welcome everyone to holland michigan and welcome to to look time in holland michigan we have another great day for another wonderful curried the parade today is the yang fang johnson controls kandor parade and my name is jim is nathan box and we're glad to be here with you today nathan what are you thinking about today is for this is the i think the absolute perfect day for a parade mid sixty's little bit of a breeze out there the weather is fabulous and the tulips are perfect it is i mean talk about a picture perfect year the early tulips are up the mid to up to late to look up it's an ideal day for the parade in fact the people know it because it's fairly packed here and we're in an area that's not always so crowded so this is great because it is some of the police coming down yeah they're three four deep along the street here before we get started i want to make sure that we recognize all of the volunteers from the holland a m and noon rotary organization and barbara ford who are welcoming our guests to the tulip time festival and in the grandstands absolutely well this area here we have about two three deep but down down the block it's going to be six to eight deep i was walking to her yesterday with the same weather and problem is i've never seen it that's when it on a day like this everybody loves to come out loves to put their chairs out in their blankets out we want to we also want to remind people for saturday's parade there's a rule change this year if you're going to come out and you going to watch saturday's parade the weather can be great for that one as well you cannot put your chairs or blankets out on friday evening you've got to wait until saturday morning so get up early get out there six o'clock saturday morning you can put your chairs and blankets out for the big parade saturday afternoon is actually right for some people that didn't see  fell and there were some injuries with the blankets that he made that this i think that i think that's a great idea and i like the idea that it's consistent across the week that it's six o'clock every single one of the parade days that you're out there and you're watching right now live streaming while you're here at the parade make sure you pick up your things  with you take him with you when you go home because you can't leave him out there or not so we see before us here the holland department of public safety honor guard and the holland public safety does such an outstanding job in what they do in protecting our citizens with community policing and all that they do to serve and look at that and it's awesome i want to get one of those segues i really want to do oh look at that doing that information that's fantastic so the honor guard here provides services at basketball games and a number of special events with they have a procedure they go through with great respect they practice that rehearse it right before the national anthem is sung do a great job they're wonderful and this is yet the parade sponsor today is yang thank lob automotive interior systems their mission is better life on board through superior automotive interior solutions they bring their they bring their vision to life they've made it their mission to be their customers preferred partner for automotive interior solutions they do this through their global capabilities and partnerships imaginative and cost effective innovations and execution excellence and yang thing purchased business from johnson controls and johnson controls purchase it from print so there's a history here in our city there is one of the one of the biggest employers here in the city of holland great to have them here they do a lot with the automotive industry automotive batteries so if you're going to be out there getting yourself an electric car you are likely going to have one of  things products there so coming into view here is the holland christian high school band scott vandenberg is their outstanding director scott directs both the band and the orchestra there have a long and proud tradition of excellence whether it be in concert setting or on the to the parade route nathan you have something to say about this band it's actually going to about the middle school ball the middle school band ok well they performed at disney world so they perform detroit chicago florida even carnegie hall the grand marshal for this year's kinda parade are a group of extraordinary students a participated in the out away area intermediate school district future prep program writing on that antique fire truck of the future prep program provides the students with opportunities throughout the summer to help local businesses solve problems it's a great educational experience for the kids and a great cooperation partnership with lots of holland businesses a nonprofit organizations you know that future prep program goes all the way into they all mantra schools i was a part of it for a couple years it's really great for all that's great they moved it down to elementary as well and now we see our dutch dancers and of all the events at tulip time which event do you think more people go to than any other nation and i got as a board member i know the answer to that dutch dancing is the most popular event at tulip time it is they do just an outstanding job and how's that new sound system work and you've got a fabulous new sound system down downtown in centennial park it's been wonderful and we've got the music we recorded this year so it's a brand new brand new music same music they always had a brand new performance of the music sounds wonderful now to look time had a large enough budget to pay for that entire day they did not we did that money did not come out of two of times budget it was all donated all no money lots of generous partners and medivac that's the tulip time festival float it's the eighty eight year for tulip time we've got magnificent tulips it's no wonder holland continues to receive top honors from american bloom and recently named the best flower festival by u today here is art in bloom