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The best part was getting to know a group of people I didn’t know before. They are very nice people who are passionate about what they do. While everybody else was worried about whether the world would cease to exist on January 1, 2000, the Mummers just went on with their parade and had a good time. Y2K was the farthest thing from their minds.
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This was probably the shortest article assignment I’ve ever had. Outside of a few nights getting to know the people, for the most part I did the coverage in one day. At close to 20 hours of shooting, this has got to be one of the longest days I’ve worked on a story. The problem with something that brief is that you can’t screw it up. You’ve either got it or you don’t. Even though I had to give up my millennium celebration to be on assignment, I’m happy with the story and proud that it was the first assignment of the millennium for National Geographic.
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The very nature of the Mummers is quirky. There’s nothing like the sight of grown men in false eyelashes having their faces spray painted with glitter and makeup at 7 in the morning. It’s hard to have any personal experience that measures up to being in the company of these guys when they’re all dressed up. That’s quirky enough.
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