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Bear Necessities
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Bear Necessities from the Park School featured a giant bear made of cardboard strips on a large foam platform. |
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It was powered by 3 unicyclists: 1 in front, 2 in the back. |
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They rode high on the water—so high they were metastable at best. |
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Not long after entering the water, the sculpture fell onto its back, plunging its pilots into the harbor. |
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Then as its hydrocatastrophic denouement, the bear came off the platform and started sinking. The Fire Department kept things from getting worse. |
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The 2 pieces were brought back out the route they went in. |
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Pit Crew performed CPR. |
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The Bear was placed back on the platform and continued the race. |
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The Park School has now entered seven times, and won 2 Golden Flippers:
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They made it all the way to the finish line, much further than last year. |
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As everyone expected, the dramatic experience on the water made Bear Necessities a shoo-in for Golden Flipper awarded to the “most interesting water entry”. |
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