poster winner michelle gort my goodness did she do a great job of that poster this year that artwork outstanding she is a resident of holland a graduate of kendal design and upon graduation participated in many state competitions including art prize and her work has appeared in exhibits throughout western michigan her art pieces called playful time and it came from photos she took of tulips in full bloom along the city and to a plains well this is a first of our approximately seven thousand students that are going to be marching today they're from eagle eagle crest and they're doing great lighthouses up the netherlands and they're followed closely by the eagle crest charter academy band director chris taylor coming into view now is fox seventeen the more local news than any station in west michigan watch seventeen morning news seven days a week and we have a holland resident erica francis who is a great announcer on t v morning news she gets up at two in the morning to begin at four it's a little early for me i mean i'm up at four to be ready by six that's that's still too early as far as i'm concerned she did a great story the other day out west out of a public school she's a what their music teacher the choir director is retiring there pam pearson and so she showed up with a camera crew walked in the middle of class and it was just such a great surprise me when they can take it this is mega tele bank they're headquartered in holland michigan bank offers a full range of banking retail commercial lending and wealth management services they've got branches all over the community there are great community partners coming into view now is the calvary schools of holland fishing is the same as you can see they are carrying fishing poles and they look like that they've all caught fish or that they have there for students and paid for and through twelfth grade the platinum campus is part of the ambleside school's international based on charles mason's educational approach honoring the dutch tradition of fishing the students are carrying fish that other hand crafted themselves and it looks like they've they're got fish there on bicycles they've even got a float following up so they went they went all in for the parade today did i remember riding a bike in a parade when i grew up in chicago it was the coolest thing we put cards on our spokes and made that soweth put on sanctions on like a motorcycle yeah boy they've they've got their floats and looks like a big pontoon boat so they just didn't seem as carried out all the way from beginning to end float load they have there followed by the holland christian middle school band with director matt being struck the holland christian middle school band is also assisted by mr scott vandenberg played a tragedy at home in christian this year just about two weeks ago one of the middle school band belfast away from a rare form of leukemia they'll be an empty spot in the band and in their formation in honor of cassie and if you happen to be at the end of the parade they're going to be playing a memorial drum cadence as they had collin park third grade waving flags and colorful flowers painted on them next is their fourth grade who are ready artists carrying paint pallets and like fields of real tulips they want their unit to be a splash of color for all people to enjoy i'm amazed every year at how many students come out they've got more than seven thousand elementary school participating in this parade seven different school districts that are participating the logistical miracle that it is to get all of these kids to the beginning of the parade route keeping them together for the mile and a half long parade and then getting them all back into the buses and back to school in the afternoon so it's true it's just a line up of buses and it's so well coordinated and rehearsed with seven thousand you know the picture that is happening you met wonderful opportunity to meet him and just a super guy he was in town talking you want to talk about the sunflower and he goes around the country raising funds for the museum in the netherlands in amsterdam there's just been goes paintings and just the greatest you know the i'm as well i did i met him i met him yesterday at the governor's luncheon and fittingly how a christian south side schools is doing dutch art it's all dutch artists and dutch artwork their first grade students have made bright sunflowers to carry in this year's parade some of the second grade students are touring colorful streamers depicting the painting starry night by van gogh while others twirl brightly decorated windmills depicting the will  year's festival there are also a few other students carrying painters by former art teacher sylvia still struck all right coming into view now is the float carolyn stitches float she was the two thousand and fifteen two time poster artist she is a studio right on college avenue here in town and she'll have to look coloring pages available to color all through the to a festival chosen as a flower pot painting class how cool is that available through a tulip time offices through the week a jewel of time stopped by her studio for all kinds of to look part and merchandise there's caroline right there there is carolyn looking for why i know nothing relaxes me more than doing a coloring page and even at my age i don't now they're made up of students from rose park christian and park ridge christian following the band is the holland christian schools christian school is a pre k through twelfth grade school even at the earliest age students discover a world around them and how they can make an impact get all the little ones on the flow that's a nice way to doing it and peace of mind together next comes howling christians rose park dutch food today our students are showcasing some call an area favorites from the netherlands they're  to purchase the cookbook even convince some of them to purchase some ruskin i don't know if you had recipe oh absolutely they are berries and you know they wanted to know what it was