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Peter Toms is one of the moving spirits of the Fremont Arts Council, and a brilliant practitioner of its trademark crafts: Mask making, disguises, costumes, stilt-walking, pyrotechnics, and ingeniously contrived floats. With his FAC bro', Terry Robb, he runs the CondorTechnical Services Co. (a consumer electronics and stagecraft firm) in Fremont. Peter is seen here clowning around on a scooter at the Fremont Solstice Parade in 1996--a parade he co-founded 11 years ago.
Peter was married in 1998 to Laura Baumwall, another stellar performer in the Seattle streets often seen in the Solstice Parade, Trolloween, Phat Tuesday, Islewilde, and the sundry other counterculture events which distinguish Seattle as a center of zany grass-roots creativity. Our warm congratulations to both members of this Dynamic Duo! With parents like that, their children, Zsa Zsa and Jasper, are bound to become creative leaders of their generation.