select a color of yarn that reminds them of something that they love about the neighborhood. Um my friend here has selected a beautiful combination of pinks. Um do you want to share why you chose those? Um I chose these colors because there are a lot of like milkeed plants that people have planted around the neighborhood. Um, and there's just like a ton of like garden spaces where people have like really I don't know put together like very pollinator forward um arrangements of flowers and I think it's really beautiful and it attracts a lot of like lovely insect life to our community. Um, so that's why I chose these colors. They're the colors of milkweed. Amazing. Um, so by the end of the day hopefully we'll have a scarf with lots of different color stripes that represent all the different things that people love about living here. Um, yeah. Do you want to share how your experience has been learning or uh you could pass it over if you want me to do a demo? >> Yeah, I think you should do a demo. >> Yeah, great. Here, we'll trade. All right, this back here. How close does the m to go? All right. All right. Okay. So, the rigid hedle loom just rests on your lap and the middle bar helps to bring the strings from the warp up and down to create space to send the yarn back and forth. And whether you're in the up position or the down position will influence how the weave turns out. So, we're just taking the yarn and sending it back and forth. Gently pressing it as you go. And it's really meditative. That's something I like about it. You just kind of move up and down, flow with the color of the yarn, listen to the sound of the wood clacking against itself. Um, and then when you get to the end, it's really easy to just tuck in the tail, change colors, and try a new stripe. So, does anyone else want to try? Yeah, come on down. >> Okay, we're just going to stop right Okay, so what are you up to today? We're doing potato printing. We've got a few different ones. >> Mermaid fish. >> Okay. >> And so you So what do you do with it? >> It's basically just like stamping. You get some paint on the potato and then you stamp it down on your paper. And it's pretty cheap. You can make a bunch of them. It's easy. Okay. >> Hang it up to dry. >> Looks good. Yeah. >> Do you want a close pin? >> Yes. >> Thank you. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Good. Thank you. >> I like this. >> Okay. So, what are who are you? Hi, this is Salon Ashie and this is the second year of quick dry nail painting at Pomeray Park for the Ramble. Um, it's really nice because it's um, anyone and everyone is welcome to come and it's really uh, quick, meaningful 5minute interactions with people. Um, and it's really cool when people trust me enough to like let me hold their hand to paint their nails. then it means so much to me and I'm just glad to do it. >> This too much you got water. Okay, good. >> Hi, I'm Senpai Chrissy Rose. I'm the lead instructor of Yamamaji Dojo North. We're a full contact karate school and we are a member school of Resistance Arts Collective, which is a radically inclusive martial arts collective in Burlington, Vermont. We're over on College Street. And today we're going to do a few karate kata for you. Kata are our forms. Okay, just drop that on the ground. How's your bet? >> My baby. >> Hey. >> Y' Huh? >> Yummy. Khon Sonosan Khosan. >> You bet. Yummy. >> Could you bring me my nuncha? >> Our style of karate has some weapons kata. I'm going to do just the first nuncha kata for you. >> Cat's going to bring me those. How you make cut? Yummy. All right. >> Thank you. You can come visit us at 215 College Street. >> Okay. Another way. My love by 3. >> So, somebody pick up that microphone and tell me what you just heard. I just did that microphone forheaded. >> So, we're uh >> you got to pick it up. >> I'll be your microphone. So we're a couple of the group on Church Street. Our teacher is with his teacher in New York right now. So we meet Monday, Thursday, Saturday as part of Resistance Arts Collective and we have an open house on August 2nd and we have all been training together for since the end of 2025. >> Who's our teacher? >> Our teacher is Nico. Thank you. That's very important. >> Who's his main teacher? Thank you. >> And it's it's uh everyone is welcome. >> Um >> what what are we doing? >> And uh Capawa is a Brazilian an