stream and you can even comment on the parade goes by and we're going to do our very best to keep all of you well informed of the folks that are walking by the cameras here we've got our wonderful city that is helping to provide this to all of you you could not get a better day and this is just fantastic you know it's a little sunny it's a little cloudy and it's not too hot for the people that are watching the parade or those who are walking and as you can see coming into view this is our holland finest police force department of public safety and we would be remiss if we did not mention that this parade is sponsored by g m b architecture and engineering this is the saturday parade that the music  parade in holland michigan two thousand and seventeen and we've got our prayed chairpersons see if however korn who has dedicated many volunteer hours to making today's parade a success for the saturday's parade the volunteers for the holland rotary organization and emmanuel baptist church are welcoming guests for to the time festivals in the grandstand we want to thank them especially today and the parade is starting out with a very important and obviously a very moving group of folks here are veterans for a foreign wars and we've got both posts twenty one forty four honor guard as well as exhilarating post twenty one forty four and appropriately this crowd are standing in honor they are paying respects to area veteran crowd is standing as you can see and applauding the veterans who have served our military so faithfully over the years we are indebted to them for their acts of service and bravery yes and there are nearly four hundred seventy thousand members and more than four thousand exhilarates across the nation that are dedicated to improving the lives of veterans and active duty military as well as their families in a variety of ways so as you see the parade go by this again is a music product sponsored by g m b there are four thousand participants in this parade and four hundred seventy eight entries in the spring and as you see coming into view here is the american legion band director scott vandenberg this is their ninety sixth anniversary of lead every single two time parade let's listen as they go by grand marshal and the city of howland is our grand marshal celebrating one hundred fifty years and they are the grand marshal for the music parade in celebration a hundred fifty year anniversary of the city's incorporation on the float waving at people in the crowd as they go by good to see all of the city council member city manager mayor nancy they were and everyone else folks do an outstanding job this is the board of tulip time we are so thankful for the work that they have done putting this festival together they do great work what an outstanding board of directors and run our toes the chair she does a great attended event of to look time happened to be each year well would there kind of a hand i'd have to say that that's dancers of which i was once one of many many many moons ago and i'll tell you what a wonderful treat to be able to be part of that incorporate so many schools and activities and volved in just the number of folks that come out from a tour or someone a dialogue with a touchy answers of how much of you practice how many sacks are you wearing or actually remembered questions like do all the girls and boys that tough is it to learn that dance you know it is tough but i would say once it's been imprinted in both the music as well as the dance i'm pretty sure if i was limber enough i could actually still do the dance in and once you've learned it is so  fun and it's hard to believe but there's about two hundred fifty high school dancers thirty groups this year and seven boys and the rest are girls i do recall one year when i danced it was the first time that males actually started to join the dutch dance scene which was fabulous to see if we actually had some teachers as well so it is a number of different size the shoes are obviously made out of wood so they're not that facts were both exactly but it is it is a very very a vent most of them are wearing five to ten pairs of socks and it is probably one of the most special times and everybody gets to dress uniquely in whatever costume that they want to represent a specific province exactly so a little bit of trivia for you those of you watching at home in real time you can comment on this who do you think came up with the idea for up to a festival in holland who came up with the idea of to a festival hall and would it have been lied to roger there's a local a mayor's wife which one of those three do you think was the actual inventor of to look time well i will answer that in a few minutes but anyway we see coming into view here is the holland high school marching dutchman band director is demetrius white a great man who's been at holland high now for three years doing an excellent job leading this program one of the few schools in fact the listen right that's the end of the holland high school line dutchman marching band i'll give you the answer that question you and came up with to look time as an idea was a lie to rogers a local industrialist or was it a mayor's wife and the answer is the rogers was a high school biology teacher in nineteen twenty seven this is are in bloom poster with her michelle gort michelle is a local resident of holland and she did an outstanding job with that artwork it was a photo she took and she did the artwork of it it's phenomenal you should grab a mug or a teacher or take one because by buy the materials are great stuff and it was named that w piece playful time and talk about playful but important is the west ottawa high school robotics team they have just completed their twenty three and a year with the robotics program and they're returning from a regular season including a regional competition in arkansas coming into view here is the mac fire engine number three bana it was put into service in one nine hundred sixty five in herb an ohio which is on the outskirts of dayton to part the fire engine was purchased and brought to holland in two thousand and fourteen and they get the west side a red meat team and they're ok here's one of the favorite of everybody i have to put a plug and my husband was the grand champion last year for the local talent in bloom sorry yes yes yeah beautiful that was quite an honor oh of course we've got mr hear from michigan state go green and go why so for all us emmis you fans out there we hope that you're cheering right now exactly and here comes a spartan himself and then we've got our miss wheelchair michigan it's not your typical pageant and they come with the responsibility of being an advocate for all people with disabilities by traveling the state float and beautiful group of people coming into view here is congressman fred upton from our area here fred does a good job representing the citizens of this side of the state of michigan and so this is a great opportunity for all politicians to come and see their citizens and citizens see their congresspeople that represent them on a national and state laws level great to have him