like and i said imagine taking the bottom of a hamburger bun and putting it in an two hundred degree oven for three days and comes out it is dry is the driest toast you can possibly imagine but you whatever you put on it taste fabulous so a question i have for you when you do tours one of the most common questions you get asked by the most common question is what it is i'm wearing wooden shoes the most common question is do your feet hurt and my answer to that always is terribly that shoes are terribly terribly comfortable you know my son lives in richmond virginia and we just went there two weekends ago to see  granddaughter and grandson and we happened to see his wooden shoes at the back steps he used them every time he walks in the backyard there at that they're incredibly practical when you're going out in the backyard great in the mud great in the in the out in the garden and this is five star lake shore real estate some of the great from the hollands area real estate market is booming really important make sure you got a good realtor to look for that look for that house that you want here in holland michigan and if you choose to move to how in which you will want to do it you want to reach out to the real estate agencies earlier than later because it is a very tight market right now like sure homeschools group is coming into view here dutch music is their theme and i hear hot cross buns played recorder he there followed by the holland rescue mission on rescue mission is a local nonprofit organization that provides assistance to the homeless in ottawa and allegan counties through safe shelter meals counseling edition addiction recovery and work training program thousands of lives have been changed by god through the work of the mission in january the mission opened its gateway center where recovery program students are trained in donation processing and retail store management put your gently used clothing and household goods to good use by donating to h r m's gateway center and us thirty one and twenty four st in holland here comes the midwest communications vehicle holland's radio stations are fourteen fifty w a h d c and the new ninety nine point seven f m and ninety two point seven the fan for news talk sports and more w h t c classic hits there followed by crown motors crown motors is a proud sponsor and the official vehicle provider of the holland tulip time festival a local family owned business they take pride in the traditions of our community all right we have another school coming into view and if you read it it says vanderbilt academy voyage to the new world vanderbilt students are depicting the dutch settlers trip to america the kindergarten and first grade students are clearing blue ropes that represent their voyage across the ocean second and third grade students are carrying items they took of those smiles and now we see the vanderbilt charter academy band directors don very and their band celebrates the twentieth anniversary of serving a holiday area community last year their students participat and hard rubber tires john has written this bicycle and some seventy five to a time parades you try to recruit others to ride it but no luck so far he's got one with me i love that bike so coming into view here is  nestlings is a diaper bank distributing diapers free to low income families there is a partnership with the local social service organizations provided four hundred thousand diapers get babies in need an assisted twelve thousand families since they began in two thousand eleven that is such a needed that is service that is this is south of christian their theme this year is dutch agriculture south olive christian is located just north of holland in the rural farms of holland our dutch agricultural theme represents their school in neighborhoods around them from pigs sheep cows and especially chickens and their eggs they're proud of their of their heritage and that their community can provide the home grown food that sits on your table and it looks like they're throwing the chickens in the air and got under full cheese as well coming into view here is the out of a county fair float wilbur goes to the fair is there a little theme here wilbur you can see is the pig here on top of the barn that is some pig located right here in holland michigan people love going to that oh county fair before i lived here and we took a vacation we went to the fair it was great fun it's july twenty fourth and twenty nine this year presented by chemical bank there's the out of a county fair and now we have a little gap in the parade so there's always a time when one group goes a little faster than the others based on speed so wait for the holland high school marching dutchman band to come into view here and they want to in bite people it's still not too late to come down here if you're not that far away get on bike come down here it's just stunningly gorgeous it is and it's a great advice for them to take their bike down here rather than trying to navigate with an automobile all over the ice as i drove down here today the side streets were getting qui filled up quickly because families what families to do as they drop the kids off at the beginning of the parade and then they try to find a place to stash the car at the end of the parade so they can all get out in the all of the narrow streets are really filled up also a great opportunity to tell people there's still a lot more going on with  time this week we've got activities tomorrow there's lots of dutch dance performances that are going on if you're interested in going to see vince gill you'd better hurry last i heard is there are less than about ten tickets left just one season two zs here and there and then the big parade coming up on saturday as well and you can find out about all of the activities that are going on during the tulip time festival either at tulip time dot com at the website we also have a fabulous app that they can use they can download that onto their smartphone jim you've got a smartphone i know you can use