Afrobrazilian martial art that was brought over to Brazil and transformed into a form of resistance and um Kappo is for everyone who believes in freedom. Uh, and we'd love it if you come join us and practice this amazing martial art, uh, that involves dance, uh, music, >> singing, >> singing, learning a second language. Um, crazy folklore, history, uh, and a bunch of other stuff all mixed into one. >> Uh, we'd love to see you at at the space >> and we all start from the beginning. >> So, come on by. >> Okay. So, how do you happen to be at the Ramble today? >> Uh, >> it's just a just random. >> We're rambling. It's a beautiful Vermont day. We're here with the community. We're part of the community. >> Yeah, we're out here doing it. >> Okay. >> Hello. Uh we are here in Burlington. We're very excited. We're actually hiking the Appalachian Trail right now. Um and just taking a couple days off in Burlington. We're going to go see the Vermont Lake Monsters game and eat 25 cent hot dogs. Uh my goal is one dog per inning. Um, and my trail name is Outlaw. >> My trail name is Bunny. >> And I'm Smurfett. >> And I'm Bruski. >> Okay. So, this is your first Rambo, right? >> This is our first ramble. We've got two friends on trail with us. Oh, we've got two friends on trail with us, uh, who live in Burlington. And so, they were very excited to get back here early and share the ramble with us. And, yeah. They need to get the shot. >> Right. >> I feel like I remember. >> Sorry. Who you filming for? >> I knew it. >> TV. >> I did the Ramble piece for 2017 >> and I was wearing this dogga. You want to say something on the >> Actually, I'd love to. I don't know if they want to, but I would. >> Um, >> let me see. Uh, >> wait a minute. Wait a minute. >> Yeah. >> Okay. >> Hey, uh, I'm Tag Stalagnon. I'm a huge lifelong Ramble fan. This is probably my 12th or 13th. Uh, I used to work at CCTV and I did the Ramble Beast for 2017. and you can look it up. Uh, I love the way that the Ramble connects all of us. I find that by the end of the day, I have so many new friends and I've always seen people that I can't remember the last time I've seen them and we were happy to see each other and we had, you know, like these moments, you know, of uh brief spontaneous connection. You make new friends and you remake old friends and that's I think that's the ramble. Okay. >> Yes. >> I'm going to go back in here like this. >> A It's silly. I was an elementary teacher in Iowa and Gary Gary Doulabomb came from Mount Peier, Vermont and toured all over the Midwest and taught fun songs. He loved Elvis Presley and he taught a song called My Teacher Thinks He's Elvis. And there's a lot of verses, but the chorus is fun to sing. And I'd like you to try to sing it with me. I'll sing it for you. And you get to stand up if you want to. And you get to do the also. My teacher thinks I said she My teacher thinks she's Elvis. I better stand up. My teacher thinks she's Elvis. She wears a long sideburns. She's got that slick back hair. She wears a blue sequin jumpsuit. We don't care. My teacher thinks she's Elvis. Good. My teacher thinks she's Elvis. She's a teaching nurse. A queen of the school. WANT to try it? >> Stand up. >> My teacher thinks she's Elvis. My teacher thinks she's Elvis. Shears hair. Shears. We don't care. My teacher thinks she's Elvis. Uh-huh. My teacher thinks she's Elvis. Here we go. He's a teacher, a queen or king of the school. >> From Iowa. >> I think I think Gary's maybe retired now. >> That's a shame. >> He was marvelous and he loved all of us in Iowa. >> That's great. >> Here's one you can join in on quickly. I want to sing, sing, sing. I want to sing, sing, sing. I want to sing. I want to dance. Hallelu. When the gates are open wide, I'll be standing by your side. I want to sing. I want to dance. Hallelu. I want to sing. Sing. I want to dance. Dance. I want to sing. I want to dance. Hallelujah. When the gates are open wide, I'll be standing by your side. I want to sing. I want to dance. Hallelujah. One more time. I want to sing, SING, SING. I WANT to dance, dance, dance. I want to sing. I want to dance. Hallelujah. When the gates are open wide, I'll be standing by your side. And I want to sing. I want to dance. >> So, here's the cool thing. These chords fit with when the saints go marching in and swing low sweet chariot. So, I'm going to get us