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Caterpillar Dance Video Review

A lovely dance of the Zu'hoasi women in the Western Kalahari.

Kid stuff

TOMORROW

Down By The River: It's not often something like the Great North River Tugboat Race and Competition comes from sailing on the Hudson River to get a good seat and be sure to stick around after the race competition for Best Vintage Tugboat. Children can also channel their inner Popeye in a spinach-eating contest. 10:00 to 2:00 p.m., free. Hudson River Park at Pier 84, West 44th Street; workingharbor.org

RIO GRANDE: Can not go to Carnival?Head to 46th Street instead, where a party in honor of Independence Day eruption of Brazil from Rio to bring you - authentic food, music, samba dancers and all. 11:00 to 5:00 46th Street between Madison and eighth avenues, 212-382-1630, brazilianday.com

Monday

MOKO LOCO: The West Indian American Day Carnival are crazy, colorful floats and marchers, soca and calypso and perhaps best of all, moko Jumbie (costumed dancers on stilts). Kids can jump and dance with the band at the end of the parade, near Grand Army Plaza. Bring a whistle to play with the steel drum band!11:00 to 6:00 p.m., Eastern Parkway, Crown Heights, 718-467-1797, wiadca.

Back in the saddle again.

Then one day as I mentally added up the value of the reservation, I had an epiphany. Why not to challenge myself to use up every bit of fabric, yarn package, skein of thread, buttons (with or without tail), trim piece, patterns, ribbons, beads, rac ric, lace, piping, bias binding, sliding handles, bulging eyes, Velcro, zippers, snaps, quilt batting, stuffing, same interface?