that to find out what's going on right now and over the course of the next couple of days and so if you're not and when you're watching from somewhere else get in your car and drive to holland we've got great things going on and the weather could not be better right with time this one saturday that prayed starts at t like all of them do but then later in the evening there's fireworks right yes we're free fireworks display going on just after dusk and that's that's one of the biggest activities that takes place during the festival we're talking before such dancing is is the most popular followed closely by parades and the fireworks those are the three most attended of events that take place during the time of time festival fireworks are completely free parades are completely free dutch dancing is completely free we dutch like our cheap and our cheap entertainment and another thing to mention if you're here for the parade today stick around after the parade something new that we have going on downtown we have the street performers we've the street performers that are normally here on thursday evenings during the course during the course of the summer  downtown between the parade and the dutch dancers at seven o'clock so stick around after the parade watch the watch the street performers perform grab dinner downtown and then watch the dutch dancers perform at seven o'clock something always happening and as we see interview  something's happening in the parade again we have the holland high school marching dutchman band coming into view here with their banner holland marching dutchman band is known for marching in something very unique that i don't believe there's another school in the country that does this they march in wooden shoes it's so amazing when i first saw this when he moved here thirty some years ago i was like blown away by this in cold weather they wear the red nose warmers and they always bow to their signature song through the to the how a high school marching band has performed in the tournament of roses parade twice the indy five hundred prix race parades six times at walt disney world eleven times and disneyland twice and thanksgiving parades in detroit and chicago the band has three performances each spring during two the time and the holland high school marching band have also participated in performances for four presidents and princess margaret of the  netherlands my my wife was in this band she got to march in ronald reagan's second inaugural parade and they flew the entire band out to washington d c to perform and then it rained so they took them all to disney world and they performed to disney world instead oh that's so cool so you can hear their signature song there's a matresse white there director running up ahead and there's the classic red wooden shoe for the dutch that your nephew used to write in my nephew wrote in that for many many years wrote in that of the head of the parade who is now graduating from college and i'm not sure he'd fit anymore two and a half miles long they may put in over seven miles a parade marching in one day and even the directors they'll walk with one group and then though hustle back to get with another group that's later on in the parade route coming to view here is jefferson schools part of the home a gym i got a question for you at their theme is tulips ball to bloom how long does it take to get it to love from from seed to bloom from seed to bloom that's what i'm going to say three years your clo twenty one years to go from a seed to a full blooming tulips so you almost never see anybody planning a tulip seed it's all the propagation of the ball so when you said ball the blow my main media thought was i don't want to wait twenty one years to get this all no way through great teachers serving our students now coming into view here is how a public heights school on the north on the east side of town their theme is dutch mother goose their principal is kevin dare they do a great job there you will see that some of the more familiar nursery rhymes have been creatively adapted from the storybook words teachers in this year there's mr dear and they're carrying a be nice banner which is a  theme that the school has on a certain day of the week they will celebrate that being being kind to each other know where teachers will wear the shirt and i used to teach at the school so you'll see some kids i still remember the old man you know jim every time the students walk by i'm reminded how popular you are i thought they would have forgot about me i don't think i am i don't think they have all those great the teachers are spraying them down with  candlestick maker this year comes the fifth grade in fourth grade and this is the holland public language academy this is the first actually school building how in public had been robbed the school that they're at but it's called the dodge academy and they speak spanish here ninety percent of the that's great if you could hear that i said welcome to two time and that's what we are all about doing some of the students are carrying waves and wooden shoe boats students are looking for their famous ghost ship the flying dutchman in fact jim i bet you knew this what's the what's the mascot of how of hope college here and how in michigan good to see you guys following them is holland high school theater there performing suds during the tulip time festival there in one thousand times state theater champion in michigan and they produced five full productions a year directed by the michigan theater hall of fame director kevin can take those right down to the lake driving right into the water can recognize some of my former students dressed up and made up a little differently but very cool next you see coming into view here is climb aboard the imagination center it's a nonprofit credit child care center that's committed to providing world class care for the community of holland and zealand and they're followed by the second vehicle to vehicle from crown motors again it's a proud sponsor of the tulip