started again and then I'm going to start singing other things. And if you want to join me, please do. All right. >> I want to sing. I want to dance, dance, dance. I want to sing. I want to dance. Hallelujah. When the gates are open wide, I'll be standing by your side. I want to sing. I want dance. Hallelu. I'm a sing. I want dance. When the saints are the gates are open wide out by your side hallelujah sing hallelujah are open wide. But I sing I want to sing sing. I want to dance. I want to sing. I want to dance. Hallelujah. Open wide. I'll be standing by your side. I want to sing. I want to dance. Hallelujah. >> One more time. >> I want to sing. I want to dance. I want to sing. When the gates are open wide, I'll sing. Hallelujah. WOO! >> This is the right size crowd for me. and hello. Welcome to 2020, excuse me, 2026 Ramble to Milk Moth where your dreams are just a gateway to your other dreams. Come on in and see what the wares of your friends and your family displayed an artful uh organization all over the turkey face and uh right now we have music before airports on synthesizer over yonder. Please pan to music before airports and music before airports. All right. And then as you can see we have studded miniskirts right over there. We have Audrey. >> Hello. >> Anything that your subconscious creates exists here or will exists or if you create it, it will become an object. >> Do a back flip. >> That's crazy. back. I need to do it back. >> Oh, no. Is there anything else? >> Have you been part of the Ramble in the past? >> Yes. >> How's the Ramble going? >> The Ramble is >> This community is a community One can't argue that. >> Truly is what it is. It's more like it is today than it ever was before. >> Okay. >> So, what are these people doing on the floor? >> Oh, I don't know. What are you doing standing up, man? >> All right. You got me an iconic line in the movie. >> Okay. So, what I'm going to do to finish it is to concentrate on that thing here and there. Um, really everybody chestnuts the same with short little legs. It's kind of >> with upycling as you must know there's a lot of >> So it's hard but like I love >> badass scene of like really high quality man. That's how long it's been. >> Hello. >> Hi. We have we just opened our art gallery and they have a little tasting bar. So I want to get like special little fun espresso. >> These ones were >> Do you want to do an example? >> No. No. In the beginning, we just do a random >> That's sick. That's so awesome. Yeah. Beautiful. You are beautiful. Yeah, I want to do it, but I just, you know, I go and do all the other but is just like you got to have money for them. >> How you doing, buddy? >> Um, so yeah. Right there is where I would count. What's going on? >> But then it's not come back. Okay. Hello. Um, I ran out of water, so it might be like 15 minutes. >> Yeah. Hello. >> Oh, yeah. >> All right. Chocolate. National Charlie. your money. >> Thank you. That's no one by John Hartford. >> Are you ready? Yeah. Heat. Mountain, are you long? Are you calling calling me home? Virginia mountain who is wondering sad all alone. Seeds of promise rightly planted in my mind in days of old like a blue. My soul is te can't be bought. No, can't be sold. Are you lon boy who is wondering Oh, Justin. I'm going to take your puppy. Okay. Got to make sure you're well behaved. >> You remember me? >> What? >> You remember me? >> Excuse me. Excuse me. >> Dad, what are you doing? Dad, >> I can do one of my >> number two. weird. >> Thank you folks. Those are great. >> Oh yeah. I turned my back where those honey Hi, I'm Lisa. I just All right. And now we're going to do our stars. again. Okay. Well, love your stuff. I will definitely be seeking you out in the future. I love the Ramble. It's the best. >> Got time for one more. Thank you so much for having us. Hello. >> Hope you guys are drinking water. Yes, we are. Are you That's right. Maria know something So, what do you guys do? Bribe somebody to get the same spot every year? >> We have connections. >> It's a secret. Can't tell you. We'll have to kill you. >> It's not what you know. That's who you know. >> Who you know? >> That's us. Every year, come find us. >> Take a picture me blowing my nose. >> Blow my nose in peace. >> Thanks, Charlie. >> Good to see you. Hello. >> Hello there. >> This is all of our art originals. >> We made it