welcome to the thirty second annual randall day for a we'd like to welcome everyone here today on this nice bright sunny saturday afternoon and bernard looks like you've got visitors already oh yes we do to start off we have st paul mayor chris coleman live entourage there chris seems like he's been married for ever is going to try to do a latymer to stay there for what four terms well i think he's done a pretty good job so maybe that will be a bad thing and by the way i'm stanley felix and i'm bernard foster and again we welcome you here to the mondo day parade the thirty second annual rando day parade well festival and the highway patrol represent the st peter claiborne catholic church in school that's true if church had been around since well actually i think is one of the first black catholic churches in city of st paul and right now we have the troops in lake christian center pastor david johnson t l c is a young church that has been in the community for the last five years and we have the mentoring young adults with their leader jackie cooper the youth organization that works towards employment housing and leadership development for our youth in the city of st paul and we have a little group here the round of community television it's good to see young men trying to do some positive with their life to get into t v to make a lot of money there she you know the stewards got all right we have our roving interviewer mrs dean take it away good afternoon today we're at the randall parade this is the thirty second and all randall parade and i have with us one randall neighbors that has a lot of residency here your name is rodney edwards and rodney every time you come to the round the parade what brings you back well you know the pray gets bigger and bigger every year and i've been coming here pop probably since it started thirty two years now and i saw it the praise gotten bigger the people you know in the community come out we come out and see one another that we haven't seen maybe for years and stuff like that so it's always really nice to come out and to round  and and they work to help families fight homelessness help at risk youth into reach their full potential and help unemployed underemployed and find their place in the workforce representing today's youth like to and i take it back i can do a little jump rope and about thirty seconds  i don't think they practice very hard for it either because they can't get it started well it's kind of hard to double that's why you're moving they do use their kids they can do that all right so who do we have on the air rise and stand right now it looks like it's time for a little history here we know we had a we at the randall days book written by evelyn fair banks which is a real good book  of the families and the people the make up of the old rondell days and our thing was we also have about another whole book which is contributions of black women to minnesota history and these books can be found in bookstore they can be found down at the library and they give you a lot of real good information on on the background that's in the neighborhood that used to be here into the neighborhood that is currently here today and i'm sure you get those on line too like what can't you know i know thank you but actually coming if you need someplace to go pray and weekend whenever it any day of the week check out my mouth you can check out any of the churches around here the doors are always open is all this one isn't all that soon and that should be enough to bring you out today ramsey county attorney he works hard to keep our community strong and sa and coming up next is the bradley peek family and we have the martin luther king center coming b all right here's the kicker basketball team now they must be for the third fourth grade up to the seventh and eighth grade you know kind of through because you see they were blue and white they changed the color built the center back in the days very nice facility troop sixty one it is the bible class pads actually it's monday july twentieth through friday july twenty fourth you get more information about the par along with mine i love it when the original black church is not central central avenue with st paul seven thirty two west and i believe pilgrim is the oldest black church in the city of st paul yeah a little baby in the sun we have a great volleyball team up in korea six times national champions all right we're going to go back to their interview in the streets is being taken away back at the randolph thirty second annual parade and it's always good to hear from the seniors so right now i have miss betty lou us and she is a storm i guess that's cool right here yup that storm yes that is who's the guy with the wings over there while you can tell by his chant that he wants to point out the diversity that we do have ranch in this neighborhood right now i see that like a rainbow coalition and the st paul promised neighborhood hey we're going to take it away there has been an awesome community forever thank you share where's the fire department you know they're finishing up their little run to the parade there were representatives with their very quickly to some pretty good entertainment so far you know all the little performers coming through and expend a whole lot of energy out there hope they have some left for the for the park backyard rhonda i found somebody that's been coming for years and years their family is part of the ronald celebration to lisa what brings you here today just the advantage of being able to celebrate the community with my fellow peers in my right all right so i'm trying to see if it's a sixty or if it's a fifty nine are you ready it's ye raised in iran to a community he loved rando he loved his family he loved the celebration and he loved being a part of the community he's no longer with us today but we will remember him today and always  passing up the  football players and the cheerleading team with coach g you know they had a pretty good squad last year stanley dam hoping to get out and see a little bit more their football action this year along with their they feel sure last year during the playoffs but then following up into st paul public libraries bookmobile ok thank you go ahead opportunity for us to celebrate round the days and what it meant to us to live in this community our family live right on this whack it's an honor to be here and so i'm grateful to see friends and family today thank you thank you  route i would say is about a mile and a half so she had a couple of those transportation buses you know also could pick up people on the way and roll up as they're going along the take you right now parade my brother and sister in law guiding me over to enjoy it up the steady things going on today and it's hot out here this is really nice the celebration of this neighborhood and i'm learning a little about the history as the parade goes on and talking to different people it is very important to remember what this community died of what is still called back in a day so i'm glad to be no longer with us here in the community for twenty plus years so we're here actually revel in a head start thank you in phoenix was a good friend of mine too she goes way back we're missing her today that's right today sharon edwards heart and she wants to just give a shout out i want to give a shout out to butterfly for life support network we've been together for over five years and we've been doing wonderful things to our breast for breast cancer survivors really get out and vote for all of them right today oh yeah no doubt about it but even if it's not them everybody get out and vote if you don't vote you've got nothing to complain about that is so true no matter how you vote just get out there all right take it away kids kids kids are everywhere and i found a little shorty that wants to say something about rondo tell me your name and i answered i what brings you to rond well i just wanted to see the community having fun and of being a great community is an ass we will we thank you for coming today one thing i'd like to say is this beautiful shirt i got you can get it on t united for quality care group or ok up next we have the urban academy charter school we are certainly recognizing the past today at the rondeau day parade in right now i have with me tammy good jo and they're enjoying a ronald day parade in this heat but what brings you here every year you've been coming every year you said yes i've been coming for a few years now since i've been fourteen what makes us still coming here we like to watch them danc i believe that all right all right we're going to get back to take it away we are having a great day today at the ronald day parade and look who i but found this is one brother and this is his other brother so tell me your name  be it's a very diverse and mixed crowd here ever i seem to be enjoying themselves and i'm sure that i have just as much fun over at the festival i think the parade is about to mean that is a strong possibility i see the parade director is in a golf cart this year all right ladies and gentlemen as we wrap this up this year you know people enjoyed their start of their day did you know today with the parade that they can go down to the festival and  all right so ya back at the thirty third next year and everybody have a good day safe holidays and a safe season we'll see you next year