time festival they've been serving west michigan for over thirty years their dealerships have been awarded the top one hundred one best companies to work for and best of west michigan five years running and now you see  soon corpus cristi schools they have for more than four hundred years amsterdam has been known as the city of diamonds and that's their focus today is the theme diamonds of amsterdam the capital of the netherlands they want to reflect the light of jesus christ corpus christi catholic schools welcomes all children and riches their knowledge and nurtures their faith and builds character then i get it they've got little signs with carrots and carrots for diamonds that's great they've got a they've got not only all of the students they were carrying out their theme but they've got a float with them as well it's always nice to see more floats in the parade over the course of the year remember all of these bands that we've got playing today these are all local bands and that's what that's another one of the questions that i get with my tour groups and they say where do you get all the bands i said they're all from within about fifteen miles of holland but on saturday that changes because saturday bands come from out of state yes we're going to be bands from from all over the country on saturday but today is today in yesterday's parade all local bands and coming up in the view this is the lake shore middle school eighth grade band director is brian ambrose assisted by i cleaning as well as what water removal and mold remediation boy i don't want to have that in my house but the self help books if you have it and they're followed by wellspring lutheran services their hope flows through the hope flows through them they're a foster care agency serving west michigan they believe every child deserves a loving family to care for them unconditionally and they're committed to finding families that are passionate about meeting this need visit we need foster parents dot com for more information and again we want to thank for sponsoring this two thousand and seventeen kinda parade we appreciate your support coming into view here is my start of woodside chicken hof the current hof is a flower exhibition in the netherlands which is one of the largest in the world it could be the know that i think it is the largest in the world i i was there one day and they had just finished up with the flower market so i saw a big empty warehouse it was a big it was a very big warehouse i want to see that festival some time my parents went there years ago and it's quite amazing sixty acre  presents to all of the children and adults center close generally rides his white horse over the rooftops listening at the chimneys to hear of the children have been good if so he puts goodies into the children's wo listen next up is west ottawa lakewood with tulips are blooming lakewood elementary is a place where students learn to be college career and life or any like ones a school with a history of excellence they have experienced teachers and dedicated staff involved parents and community all interiors all there to establish a safe and caring environment lakewood sale program students accelerated in learning provides different learning experiences for students in third through fifth grade who need accelerated curriculum what offers an advanced math class in the fifth grade you know i see west out of a school as i think of one of the one of the men that provided service for many years behind this microphone frank cried who i have outstanding educators work for hope college to placing students in the area and coming into view is pine creek and their concept and focus this year is the king's birthday west out of what has eight elementary schools while they were a year or two ago i got caught in them in the morning as they were getting the buses ready thirty four west started with school buses past me that had just dropped off kids for this  or a traffic jam oh this is definitely crazy skating race which was held with participants racing through eleven towns for a distance of a hundred and twenty five miles on my lake shore schools recreates this race with students using roller blades students will be participating as townspeople from the town as a race starters sell hot chocolate or piece soup to the racers or participating is one of the camera crew by the finish line so they have all different cities and it says how many kilometers to go it's kind of like the i did  ride of the netherlands exactly which holland has something similar at least we have in the we do we do it we do a fall bike tour in the it's part of the two of time festival actually sponsors that and we go from province to province or a little community to little community because all of the cities surrounding holland are mirrored after settlements in the netherlands actually and some of the people from the netherlands that i talked to yesterday bassett or in the console to really love seeing all these west ottawa's sheldon woods and then the west ottawa high school marching band with directors mike kaman and jay game for the west ottawa high school marching band has been it's been another great year for them they and adults joining them in the parade this year and they're followed by west out of a great lakes with festival monday all together we are one is the model is the model this festival this is the west out of education association that's sponsored by and the what's not all public schools and they sponsor the bookmobile which is celebrating its forty second anniversary how wonderful is that they go around the community with the buses and kids can go and borrow a book it's like a traveling library forty years she's been doing it amazing what a great service to our community our children yea sponsored by the teachers of the west not to and there followed by reliable sporting billiards a reliable sporting billiards all they sell is family fun and i think we're going to see a nice little show coming up with all of the different equipment