ourselves. >> Okay. >> It was not Lucy German. It was It was >> It was us. It was all Dylan Tanner. >> Thank you. >> I made it. Who are you with? >> What? >> Who are you? >> I'm Martin Gonv and this is my art. Thank you. >> And now I've got How did you come into this? >> I had a really great ceramic art teacher. He was a ceramicist himself when I was in high school and I just started to learn at that point. >> But all this It was after it was >> these Those are my favorite actually satisfying actually. It's just really satisfying to have >> So, I'm just now I learned to knit from my grandma in Romania when I was little and I just uh kind of got back into it starting He's getting ice cream. Sorry. >> It's so hard to like buy like other It's like it's also like I feel like I have to support like a little bit, you know? >> I ended up getting a lid from her. Really nice. >> That's awesome. >> Anyways, it was really nice to meet you. >> Good to meet you, too. Here's my car. Thank you so much. >> You're welcome. Thank you. Hi >> teacher. I was going to guess how was she a good teacher? Hello. >> I was crying tears inside, but I'm pivoting. >> Sorry. >> Can I do the chicken? to make up for that. It's nice. Oh though. >> Thank you. >> Yes, sir. Yes, sir. >> You got to get your face up in there, man. >> How you doing today, man? Hello. >> We're basically Yeah. Guess how old my dad >> ask. And you're not getting >> Hello. >> Hi. Look at me. I'll be back in just a minute so you don't have to wait so long. right here, honey. So, how many water breaks have you guys seen? >> No water breaks. >> Just scooping ice. >> Scoop and ice. Never again. >> Okay, there you are. >> Hi, I'm Mod. I'm selling lemonade at the ramble and raising money for the children's hospital. >> Okay. And who are you here with today? >> My mom and my neighbor Elelliana. >> Hi. >> Okay. And who are the two kids over there? >> A Ben and Audrea. >> Ben and Audrea. Okay. >> They're our friends and they're our neighbors. >> Okay. So, have you done this before? >> Yes. >> So, how often have you done this before? like two or one or two years cuz you were here last year. >> Okay. And this year you've got a cash register. >> Yeah. >> Okay. It's got all the prices on it. >> Yeah. >> Okay. All right. Well, I guess when going to take a closeup of these flowers here, >> we'll move towards you. Just tell me who you are. >> Hey, how we doing? It's uh Matt Folultz here. We're doing Smashburgers at 37 Bright Street. Come on down. It's a beautiful day and I hope to see you. >> Okay. >> So, just hand her hand her some. >> So, just hand her those those two containers. >> Oh, okay. >> Ready? Grab it. >> You ready? >> Yep. >> Thank you so much. >> You're welcome. Enjoy, guys. Thank you very much. Definitely >> ramble on. >> Let's take a peek. >> It's cool to think you and planet. Let's do a set. >> Got stickers. >> Yeah, I got >> How many am I going to do? >> So, today the record's live. >> I feel like you could have beaten that, but you just decided not to. >> Today. Today. >> Got five. >> Yeah, dude. sweat through it. >> Do you guys know where the bounce is? >> I don't feel like it would be big. You got one more >> kind of feeling that you're sitting on right here. >> Okay. I'm just chilling. But I would talk about potential roots. >> Yeah. >> No, use the marker you just uncapped. Please keep them and then not Hi Charlie. >> Hello again. >> Yeah. Anybody want some hot dogs? >> Oh my god, I SHOULD HAVE BEEN ON the sandwich. I know. >> I heard I heard 10 years younger than >> you came and talked to our gossip hunt last year. Remember? >> Uh yeah, probably did. >> Did you guys confess? >> Oh, no. I didn't. >> Okay. I'm a boy. >> Oh my goodness. >> Is he drowning in there or what? >> He's just Samantha. Can I hit it for Ben? Can I get it for Ben? Ben's going. Okay. See you soon. >> I'm kind of regret this. What are you doing? Oh yeah. Have you had Well, I feel like you could named after I prefer electronic EDM music, but it has to have kind of a a world beat or like several layers music. So, it's not just like boots and cats. It's kind of like a like techno. Uh yeah. >> Yeah. Yeah. You know, you know, I live in New York now, so you know, let me use the music. >> Pick one. What do you want to do? >> Let's do um what if we start with Deep Water? >> Oh, that's number two. What's number