not order up a more beautiful day and the eighty fifth year for till of time this is truly a celebration not to be missed the streets are crowded in line with folks that have been sitting and putting their chairs out since last evening  i'll tell you i don't know who wandered up the weather but we've got sunshine a nice cool breeze it's kind of like that go to goalie lots whether it's not too cold and it's not too hot it's just right just right and as you say wendy we've beautiful beautiful crowd recognition of our flag the color guard and let by our friends our allan face and the sheriff's department the fact that we've got everybody's on their that good i mean it was you're absolutely right he holds the record for the most games played with the same team as well as most years with the same cop he was detroit you know for that many years we were always feel proud of him and  like the second round in the n f l draft by the lions in one thousand nine hundred two and stayed with the team a tele retired in two thousand and thirteen yes yes you have one of those beautiful stories and most of us out here i know are there are some they are fans in the community and wherever there are fans of the lions are really great great great idols of this movie but jason hansen was one of the premier people than everyone could talk think that we've been doing this for quite some time and i'm not so sure we've had such great weather i don't want time today is indescribable and people if you're at home and say is it worth going down there it is still worth going down there absolutely yes and we want to let people know that thanks to the city of holland we were able to bring them this phenomenal view of the parade the volunteers the staff here and you'll be able to see the whole prayed and if you want to download of being in that band the next generation comes along also and this is made up according to our material here strange and percussion they're wearing very colorful since he says i kind of feel like i'm a little bit in the mardi included when i went on to the time director and we've got our poster winner karen elson and the poster this year is going over well and it just i think we have a car that was unable to stop at a little bit of the what i don't know if you heard  addition to the took time staff but this parade is really about community information sheet we all know the rough winter we had all these other people let's keep us getting out but this winter the city had five thousand sixty five overtime hours for chamber of commerce the city use three thousand nine hundred tons of salt one thousand six hundred tons of sand or west coast realtors team in the train three years before retiring french tatar is a very well known university michigan broadcaster and if you were to talk to him he would make that we're like any gung ho person above the universe but to have him here and i ledgers baseball team and they play it all by the old rules it's worth a trip to douglas oh my goodness isn't that the truth i went there once and i don't want to talk about myself but i was asked to throw out the first of the rules are all different it's just more comfortable more real action and if you sort of oh they're marching in tribute of ronald  and that chevrolet before them has a mole by one of their batteries that's what they're making for shipping wonderful company the company  and these girls have danced forty times this week probably more having as much fun as anybody in britain i think so and look at best we do have a couple of witches on parade that's coming up as well this was on about opportunities for young people i mean for a child in high school they're going no get them involved in every major corporation that column is assisting kids and they're inventing and being creative from one of their middle school and they want you to make sure you can text a man and he w marching band and they're from adele and they are always very very well presented not only do they play well somehow their uniforms just grab the attention of every any number in holland and we don't wendy and i do not have time to read all the please realize that this group really dedicate a lot of effort and money when one year history right now and while they're there getting their schooling they do get college credit they can finish high school if needs be but it's another way of getting them muskets two years ago but it is just a wonderful place so is that pharmacy that's owned by all of us a great place to hold something like that and the man was a little scooper over here by the very very important role to be sure ye the michigan america is the national yeah that's a scholarship program promoting education so many ages six to twenty and then we get a black river  river then we've got the missing and we hand her a cork and there's a sugar festival in love here michigan and just for a couple of factors they are the largest working with kids from age eighteen months to the national team and everything in between wow they are really good started really good only because we're going so many things that i can do champion gymnastics usa they're in the parade every year and we're more and more proud and we've got a little bit of space here my we have a little bit of space frank it's hard to believe we're only a division and a half away from answer really promoting giving back to the community social responsibility as part of their motto that we've got the governor somewhere for the most has a beautiful moment here normally again another completely volunteer organization everything on merit well done by a lot of hardworking committed people and this is the red cross and folks people are standing along the street of water celebrating their great work and nothing can be greater than that and well these are and they're followed by a are you still involved in master of martial arts and her husband is bow and elegant county there's a good job of this kind of of promoting it's not just a beauty contest it's also accomplishing things and getting scholarships and elegan freedom village is a wonderful facility and they also raise money and help have money raising events they are really very carefully watched over women lie long which they can see from their residences but the pride in their group and what they do is one week out west michigan bike and fitness out there with bike rentals and such and they're enjoying this wonderful weather to be sure that is from greenville michigan i believe the danish festival here right what a wonderful thing all these festivals and they get to come to the whole of time to promote their banks next we've got the avalon they have helped more people and the stories are phenomenal they take them in and help them get followed by ministries an alternative suspension accountability program it's on thirty second street and they're doing a lot for kids coming out of school and helping with them and you education encourage went there and what a follow up one of the again one of the service clubs that everyone should know about learn about they have gotten glasses were millions and millions and millions of people  little time is the main  eighty volunteers and a staff of twelve and they truly truly are  adays young people and the television station are doing such marvelous work in the city it's channel twenty four but this is also being put on the wealthy these parades so if you want to pick an up or other relative y how they keep going as unbelievable their times they were twenty four hours a day tickets are sold there are things to be done and you'll find into a time everything is your care everybody knows what they're going and i'm if we get this it is this table right along the parade route and we do mention the music and we have a long and the beautiful costumes we get this honor and i consider this to be one of the parade would not be anything without the you know part of the community many concerts many people that have donated their time energy and sailing and the and the wonderful folks that we had here putting on a parade for you in terms of as frank mentioned the tough times step but also the steps that we have here with the city one of which you know that if you would like to download the video of the parade you can go to the most back slash city of how and that's levi  you'll be able to extract the whole parade see it again for those things you're like oh i wish i could have seen it twice you can do three or four times if you want so it is well worth it it's been an incredible day here at you thank you so much i mean it's it's where it is an honor for both of us to be here so we thank you we think the city we think the community we hope you enjoyed this year's eighty fifth music parade as much as we did again the beauty of tens and tens of thousands of people along the way and with that that's what life is all about so thank you for everyone speaking 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