Thousands of Elephants. One Epic Block Party. On Washington Street - Brooklyn's Most Photographed Block!
Come for #DUMBODROP at 6pm. Stay for #DISCODROP at 7:40pm. Then Party with us and Sixpoint at the Archway Afterparty.
A NEVER-BEFORE SEEN STUNT THAT ENTHRALLED ONLOOKERS
Brooklyn paper
Each Entry = 1 chance to win + 1 souvenir elephant to take home after The Drop! Enter one, enter both!
GRAND PRIZE: $1,000 to spend as you wish in Dumbo!
SECOND PRIZE: All-you-can-eat ice cream party for up to 20 guests at Oddfellows!
THIRD PRIZE: Juliana's Pizza VIP package: A six pack of "Skip-The-Line + A free pie" passes!
GRAND PRIZE: Private Rooftop Party for 10 at Time Out Market New York!
SECOND PRIZE: A Beat The Bomb evening extravaganza for 12!
BONUS: This year's 2019 Keepsake Parachute designed by Morning Breath
Morning Breath is Doug Cunningham and Jason Noto. In 1996, the two worked together as the in-house design department at Think Skateboards in San Francisco. There, they began a style of collaborating that would take them into the next decade.
In 2002, Cunningham and Noto formalized their partnership with the creation of Morning Breath, Inc, a boutique studio located in Brooklyn, NY. Since Then, their collaborations have grown beyond skateboard/snowboard graphics to include, music packaging, apparel, advertising, poster design and more. The two have also been part of many showings of their personal work.
Today, Doug and Jason split their creative energies and time between commercial and personal work. Over the last decade the two have been nominated for a grammy, showcased in numerous design books/publications, and have been invited to speak about, and showtheir work around the globe.
At the Bedazzle Extravaganza Experience, artists of all ages can customize parachutes and elephants, with state-of-the-art materials. Grab a beer and compete for more prizes, awarded by Celebrity Judges, on the hunt for local creative talent.
Prizes for Most Spectacular Elephant will be awarded in the following categories:
* PEEWEE: 0-5 years old
* APPRENTICES: 6 - 8 years old
* TWEENS: 9-12 years old
* TEENS: 13-18 years old
* KIDULTS: 19+ years old
Additional Bedazzling Experiences will be available at the Block Party.
4PM: CEREMONIAL OPENING I Testing of the winds!
4:10PM: POWEHOUSE STORY HOUR | Stories of Elliott the Elephant.
4:30PM: NEW YORK KIDS CLUB I NYKC finest take the stage with their kiddo-friendly entertainment.
5:30PM: PS307 I Soulful singing, and more from our very own elementary school.
5:45PM: DOCK STREET SCHOOL I Sweet dance moves and more from our very own middle school.
5:55PM: THE DIAMONDS I PS307's award-winning cheerleaders count us down to the #DUMBODROP!
6:20PM: THE DRUMADICS | This funky beat-n-brass band featuring the bucket drum takes the stage in a headlining set.
8PM: ARCHWAY AFTER PARTY
PLUS ALL DAY: DJ Kai Song at the Westville Bar!
Capture the moment! Snap the perfect Drop-ified memento at the Two Trees and Sawyer photobooths.
Get your coloring on! Get creative with Front & York, Tafari Travel, Smack Mellon, and the Dumbo Gan
Glam it up! Paint your face and get a glitter tattoo from Mt. Sinai and Recess Dumbo, or have Salon Dumbo do up your hair.
Bar games! Cornhole and more at One Girl Cookies.
Go virtual! With VR experiences from vrbar.
See some art! Check out the Photoville photography installation by the folks at United Photo Industries; and step into out tiny pop-up gallery featuring Dock Street School artists.
Play! with play dough and lounge in The Wing's corner.
Channel your inner engineer! Build a Manhattan Bridge from recycled materials with Sawyer, or build an egg parachute with Bright Horizons.
Custom reading lists! Take a fun quiz and get a custom reading list in moment from the folks at the Brooklyn Public Library.
Out in front of One Girl Cookies, Front Street Pizza and Westville!
DUMBO favorites will be serving tasty bites Almar, Atrium, Bread and Spread, Brooklyn Roasting, Cecconi's, Celestine, Foragers, Front Street Pizza, Juliana's with Brooklyn Ice Cream Factory, Melt, Oddfellows, SUGARCANE raw bar grill, Superfine, Theos Feta, Westville, and the Time Out Market corner, featuring Alta Calidad, Jacob's Pickles and Ivy Stark!
THE #DUMBODROP and the #DISCODROP are a fundraiser for DUMBO's local Title 1 public STEAM schools, PS307 Elementary School and the Dock Street Middle School.
An elementary school focusing on Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM). PS307 encompasses every child from Pre-K to Grade 5. students are immersed in STEM studies throughout their day and within all academic subjects.
A middle school focusing on Science, Technology, Engineering, art and Math (STEAM) with a goal to foster curiosity, independence and problem solving in young people so that they are able to adapt to an ever-changing and complex world.
With #DumboDrop funds, PS307 & The Dock Street School bought materials for their art and music programs; purchased microbits & adafruit equipment, giving students hands-on experiences with electronics, programming and circuitry; supported their student government bodies, got new soccer jerseys, sent students on a field trip to Harvard, where they participated in a panel of STEM Harvard students, toured the Engineering and Applied Math departments, and had fun at a cookout hosted by the Black Man Forum.
Charity Shumway
Dana Hughes and Melissa Prober
Dianne Rogers
Robert Moore
Alex Barron
Andrew Pennant
Ann Mathews
Anne Chan
Ayisha Doyle
Betty Contreras
Brandon Nydell
Cami Hoffman
Caroline Culler
Christine Motley
David Erbach
Dillon Horowitz
Edoardo Fasana
Elena Fanna
Elizabeth Phillips
Emily Edwards
Evelin Montoya
Gabrielle Maguire
Guillermo Kennedy
Henry and Jaki Florsheim
Howard Levin
Israel Horowitz
James Chan
Jenny Leung
Jody Kitcher
John Kresse
Joseph Nazitto
Kathy L Lubner
Katie Nahoum
Katy Gaul
Kevin Albano
Michelle Ridgely
Mike Roberts
Nneka Smith
Osaze Daniel
Patrice Jennings
Patrick Cogny
Peter Borgstrom
Sara Reisberg
Sarah Feingold
Shiu Lei Woo
Sylvia Gardner-Wittgenstein
Tamara Quixabeira
Theresa Goetz
Willie Crosland