one? >> Number one, we could do Trouble Mind. Yeah. Trouble in mind water. San Antonio road. >> Steel guitar. >> Yes. And then once it goes through, it's all set. >> All right. You want to print for like 20 minutes? >> So you have now either class or This is my only wood block print that I have right now. Um, but the rest of them are all like lenolium and rubber. >> Oh, >> yeah. Yeah. just find that they're easier to print on like fabric, which is like my main thing. And what was your name? >> Fuzza. >> Fuzza. Wonderful. How you doing back here? You need any water or anything? >> I have my water. >> I also But maybe I'll >> I've been in a um uh which was like >> I started with the I also never met like I said >> like you guys were having a great to see a lot of weird spots in this one really last What do you say? >> So delicious. I think I might like to be like, "Oh, I don't know how to go for it. So, >> ICF donated all the >> happy feel. >> I'm going to wash them and then we'll leave them on the back. I'm ready for >> Wait, go get lit. Go get lit. >> Which are you? >> Are you going to eat something? >> Yeah. >> Oh, Heather. It's Sarah from Tina. >> Hi. Nice to meet you in person. I didn't recognize you. >> I know. How's it going? >> I will. >> Good. Having to. >> Who are you guys working for? Uh Jeffrey Peterson and Trang Do. They're running for state representative. >> Jason Peterson and who? >> Jeffrey Peterson. >> Jeffrey >> and Trango. >> Jeffrey over here. >> There he is. >> Oh, hello. >> Hello. >> Oh, no. I saw >> nearby. you know, everyone can kind of market online for themselves, but I thought, why not try to, you know, make it easier for local businesses to be able to find freelancers and vice versa. So, yeah, >> just kind of a >> a uh >> yeah, I mean, a direct business. >> So, we're up to 24 members now. mostly photographers, graphic designers. I've got >> It's still pretty new. My budget's basically zero. Everyone's got a party. >> Um, it was fine. >> I I think I just >> It wasn't that deep, >> right? >> And honestly, I was a little pissed that I didn't see the twist. Good job. >> Just like my friends. >> Yeah, >> I love the hats. Hey next time. We're like a couple coming out. >> Oh no. Take my rock and ch I won't need blue highway cuz the sun's going to shine In my bag someday, happy fest. Happy ramble. >> You asked a single. >> You know what? I think I'm going to sing. I've got enough on to him. Serves our kindness down. should have been long ago. What if we move her eyes to get around? N down to some kind of sound. Sh. HEY. HEY. HEAT. and coming on my own. I hear them calling in Ohio. OHIO. OHIO sidebar on that. So when Neil and I were writing that song, we um so when I went to college, I took a course um the whole course was dedicated to Kent State and what happened at Kent State. It was a, you know, a liberal arts college in Boston, Emerson College, and we we made a play and we for the 20th anniversary of the shooting of at Kent State, we performed the play at Kent State. And I was Jeff Jeff Miller, who was one of the one of the four that were shot and I played his character and uh got some kind of saints to my heart somehow. But I didn't get shot luckily, but sorry for death and sorry for incursions. on your own people with your own military and may it not happen again and that's why I'm running for justice of the peace. I will be on the ballot and this next ballot if you see Jeffrey Phineas son that's me under justice of the peace please vote for me I will encourage peace all over the land >> all right >> it is >> that's true I'm running for justice of the peace I don't want to find a ride. Is that you? >> Looking for a ride. Yeah, we did Little things out. Okay. Here we go. to be holy. Feel might >> No I FEEL LIKE GOING SLOW is all house. I want We made it. >> I'm translating that in my head. Oh, maybe this is more stimulating than a >> and then they're like best friends. >> I'm good. the person. >> Totally true. Like where are they and what can they give? >> I wish I had a bell. Thank you. Oh yeah. >> The traditional dish is so funny. Yeah, very hot because I uh I like this runway. >> Wow, I didn't know about this. Da da. I didn't even think about it. >> That was a long line. Yeah. >> You got to ham it up when you got to ham it up. I feel like again like I'm going to end here. Right. >> Anywhere. That's