Kids and adults alike danced in the street as the Hungry March Band lit up Montague Street in Brooklyn Heights this past Saturday, May 6. Eagle photo by Mary Frost
BROOKLYN HEIGHTS — The blazingly exuberant Hungry March Band kicked off Montague Street’s first Open Streets of the summer season on Saturday. The madcap marching band, first conceived at Coney Island’s Mermaid Parade, set the tone for the all-day party on Brooklyn Heights’ main shopping and dining strip.
Sponsored by the Montague BID, Brooklyn Heights Association and city Department of Transportation, the event also celebrated the 60th birthday of Canon John Denaro, pastor of St. Ann & the Holy Trinity Church on Clinton and Montague streets. Canon Denaro joined in the fun with the band, posing atop a chair as band members danced around him.
This was followed by another musical spectacle as the 85-member Grace Chorale filled Montague Street and sang Happy Birthday, before Denaro blew out the candles and cut the cake for well-wishers.
“It’s the big 60 tomorrow,” Denaro told the Brooklyn Eagle. “I’m 59 for one more day.”
“We are so grateful that the BID invited us to help kick off the Opens Streets season, and we wanted to make this a community event. We wanted people to know that our church is part of this community, and all are welcome at St. Ann & the Holy Trinity. It matters that we’re in Brooklyn Heights on Montague Street. We’re very grateful to be neighbors with all of the businesses and the houses of worship. I know this sounds like something I should be saying, but I really mean it.”
Numerous events on the streets geared for adults included the mellow folk sounds of the Samoa Wilson trio; an open mic event sponsored by Brooklyn Poets; and DJ Captain Kitty’s mix of disco, dance, and…
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