that they sell right there on river avenue in holland michigan they've been serving holland for over eighty five years selling motorcycles and pool tables and skis and anything you want to do to have a good time outside you can get that reliable i love all their fun stuff i want to be on those vehicles right now finds that oh and this is the holland hockey association their mission is to teach the art of skating to all of their participants players and their parents will be instructed in the fundamentals of ice hockey and they consistently strive to instill the necessity necessary attitude for team spirit and sportsmanship  community aquatic center they provide a variety of swimming instruction athletic competition family recreation and aquatic wellness opportunities to holland and the greater west michigan area and the pool has of such excellence that we have numerous competition statewide at the pool and district wide for swimming just an outstanding resource for our city up is west michigan bike and fitness they began serving cyclists back in one thousand thirty eight and when you combine the company's more than seventy five years in the bike industry with the hundreds of years of bicycle shop experience their employees provide you with a knowledge base that is second to none and this is local links which is new it's a free app they can get on your phone shop local save some money i actually put it on my phone recently and you get updates every so often on their special deals and they are going to i'm going to have to take advantage of that it's free on the app store and google play start saving today yeah this is the hope network development center they provide valuable work skills training and training to individuals with a variety of disabilities and barriers to employment their goal is to provide a continuum of vocational skills and support to an individual as a transition from learning basic work skills to maintaining a job in our community and now coming into view is the zealand middle school seventh and eighth grade band i taught music in june public for about ten years and it's a great school district as well another dutch name for a neighboring city saillant in the netherlands but their director here of this middle school band is aaron good joe musician is one of their musical assistants she also companies are choir and the members of the city middle school band enjoy music at school in their community they perform the national anthem at the griffins game this year several students were members of the all state band let's listen to them as they go by if they're followed by the american cancer society they're proud to be represented by both relay of her life and making strides against breast cancer the american cancer society is the nationwide community based voluntary health organization dedicated to eliminating cancer as a major health problem the health problem following them is like sure a family chiropractic their mission is to improve the lives and relationships they've partnered with the american cancer society and were able to donate sixteen thousand dollars to them and the goal of twenty thousand this  year you notice the spine that was riding in the back of the jeep there now and then it just the spine writing the back of the jeep that's awfully nice and this is crown motors this is the third vehicle they have in the parade and remember they're one of the top one hundred one best companies to work for and best of west michigan five years running come visit any one of their five holland locations and experience value beyond price and coming into view here is the holland civic theatre a wonderful place just a block away from here that celebrating fifty six years of entertainment to the holland area their mission is to encourage performing arts through education and production of theater they do right you are performances all throughout the year not just summer time like on repertory theatre but all year long if you are interested in theater and you want to participate contact the holland civic theatre i'd love to have you be a part of the organization i think this year's program is steel magnolias oh and here's mosquito squad of west michigan and grand rapids they're one of the fastest growing companies with more than one hundred franchises across the country mosquito squad is the largest mosquito antic elimination firm in the nation this is the zealand high school marching band with their director keith walker who told me yesterday that he has marched ninety eight times wow amazing they do an excellent job let's listen to them as they go by four growing fresh blueberries strawberries and veggies their farm market makes some of the best blueberry doenitz in the area and that is true we offer you pig and already pick berries at their market their market also offers pies muffins fruit smoothies ice cream preserves and a whole lot more power than blueberries quality fresh and local and right behind them is casa del rey it's a bilingual church located at two thirty eight west fifteen in holland they've recently moved to this new location to partner with new community for three forms church in an outreach to the community where they go to school and worship and they're followed by central twenty one century twenty one affiliated they're the leading century twenty one franchise in the world century twenty one affiliated holland provides first rate real estate services in the holland michigan area and as we were saying earlier it is really important to have a good realtor these days it is a market is booming you are going to find the house that you want you may have a sure that you've got a realtor on your side you've got it and right in back of them coming into view is the brick yellow christian school followed by the african american awareness and development organization their mission is to enhance cultural awareness of the african american community through leadership development with a special focus on self esteem academic success college preparation and job