not like Hello. Hello. Hello Ramblers. >> This is so impressive and wonderful and special. This is incredible. Give it up for yourselves. Woo. So hopefully everybody is going to get in the community photo and we have Owen somewhere. Owen, where are you? >> Here he is. He's going to be climbing this ladder so he can get us all in the photo. And we're thinking if all kind of sort of gap in front of where the is >> everybody get in nice and tight. >> If you want to leave your mics kind of anywhere, you're welcome to. If you want your mic in the photo, take a minute. And it is going to be a very tight fit. So I knew the photo. You want to go take a photo? >> Hi everybody. My name is Owen. I'm going to be taking the community photo. And I figured it was just going to be easier if I throw the ladder right here and I shoot towards the street. So this whole area is fair game. I'm going to get as high as I can on that ladder. And your goal is to be able to see the camera. >> You just hand this to me. How do you want it? >> Well done. came back. >> Wow, >> you're all so beautiful. >> Wow. >> All right, see folks are still gathering. This is my camera. >> Right here. >> Don't rock. Don't drop it. >> Um, great. We're almost ready. >> Cool. I'm going to be back in like two seconds. I want to bring this up and then I'll let you guys know. Oh my god. Well, how long can you stay like that? >> OKAY, GREAT. I KNOW. I WAS LOOKING for >> Okay, we're ready to take the community photo. Okay. So, rule of thumb is if you cannot see the camera, the camera cannot see you. So, I also love some of you that are holding bikes, but just make sure you're not holding a bike in front of someone else's face cuz we want to see all the beautiful faces. >> Yeah. >> Okay. Great. I have to put the mic down. So, I'm just going to shout the 3 two one. Okay. And we're going to do it probably twice and then a silly one. >> Three, two, ONE. >> All right, one more time. >> Now it's I'll give you a second. >> I'll give you a second to figure out what you're doing. >> There's nothing more stressful than having you think about it in the second. >> All right. >> All right. Your time is up. >> Ready? >> Three, two, ONE. >> AMAZING. I was so scared. That was so much fun. I know what I am. >> Yes, you are. Okay, buddy. I'm glad that you're already here. >> Yeah. Exactly. Okay, let's find you. Ready to go back to the car? >> Hey, WHAT'S UP? LOVE THE SHADES. What they have is so much fun. Prote Why are we all like What IS THAT HOUSE? >> YEAH. YEAH. >> I know. Yeah. Yeah. Hallelujah. >> Monitor for guitar. >> Hey, check check check one two. tonight even guys a bunch of songs I wrote about a bunch of times I felt bad >> this first one's called Ruling clad 22 years already. Sometimes I catch this feeling. I never feel it home. No matter where I go or how hard I try. Rocks in hard places. HEART STOP PLACES. MIND'S BEEN racing to me state and I feel lost either way I go. my heart. I know that I sle my caught by the other learning to live to let go on my own. Well, I didn't do anything about it. Go away and still take his place. Where do we put this? When I wait, was that long. They were taking Hi. >> Let's talk about Oh, sorry. >> Should I What should I say? >> I'm so My name is Nick Hill Goyle. I am uh thrilled to be here at the Ramble with uh this great community in the Old North End and people across Burlington celebrating culture and arts and music and uh thrilled to be here. It's a wonderful day. So, thanks again for having me. >> Thanks, Charlie. >> I'll walk you. >> Thank you. You got this. >> The ramble is awesome. I had a great time. I met a bunch of neighbors I had never met before. Uh we hosted along with my housemate here, Karolina, a chess tournament of sorts in our driveway. And we had lots of kids come who had just got out of chess camp and they were crushing it. We gave away some trophies. People were very excited >> and compliments and we had lots of positivity. A megaphone was amplifying compliments across the old north end. It was a great time. >> And >> and the music selection for that event was barcore covers of many favorite songs. >> Love that. Barkard. Renaissance. >> That's so fun. I love the B. >> So, who here has been to the most rambles? >> Darina. >> I don't know. >> I I mean, I came in like after college and then I went a