The all-night revelries were followed by that grand dame of outdoor parties, Houston’s largest community event aside from the Pride Parade: Bunnies on the Bayou! For the third year in a row, the Flyboys paraded through the crowd, this time with their banner flags bearing their blue emblem; and, as is their custom at Bunnies on Easter, presented a new production. This time, they performed on the narrow concrete slabs right on the cascade fountain. One false step (or body spin), and it would have been painful curtains for the show. But, the setting was spectacular, and no one fell off.
The troupe marched in and out to Britney Spears’ dance version of “Don’t Let Me Be the Last to Know,” suggested and provided by DJ Dan Meador, who often provides music and music ideas to the Flyboys. The Flyboys performed to Beyonce’s “Check On It” (thanks to Lionel Vargas), to an obscure, long-titled trance song “The Second You Sleep (I Stay to Watch You Fade Away)” by Tess, and to “Wings,” the widely-recognized theme from “Brokeback Mountain,” which the crowd went crazy over as soon as it heard the first notes. The audience was delighted by how the Flyboys kept pulling flags seemingly out of nowhere. A blast of pink rose petals from the top of the cascade graced the finale with fragrant, biodegradable ‘tickertape.’