and participate again in this parade in an incredible hollin christian high school band director seen them perform before you got to head out there and see an old fashioned game of baseball there teach baseball it's fantastic all right coming into view here are the coolest new things these are wooden shoes made by els again volcker's their fiberglass and wo looks so cool i so want to ride in that thing but they have two wooden shoes and they're just having the greatest time they unveiled them this week it was in the paper and they're awesomely cool under you need a special driver's license for  so now we have an hour and a vision to the beginning of the hauen department of public safety honor guard in the city of holland department of public safe the fire services recognizing again a hundred and fifty wonderful years of our of thirty have kept families in their community on track for more than twenty years dan seaborne is responsible for that organization  so as we wait a moment here i have another piece of trivia wendy where do you think the first c d s d v d s and even cassettes some of you know remember those are believe me i know those sites or do you think they were invented that we've got out here we just saw crown motors vehicle one of their a sponsor in the official vehicle provider for the holland two of time festival we're very thankful for them and coming into view here is celebrating a spiritus festival of oceana county they're celebrating their forty fourth festival june nine ten and eleven which is just finished their two thousand and sixteen asparagus green is riding the float that's mary harris and runner up as mandy a and for those that want to catch this later we also want to make sure that you know we're streaming on facebook and youtube and you can also go back to youtube dot com slash city of palin or facebook dot com slash holland michigan this is planet fitness home  judgment free zone we get your workout at planet fist fitness and stay in shape i have to say i love their ads they are just a circle and did always coming into view there an upscale resell extraordinary shopping  ited states has visited here twice when barack obama was president to visit l g chem and we're very thankful for them to reside in the ploy citizens of our wonderful city and we've got coming up our west i do a seventh and eighth grade band harbor lites middle school director is whitney brunner brain artist scuse me and heidi kanjorski thank you all right all the music years and now my daughter is also working there great help care institution with incredible health care right now our own backyard we are so fortunate well seeing this wonderful  that is a very nice very nice great looks like a one nine hundred seventeen hard to see the the type of car it is but it's very fun cool is that what a great crew so while we're waiting for the next boat to come and of course john shea high wheeled bicycle it wouldn't be upright parade without john in there i love that bike that is incredible eight hundred eighty s high wheel bicycle humane society of friends they were founded in one thousand nine hundred fifty six and they're walking in i'm assuming with a couple of lovely little pet sitter available for adoption so support them think adoption first if you're looking at adding a four legged fur baby to your family absolutely my daughter and son in law did that and they just love it so yeah it's wonderful animal again we want to thank you and be architecture engineering for sponsoring the music prada and this is the premier band of the festival this is awesome owasso high school the director is jillian and jordan sturt and michael toll road and they're excited to return again this year being a premium band is a long honored tradition in a lot so since they've attended two of time as a band for sixty eight years oh my goodness an amazing that is amazing phenomenal they have eight major so remember at the end of when the parade is finished the task you still john band is going to be playing on ace in college if you're interested in that think they should stay over night actually they are so fun i mean how can you not enjoy do you own your bakery and my answer is no but this is a wonderful bakery and we're good friends with the owners there is jake up there who are wonderful job that they do their people love the board bakery and they're not only on the north side of town but they're moving into the city highland rescue mission it's a local nonprofit that provides assistance to the homeless in ottawa and allegan counties and they touched thousands of lives every year they have so glad that they're here i have a gateway center which is in all along i've been in holland in the old menards building but they have transformed that and they take used clothing and they resell it they take furniture and they sell they even send out clothing that no one can wear anymore to be redone and remade it's just the no i didn't realize that's fantasy island i've driven by that beautiful building in the upgrade that they've made and now i know ceiling marching band is the largest uniformed band representing two hundred students in grades nine to twelve zealand east and west high school their past participated in the national memorial day parade let's listen as they go we've been they've got a driving history of over forty years and they are encouraging everyone to join them down town hall and on june second for their annual remember when car show in cruise with two way traffic and eight street that to be fun it's our own little dream cruise here these days has a dream cruise we're going to have our own right here on june second you know the fiesta last weekend was held as well and they had all these old classic cars made up looking just spotless phenomenal love it funded drive one of those so question while we're at the cars are going by here another trivia question folks so be ready to type in your answers on line if you can comment so what country the tulips come from where we're tulips come from i'll give you four possible answers one of his correct did tulips come from the country of turkey from the country of russia did they come from heard the second runner up lovely ladies and they this is a festival that happens the third week in august in greenville michigan and coming into view here is w w m t v news channel three and c seven we're happy to serve the people of west michigan to be part of this festival and they're walking along today and enjoying their experience here i think part of their crew is taking credit for the weather and we'll take it and this is nicole prince the dutch dance program director we're thankful for her hard work third festival as dutch dances program director also dizzy on high school on the director and then bringing in our third  the vietnam veterans chapter seventy three receiving a well deserved acknowledgment from our fantastic crowd that we have down here i hope you can hear the applause it is really loud considering we're outdoors they are really honoring these men and women that have served in vietnam fact holland last spring a spring spring a year ago almost