Greenbelt Sun-Dried Garmenture Society Drill Team

2009 Greenbelt Labor Day Festival Parade:
People’s Choice
Most Humorous
3rd in Community
Official Press Release

GSD2T invites you to line dry with them for nicer clothes and a better environment!


Left–right: Hopi Auerbach, Michael Hartman, Lore Rosenthal, Karen Wallace (I), Frank DeBernardo, Tom Jones, Karen Wallace (II), Martha Heil, Alan Turnbull, Jim Cohen, Johanna Goderre. All photos by Thomas McKenzie; video by James Riordan.


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The Greenbelt Sun-Dried Garmenture Society Drill Team won People’s Choice at the 2009 Greenbelt Labor Day Festival. They promote line-drying of laundry to conserve energy and make clothes last longer. Team members are Hopi Auerbach, Michael Hartman, Lore Rosenthal, Karen Wallace (I), Frank DeBernardo, Tom Jones, Karen Wallace (II), Martha Heil, Alan Turnbull, Jim Cohen, Johanna Goderre. Photo by Thomas McKenzie.

The Greenbelt Reel Lawnmower Society Precision Drill Team with three trophies at the 2009 Labor Day Festival: People’Choice, Most Humorous, and 3rd in Community. Shown are (back row) Karen Wallace, Michael Hartman, Alan Turnbull, Tom Jones, Johanna Goderre, Frank DeBernardo, Lore Rosenthal; (front row) Karen Wallace, Jim Cohen, Hopi Auerbach. Not shown is team member Martha Heil. Photo by Thomas McKenzie.

The Greenbelt Reel Lawnmower Society Precision Drill Team marches to support line-drying laundry at the 2009 Greenbelt Labor Day Festival on September 7. Team members are (left–right) Tom Jones, Johanna Goderre, Hopi Auerbach, Alan Turnbull, Frank Debernardo, Michael Hartman, Lore Rosenthal, Karen Wallace, and Martha Heil. Photo by Thomas McKenzie.

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Ode to Walk Drying
by Jim Cohen

Everybody knows when you wash your clothes
That you got two ways you can dry ’em.
Put ’em in a dryer or hang on ’em a wire
We got a third way — why not fly ’em?!

We hang our stuff but that’s not enough
To make us feel really fine.
So we pick up our poles and take a stroll;
In other words we walk the line.

Line walk drying is satisfying
’cause we don’t use electricity
We are green but sometimes seen
As tinged with eccentricity.

Your dryer makes lint and here’s a little hint —
It happens when your clothes disintegrate!
Walked on the line, they last a long time,
And so will you ’cause you’ll get into shape.

A dryer’s a newfangled Bermuda Triangle
That makes your socks just disappear.
If you walk on the line, you can watch ’em all the time
And make sure they just stay right here!

You’ll be a stud when you walk your duds,
Struttin’ your stuff while you talk and laugh.
You’ll walk strong the whole day long
Stopping only to sign autographs.

So we’re not lazy and we’re not crazy —
Relying on the sun is nothing new.
It’s really true — dry walk gives you
Anything a tumble dryer can do
and more …
such as …

Spin dry
Blow dry
Freeze dry
Gentle dry
Dry heave
Do a dry run!


The Greenbelt Sun-Dried Garmenture Society Drill Team thanks Zips Dry Cleaning for lending us a laundry cart, and Ronald for use of his scooter. You can also read about 2008’s Greenbelt Reel Lawnmower Society Precision Drill Team.

More questions?

Write to tjones@spril.com.