readiness for youth and as you see them doing their kata this is the chance martial arts group which is a cannot take organization if you are interested in learning self defense this is a place to look into in the city of holland chan's martial arts very popular great great program for discipline and organization and clear thinking i've heard my kids never did martial arts but i know i know folks who did and said it had great things for their kids i took some classes and it back in the day when they literally would run on our stomachs muscles so they that noise means this is the rotary club of holland michigan the mission of rotary club is creating world peace one person at a time the club's global projects include sponsoring year long student exchanges for foreign countries working toward clean water for the citizens of the world eradicating polio worldwide the building a public toilet facilities in ethiopia and sponsoring a farming project in kenya and here in view is the out a immediate school district here to peer program and there right in back of the rotary float they involve general education peers who model typical academic and social behavior and educational environments throughout the school day peers provide support for students with autism spectrum disorder to promote independence and socialization teaching peers interact with and support their peers by increasing social and learning opportunities within the natural environment very good organisation is it is and right behind them this is again one of my one of my favorite groups to see every year in the parade this is the ottawa area intermediate school disco this is the center i'm sorry and they're doing tulips to wooden shoes the outer areas center is a school that provide that serves students with physical and mental impairments and provides them with adaptive instruction to enhance their life the students enjoy the excitement of participating in the kinda parade they enjoy wearing their with dutch costumes and hearing the cheering from the parade spectators so spectators make sure you cheer as they go by absolutely they've got their school mascot ali the i will joining them and this is their twenty fourth year participating my wife is an adapted physical education teacher she did student teaching at the out away area center these are fabulous parents students and teachers so many great life skills that they learned there are so much work done with these kids and that is an absolute joy for these kids one for us to see and hear and two for just remarkable and i'm just so impressed you know we we hear every year during the during the festival we're doing the organizing people wanting to know if the outerwear center is going to be in the in the parade definitely are one of the questions we get to is why don't we put them at the beginning of the parade why do we have meant the end they request being at the end of the parade they would prefer to be at the end just or the timing of getting all of the ships here a lot of logistical work that needs to be done to get all of these kids here and get them ready and so they always ask us to make sure that they're here at the end of the parade so we like to honor that request and i see all of the all coming down the street that's their mascot now that's such an inspiration and the dedication level there is just outstanding so ali you're looking good ali is looking good it's a good day to be an owl in holland michigan beautiful sunny day and here's the float and not many people on it because most of the people are in front of the float yeah do area intermediate school district part of the larger public school districts in this area out of about a county and coming into view here is the zealand christian middle school band from zealand this is i believe the sixth seventh and eighth grade band from zealand they combine the two middle schools together for this and i see some flashing lights in back of them that could possibly the end of the parade that i think it is i think it is the one of the other things we do in the order ordering of the bands is that we rotate them around whether they get for it first or middle or near the end i think they drew the short play as we close the parade we see hollins public safety again at the front end with the police at the back with the fire department do such a great job protecting our citizens i'm thrilled to live in the actual city i found when i know there's only minutes if there's an issue that i'll have somebody at my door you will you well and jim this is another great day for a parade i want to take one more opportunity to thank yang fang and johnson controls as our parade sponsors today also want to thank julie rock she was a parade ordinator she was the chairperson for it countless hours of volunteers put in we've got all kinds of parade marshals out there you see the folks out there in the green shirts helping out also the am a new rotary that we're here today helping us make this parade a success yes and if you're watching this live you may want to watch t tonight at six thirty we're lester holt on n b c news will be featuring a segment on two live time tonight it will this is you know it's a it's the inspiring stories moment on n b c news and they picked alan michigan they were here for four and a half hours doing interviews i hear that they condense that four and a half hours down to two minutes actually so watch it tonight on n b c at six thirty this evening but it was a great day nathan was great fun have been there isn't one are wonderful to do it again i can't wait to do it again next year we've got another parade coming up on saturday saturday afternoon is the parade of bands the music put outta make sure that you're here and if you get a chance from out from out of town get in your car now drive over to holland the tulips are fantastic yeah this is the year to come i mean it is  in their glory the queen is having fun so come on down to holland and again thank you so much for watching the parade today and enjoy holland machi