Voting as Cause for Celebration?
One community thinks so.
On Election Day, Northside will openly celebrate a
privilege that many around the world do not have: Voting.
The merriment begins at Noon on November 2nd in a big
tent on the corner of Hamilton Avenue and Lingo St.
in the heart of the Northside business district. Sponsors
include Heidelberg Distributors, Health Alliance and
Cinergy Foundation.
Northside Celebrates Voting organizers feel Election
Day should be festive. The celebration will include
music, banners, streamers, food and drink. Ten bands
will play between Noon and 10 pm, and area comedians
will also entertain. Northside businesses have agreed
to decorate with red-white-and-blue, and a huge banner
across Hamilton Avenue will declare "Northside
Celebrates Voting." Several Northside clubs, pubs
and restaurants will stay open late (or open early)
to serve celebrants.
The Northside community welcomes this new event. At
least 46 Northside businesses have promised to participate.
Another facet of the celebration is "Voter Trivia."
Participating businesses will offer discounts and raffle
entries as rewards for correct answers to election-related
questions.
Organizers and sponsors encourage everyone to vote,
then celebrate in Northside. |
Diverse Music for a Diverse
Neighborhood
After the votes are counted, some will sound the trumpets
of victory, and others will sing the Blues. But on Election
Day, the entire Northside neighborhood will celebrate
voting, and music will fill the air.
Unarguably, the community of Northside is one of the
most diverse in Cincinnati. Nestled in the northwest
cradle of I-75 and I-74, this unique neighborhood has
300,000 dollar houses beside low income apartments.
The residents are engineers and truck drivers, clerks
and professors, fast food workers and corporate executives.
In keeping with the neighborhood's famous diversity,
it wouldn't be a Northside party without a broad spectrum
of music. Northside Celebrates Voting will include
Blues, Classic Rock, Celtic, Hip-Hop, Alternative, Folk,
Pop and Reggae.
Festivities will begin Election Day at Noon in a big
tent on the corner of Hamilton Avenue and Lingo St.
in the heart of the Northside business district.
Even after the party ends officially, establishments
like Boswell Alley, Bullfishes, Northside Tavern, Jacob's,
and Preacher's will continue the celebration into the
night with help from several of the bands featured during
the day.
Sponsors Heidelberg Distributors, Health Alliance and
Cinergy Foundation encourage everyone to come out and
enjoy this musical smorgasbord. |