couple years. >> I don't think the most. >> This is like my fourth Ramble. >> How many to Spencer? >> Probably like my third. >> I'm loving the ethnic food here at the Ramble. So good. >> This is the jalof rice and salmon. >> Yeah, I think the old north end is a beautiful neighborhood, colorful place. This is a really sweet celebration of uh all the good people and connections here. And uh yeah, pass it off to Russell. >> Russell. >> Yeah, you got it. It's It's so >> The ramble is a great place to connect with your neighbors, enjoy some uh beautiful ride, bike riding on a beautiful sunny day, and uh hear some music and uh see some local art. So, ramble. >> Anybody else want to put this away? >> Everybody. Everybody. >> All right. Uh yeah, I had a really great time today. Uh my girlfriend Diane was hosting this chess tournament with Karolina and I crushed some young man, but he took it well. >> He was he was 8 years old. >> No, he's like 26. I think he could handle it. But had a really good time. And this this uh critical mass bike ride was awesome. We got like 200 people or something like that. >> Easily. That was so cool. I actually just laid down to take a nap to take a break from the ramble and as soon as I woke up they were passing by our apartment. So I just went outside and joined and it was great timing and it was really nice to finish here with the picture and the food and the drinks and it was just a good day. Carolina. >> It never ceases to amaze me the weirdness that is alive and well in this neighborhood. And just feels really cool to connect with different neighbors and see what they have to offer, whether they know what they're doing or not. And uh just being outside together in mass, which is great. And I got this great cup. Oh, >> it says Mexico at the bottom. So, it looks like it was made in Mexico. That's >> that's special. Um, that's a free store that my friend runs in the Old North End >> and uh had some coffee and compliments. So, thank you. >> Yeah. >> Okay. So, what did you think of the Ramble? >> I love the Ramble. It's one of my favorite community events that happen in the Old North End. I think it's a wonderful collaboration of all the neighbors here. And I just love walking down and seeing so many people that I know and love doing art, talking to neighbors, coming up with new plans and ideas of how to make our community better. Um, yeah, it's a great celebration and I love Decatur Fest and I love I'm going to be working at Taco Bordo later and I'm so excited to continue the celebration there. Yeah, thank you. >> So, what do you think of the Ramble? >> I think the Ramble is beautiful. I'm Trey. This is Jackson. And we're from Jonesville Print House. And we've been slinging t-shirts all day for the lovely people of Burlington on the lovely street of Decar. It's a beautiful thing. Saw some tea drinking, saw some live music, busted out a bunch of shirts, had a good burger. Yeah, it's really special thing once a year. Art and music make the world go round. Okay, go back up here. Uh we're here under this this tea tent at the very end of the day on DecatorFest and I'm I love the ramble because I'm reminded of all the people around here that I can call on if I need them. >> A >> Hi, I'm Ethan. I've been here rambling at Decator Fest for the last few hours. And as we're wrapping up, I'm just thinking about the last few weeks where I had the lovely opportunity to get closer to my neighbors and create some lovely art and hang it up and watch everybody come together and make something beautiful. It's been lovely. Hi, I'm Sophie. Um, we helped sew this gossip tent to spill the tea for our tea themed Decater Fest this year. Um, and it was really great to meet neighbors and and spend time with them and um, get to feel the community energy today. >> Sorry. Hi, I'm Olivia um, here at Teaterfest. Um, it's the end of the day and we're under the tent and it's like finally not feeling so hot, so that feels really nice. And the street's probably the quietest it's been all day. Um, and yeah, today just felt really beautiful and community oriented and yeah, had a lot of fun. >> Hi. Hi, I'm Agnes. This is my first Decator Fest and Ramble and I'm enchanted. This place and community and everything that these people do is magical and I'm glad to be here. >> Okay, let me take a shot of the sign like this. They would