A musical flight, a multicolored whirlwind that whisks readers off to a sprawling, madcap party that needs no occasion to make merry.

At school, in the barracks, at the supermarket, a great big party has been going on all year long... but no one knows what it's celebrating! Singing, dancing, and music waft through town on the winds of freedom. The people form conga lines, do the tarantella, have parades of singers and musical instruments down the streets. They lie down in grassy gardens with giant smiles on their faces, happy in their hearts and bodies.