Interesting Events In the World

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Running of the Brides' in New York City



The Running of the Brides is a local tradition that has taken place since 1947 at Filene's Basement store in downtown Boston. On this day hundreds of brides-to-be and bridesmaids alike scramble for bargains at the one-day sale of wedding gowns. The sale is also held at Filene's once a year including Chicago, Cleveland, Atlanta, and Los Angeles.




Women run to find wedding dresses at the annual "Running of the Brides" sales event at Filene's Basement in New York on Friday, June 3. The annual sale is known for its long queues and frantic shopping among brides-to-be hoping to save hundreds or even thousands of dollars on designer wedding gowns.



The store stocks thousands of gowns for that day, and marks them down drastically. Prices vary from $250 to $700, marked down from retail prices as high as $9000. Prospective brides, and their hovering mothers, sisters and friends, line up the night before the doors open at 8:00am to join in the rush. Most wear the same color shirts, and have ways of communication amongst each other using whistles or bells in order to help locate one another. In the first few minutes, patrons run as fast as they can and take as many dresses off the racks as possible. The racks are emptied quickly, and immediately the trading begins. Most brides try them on in the aisles, or in front of mirrors, while their helpers run around trying to trade and barter. When a bride-to-be finds "The One" others clap for her.




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Homemade Flying Machines Airshow



Red Bull Flugtag (German for ‘airshow’) is a fun event organized by Red Bull in which competitors attempt to fly homemade human-powered flying machines. The flying machines are usually launched off a pier about 30 feet high into the sea or lake. Most competitors enter for the entertainment value, and the flying machines rarely fly at all.



The first Red Bull Flugtag competition was held in 1991 in Vienna, Austria. It was such a success that it has been held every year since and in over 35 cities all over the world. The most recent one this year was held in Tel Aviv, Israel, on June 3. According to the organizers, some 50,000 spectators had gathered to enjoy the event.



Anyone is eligible to compete in the Flugtag event. To participate, each team must submit an application and their contraption must meet the criteria set forth by Red Bull, which are usually size of wingspan and weight of the craft. Because the aircraft will ultimately end up in the water, it must be unsinkable and constructed entirely of environmentally friendly materials.



Teams compete at the Flugtag competition under three categories - distance, creativity, and showmanship. The record for the longest flight in the history of the competition is 207 feet set on July 24, 2010 at the Flugtag in St. Paul, Minnesota.

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