Field Report: 2017 Satchmo SummerFest Second Line Parade

2017 Satchmo SummerFest Second Line
Joell ‘Jo Baby’ Lee.
New Orleans slowly drained out Sunday morning, August 6th 2017. The previous days torrential rains had left our city deep under water Saturday afternoon but the engineering marvel that is our pumping system had worked wonders overnight.

2017 Satchmo SummerFest Second Line
We drove down to Henriette Delille Street in the Treme neighborhood just before noon to catch the performers as they exited the old St Augustine Church. Here’s what we saw.

2017 Satchmo SummerFest Second Line

2017 Satchmo SummerFest Second Line

2017 Satchmo SummerFest Second Line
Big Chief Victor Harris of the Mandingo Warriors struts through Treme.

2017 Satchmo SummerFest Second Line
Nadine Ramsey, politician, strolls through Treme.

2017 Satchmo SummerFest Second Line

2017 Satchmo SummerFest Second Line

2017 Satchmo SummerFest Second Line

2017 Satchmo SummerFest Second Line
The single best photo I’ve ever taken at a second line.

2017 Satchmo SummerFest Second Line

2017 Satchmo SummerFest Second Line

2017 Satchmo SummerFest Second Line

2017 Satchmo SummerFest Second Line
Al ‘Carnival Time’ Johnson

2017 Satchmo SummerFest Second Line
The hand of Cinnamon Black, the finest baby doll in all of New Orleans.

2017 Satchmo SummerFest Second Line

2017 Satchmo SummerFest Second Line
Oswald Jones leads the 2017 Satchmo SummerFest Second Line parade down Rampart Street.

2017 Satchmo SummerFest Second Line

2017 Satchmo SummerFest Second Line

2017 Satchmo SummerFest Second Line

2017 Satchmo SummerFest Second Line
Elijah Armour dancing in New Orleans.

2017 Satchmo SummerFest Second Line

2017 Satchmo SummerFest Second Line

2017 Satchmo SummerFest Second Line

2017 Satchmo SummerFest Second Line

2017 Satchmo SummerFest Second Line