Newick Bonfire night

There is a curious tradition in this part of England which is that most villages and towns in Sussex have a Bonfire Society, and then for one night a year there is a big Bonfire Celebration sometime around Guy Fawkes night which is Nov 5th. We still haven't completely figured it out, but anyway our friends Lee and Cat with their son Bruno live in the village of Newick which is fairly close to here (though not walking distance) and they happen to live directly on the procession route for the annual Newick Bonfire night. They invited us and another couple of families over for an evening of food and fireworks last night.
Here is the parade going by with a crazy Clown lady shouting and running towards us! Oh no!
It turned out to be our dear friend Danni who was marching in the parade along with her whole family. Weren't we surprised! There were a lot of fire torches, fire crackers, drumming and singing and even wheelbarrows full of fire being pushed along the route. It was the kind of thing that would *never* be allowed in the US for safety reasons but because this is such an old event (originally dating to 1606 and centering in the town of Lewes, but later expanding to surrounding towns and villages throughout Sussex). Here is a link that sort of explains .. http://www.fireworks.co.uk/bonfiresocieties.html
Anyway, it was a good evening and we all enjoyed being there, even my Mom who volunteered to mainly chaparone the whole herd of under-7's that were there going wild while the rest of us adults chatted and so forth.