Helen Hill Second Line Pics: Part 2

Cupcakes!!!!!!


People made tons of cupcakes for Helen and decorated bunches of boxes to transport them at the Second Line. We all ran around giving them away along the route....

Billy passed out the posters

Helen loved Piggies and Chickens (and tea parties) so many boxes were decorated with them:

I made a stuffed chicken with an orange "duck"
tape beak that everyone liked to squeeze...

Noy! (Noi? never had to write her name)

Miranda and Kittee

Mo(e? All these only-spoken-names!)

My cupcakes! Miranda and I decorated them!
We made teapots, piggies, chickens and Helens.
I carried a stuffed pig cupcake box I made at Kittees

We all stood in line, ready to proceed while the band, Panorama
played super-sad melodies

Then the music became happier and we took off.
I tried to take an action photo while holding
cupcakes and while including myself. That didn't work out so well...

Miranda gives away cupcakes

I don't know these lady, but she did very well!

We all swarmed cars stuck at intersections to give them cupcakes

It was so fun!

Tributes to Helen Hill

from www.helenhill.org

Helen

wide eyed innocent
describes her so completely
joyful, happy, sweet, always smiling Helen
she was so happy to get back here...
when i saw her last Mardi Gras
they had a postcard campaign for folks to vote
should they come back or not?
they opened their hearts and arms to this city
they had so much to give
but not her life, why? what good is that?
life is so precious, so sweet,
so well used by some, like Helen,
so poorly understood by others,
like her killer, like all killers
they won't read this tribute
they wouldn't understand it

Helen, i loved you
i loved your innocence, your spirit
infectious happiness in your smile
fly away, Helen
we will gather together
we will try to take care
of your family

ze'
(anonymous)

rainerfloo said:

Helen touched all of us in Halifax who knew her - she was wonderful. This is absolutely sickening.

editorb said:

I am sick with grief. I'm not ready to say goodbye.




Cristin says:

some of her friends from calarts and such are setting up a website in her memory.

We'll be making a photo album, links to her films, as well as memories and comments.

the website is helenhill.org

Please send photos, comments, memories, etc to memory [at] helenhill [dot] org
to contribute pictures and writing to the memorial.

From me:

People are placing notes to her, pictures and flowers, as a testament to her spirit, love and energy, on her steps.

Below are some more pictures found around, as I cannot access my stock due to the fact that I am away from Nola, here in Maine.

Film Still taken from ROX #90: FAT
@ rox.com


photo from nola.com