morning nathan box here at tulip time ready for the big music provided put out of the south after noon getting ready for that the sun is starting to peak out we're hoping we're going to have some great weather this afternoon and we have our group and marshals of the parade two gentlemen from fox seventeen are going to be here are here and have been here during the week john tell us a little bit about yourselves and what you're going to be doing here during the festival and during the parade today thanks i'm christian frank this is rick mecklenburg i do news on fox seventeen he's the weather guy so you can throw the stuff at him it's not going to be that bad this afternoon as i mean you keep shaking your head and putting your you know it's all relative it's not going to be snowing i can tell you that there you go it's it's may and holland so we never know what it is we're going to expect but folks still ought to be planning on coming down here maybe bring a rain coat with them a sweatshirt would that help them out a little bit and don't bring things to throw at weather people that's just not i'm not it's not your fault you just deliver the weather right you don't make the weather you just deliver the weather now you guys are going to end this afternoon's parade you're going to be the grand marshals of saffron is parade and you're going to special guest along with you yeah i'll have rafi frank he's my skateboarding bulldog he has a wide board last year he did he did the entire parade route but we had a little too much rain in spots last year so we had to get into garbage you gentlemen are coming in traditional american garb yet you know here's the deal somebody has got to do the work somebody's got to drag him so that's dad you know you mean you didn't want to run the entire two and a half mile parade route with wooden shoes on today that ever been done i mean as far as running seventeen's been here throughout the week you guys are one of our sponsors you're actually the official t v station of the tulip time festival tell us how that's gone for for fox seventeen and some of the experiences you guys have had during the week you know it's been great it's a partnership that we really enjoy this is something that  brings the community together we did the luncheon wednesday yet when it was great i thought the governor's speech was fantastic you can really feel that sense of community come together in the lake shore you know there's nothing like it it's fantastic so we did that the morning show has been out here several times mike and sarah did a little clump and dancing earlier this week we had the big red couch from fox and i want to show sitting here on the street and it's a lot of fun you know to take an opportunity like this when when people come down and see it to let us get involved is just amazing we love it well we appreciate having you guys down here today we're going to keep our fingers crossed for the weather i've learned over the years never completely believe a weatherman so hopefully we're going to we're going to see you be wrong today and  wrong that would be the sest thing looking like a true lawyer that's right exactly well gentlemen thank you and thank fuck seventeen for for sponsoring with the two time festival of being the official t v station and we'll look forward to seeing you in the parade this afternoon wave as you go by and make sure you keep that