sky if you're not at home watching this you should come down and come now because it's just starting we're excited there's plenty of time to catch the end of the bridge ok i think almost everybody in town is down here it's the crowds are huge the sidewalks twelve people i happen to be the chairman of the board for this year's festival x that's a great role to be in because i get to play all day i get to come down and talk to people i get to see what's going on in the fossil because we have an incredible staff of people that actually run family was going to go on a segway tour once in richmond virginia and we got there and there's a crowd bolt of lightning and they said no you're not going out all that's true but it sure looks like a lot of fun it does and you know what with the number of parades that we have in holland or the course of the year the site was really mak a lot of sense for the police department and how it is it gives them a great chance to get out there be right on the street and even over a building here comes our color guard they do an outstanding job with what they do they go to the white caps game and they go to hope college games sixty eight thousand employees creating quality products services and solutions to optimize energy and operation efficiencies of building lead acid automotive batteries in advance better than a hybrid electric vehicle actually they have  the parade and the truck that just came through one of those as well and here comes some of our friends the grand marshals of the parade we have glenn voss superintendent of holland christian and we have gary feenstra the former superintendent zealand public schools it's good to see both of you one boss is retiring this spring after forty four years of dedicated christian education work and gary retired last year as superintendent zealand for after twenty nine years of doing an outstanding job there  and scott is their band director and scott does an outstanding job there drum major this year is clay slank they have a proud tradition of excellence performing chicago florida disney world and even carnegie hall scholarship how cool is that and keeping in the theme of energy efficiency in this point they're all writing an electric bicycle so they can paddle and charge the batteries in the back of the bike the next coming into view is and great fit bicycles next coming down the line is the jewel of time float hey i love this float one wonder why this is that this is a brand new float this year we've got staff members it looks like we've got folks from the dutch heritage show them and kinda dancers on the this float i'd love to see those kids this year they do such a great job the audience love coming into view is southside christian school and southside christian school is this seems artists and artwork first grade students are mrs ball and this is ryan's burger and mrs  made a bright sun flowers for the festival as well as the paintings of and all the second grade students brightly and windmills you'll see coming down the street right now the sunflowers are in view and that is the  again numerous children you have to be you can't be in kindergarten no but all first graders on through fifth graders are marching in the parade route so your wife doing some interviews with the kids just prior to the parade and they were talking to some kids and asked how many years that they've been in the brain little girl me here two years and years of experience already so kids out there come the windmills based on the mill by have been right step second grade students mrs hunter men and their twirling colorful streamers depicting the artist and we have one of his paintings at home straight and this is the holland christian pine ridge school leading their freight is an authentic flower cart filled with potted two looks the third graders way flags with colorful flowers on the fourth very cute for sure enjoying themselves look at the sea of faces a sea of color it's tremendous i just love to see all of the kids coming out here today and it's been such a beautiful day for them to be out here for the brave we sometimes have it have a little bit of rain or a little bit cold but i think today's about the perfect things you can possibly ask for for a parade absolutely audience seems to be enjoying it they're watching and looking for family members or people they may know or maybe just they great opportunity for these kids to go to the homeschooling and have that connection with the how a christian school is well exactly i hear someone doing a selfie check it out right there i mean the prayer is that you're in the parade he's got it and coming into view is the holland christian middle school marching band seventy five students under the direction of matt veenstra and scott bannon bird learners through twelfth grade and their mission is both with minds and nurturing hearts to transform the world for jesus christ  interesting facts about how in public this year the robotics team took the world championship not the state not the country but the world all through schools yes three schools took the world together as a team and holland public was part of that team it's a it's a partnership with a business and hayworth has been our business partners for twenty years they've been partners with us and so we won the world championship this year just like a couple weeks ago so it's hugely saddened and here comes jefferson public schools still walking by with their mate paul there is norma ashby who is retiring as a teacher this year letter of the fifth grade teacher with dollar students the fifth graders get to ride bikes nathan that's big that is a big deal they always can't wait for fifth grade get to decorate their bikes and ride their bike in the brain i want to talk about this break this is my list band it's a middle school band it's the kevin does a great job being president of holland heights the same as the dutch mother goose and they do a great job here come some of the first grader good to see that all have me walking in the great fifth graders at holland heights yes and here comes east k seven school policies k seven school is proud to celebrate dutch heritage and several well known dutch connections to the world but first graders are carrying handheld pen wheels and banners to represent the types of windmills commonly found in the netherlands second graders are hearing plate third graders are celebrating their favorite flower  band under the direction of james hughes this is his second carraige now as a teacher yesterday was his first and as a student he marched in this parade for all his years went to good got a degree came back and he became a teacher know we do i don't know but a lot but i can think of one at west that went to school at west and now she's a teacher at west and james is a perfect example at home high school just this year but what i love about holland high school band is  national events in the past including the presidential inauguration and the rose bowl parade the band as well known for their uniqueness wearing these wooden shoes my my wife actually passed with the with the touch marching band probably half of the kids that are out there not all of these are the wonderful thing is another one of johnson controls electric vehicles not polluting you know there was a just a few years ago we were talking this up like can you believe it and now it's kind of a and the teachers are with their students the ones that were able to come and participate the schools have to take him down here by bus to meet him at the end take him back parents have to pick him up at the transportation nightmare but to look time nathan thanks you guys board that all seamlessly every year it is here comes lakewood elementary school and there's students learn to be college career and life ready for a special elementary school focused on high school achievement quality instruction providing a safe and caring and they're working on when you know jim i think that we're seeing a new problem lot of new crops that we are right i totally agree but i think that the students have really done a great job of putting all of this together for the break in a wonderful i do it comes the west ottawa high school band their marching band is under the director of my go through looks like they needed a break for the soup along the way year coming into view is behind creek elementary and their theme has always been the king's birthday and this year the king's birthday the king of orange are on your in dutch were happy to have mrs howard's fashion design great idea it is a very fun thing to watch we pay we've got more johnson controls advanced energy bill green vehicles i'm amazed at the difference the ford right he's a vehicle that they have they look and now coming in here are calvary schools of holland calvary schools of michigan have two campuses with students from kindergarten through fourth through twelfth grade their mission statement is the build christian character and develop servant leadership within the context of the quality is critical part of the child's development and they believe that each child can learn has a unique contribution to make to the mission of the church here comes corpus christi he's catholic school and diamonds from amsterdam recovery becomes a reality provided professional addiction treatment to the residents of the lake shore area for forty years membership program allowing their members to take any piece of equipment whenever they want it for one low monthly fee and here comes a very very special place coming into view so shortly is going to be the ottawa area center it's a school that instructions an answer quality of life i can say more about the quality of these teachers and the instructors at the school when i use it director high school choir i took my high school choir to sing for these students every single year the students enjoyed him and i think every costume was different amazing very very well trained dog it was it was a lot of fun i'm sure it's something that we're going to be repeating for years to come to the times now great job of coming up with new ideas every year to get people excited and involved in the voyage in today's world so we've got we've got ships we've got axes everything and i think they have about four hundred forty four students here thank you all the kids are here i do i think we've got every single one of all right this is the playhouse raffle but it's part of the lake shore home builders association they're recognized and respected as a leading voice for residential building industry in the value of home ownership and their mission is to help members grow and succeed in their businesses and knowing the economy i think building is up today and this area i think that it is as well as you look at the local buy you see that the wonderful construction of that home now they've got a big sign of that said when me and pick great thanks very much