exactly to this day the civic center had a gathering vietnam vets and we had about nine special moment today the band remembers their seventh grade student kassie delft who passed away unexpectedly on april twenty seventh during a worrier form of leukemia cassie was talented clarinettist and an overall gifted musician in her memory the band is wearing white ribbons marching with her spot empty and performing their memorial cadence at the end of the parade let's honor them and her  you can see the elephant loves to ride as a republican in the vehicle pro life pro first amendment pro constitution respect our veterans our country and our flag a nice job answering that question about we're tulips came from from turkey now there's another question about the special dutch where called delft yes where was delft invented i'll give you a choice same ones originate from free sun and providence of the northern part of the netherlands local dutch immigrants brought this breed to breed of horses to michigan in the early one nine hundred eighty s and they are always black and very majestic to look at and majestic is an absolutely beautiful i'd love to go to the netherlands and see them as well look at the maine on this last one got a county fair and wilbur's interview here located right here in town the out of a county fair bring youth young families and adults of all ages for agricultural education affordable family fun and recreation within the safe and friendly atmosphere look for wilbur at the for year this year it's always the end of july and this year it's july twenty four to twenty nine out of a county fair when we lived in chicago with my family would come to holland for a week stay with my uncle on the lake and we'd always go to the fair was there much fun oh how fun is that yeah the fair brings back a lot of family memories for all wilbur is a treat isn't it yeah he's also got a blue ribbon even  that's another event that takes a lot of local volunteer ism and a lot of dedicated individuals to pull that fair off and make that something parents special as part of our community coming into view here as camaro is of michigan camaro is of michigan dedicated to owners enthusiastic and fans of the six generation and earlier g m camaro there are nonprofit organizations since two thousand and fourteen so they've not been around that long their mission is to raise money for cancer charities in holland and zealand as of michigan dot com camaro is of michigan dot com classy cars in a class organization to raise money for cancer charities beautiful and that is great as muscle cars are back again again yeah they are i work with somebody at hope that has a muscle car like that i'm like whoa very cool so as the vehicles come by i've got another trivia question when do you re is the youth of the year we need to do a shout out there it's a fantastic organization and what a young man this is bill highs in the united states representative representing the second district of holland michigan which stretches from kent wood to the these beautiful ladies queen moom and c c and her court members madison case and caylee loek represent the small town of cedar springs the red flannel festival and as you see it coming into view is the evelyn school of the arts there was michigan's largest performing arts school offering day classes in dance music theater and more now is a great time to sign up for summer camps in classes at avalon their children's theatre production is jungle book this year you want to find more information at avalon school of the arts dot com avalon school of the arts council and other festival favorite the black river public school with very clever there is so we're going to go to that question how many visitors come to how in the week or two of time was it one hundred fifty thousand two hundred fifty thousand five hundred thousand or million and the answer is five hundred thousand a half a million people and they are showing off their talent grace flexibility and if they can do that all way down this parade route that is some basic process so now i've got a great trivia question because you've got a minute here maybe so the first i phone touchscreen where was the first i phone touch screen designed and even the i phone eight that's not even out yet touchscreen including the i phone eight that's not even out yet amsterdam holland michigan silicon valley or albanian new york i am going to guess amsterdam i'm just a get i met handwrite so i'm tellin ya this is a wild guess well be interesting to see what our viewers say but the answer is holland michigan are you serious i'm serious t p k technologies they're doing the i phone as well as that is phenomenal this is v your source for local breaking news and weather stay up to date and as we can see we have bill stuff in here and some great friends of ours from yeah fantastic welcome back their beautiful large american flag supporting our veterans our special needs friends and providing scholarship opportunities for harry high school students and coming into view here is our state representative newly elected state rep jim lilley he serves the house district eighty nine in the michigan house of representatives we want to welcome jim and the good work that he does next just trying motors vehicle number two again we want to thank crown motors so much for their sponsorship for this festival they provide vehicles for the two time festival their locally owned business and they take pride in the traditions of the community they've served west michigan for over thirty years and their dealership has been awarded the top one hundred one best companies to work for and best of west michigan five years running come visit any of their five holland locations experience value beyond price they did a great job on my own little change yesterday so and the peace corps club's its west michigan's business leader with state of the art facilities world class technology and industry leading classes and obviously some very strong individuals point that car they have five convenient locations all around west michigan sponsoring the two thousand and seventeen music parade or induction music we're moving into or believe it or not division four of the parade with the third michigan volunteer infantry company and again our audience stands in applause as the flag goes by this is the holland a community aquatic center coming into view they provide a variety of swimming instruction athletic competition and family recruit recreation aquatic wellness to the community of holland the pool is such an outstanding pool we have national district and state wide competitions at the pool and they just do a great job of maintaining it and make creating new things kids love it all seasons of the year that's one of those yes the core group where you know michigan lakes are aquatics is what that is m l a michigan and lakes are aquatics swimming and diving year round recreational program garden water systems just walk by the end love and earning the privilege of the recommendation in holland and this is the matawan high school band bill boswell and both younger directors they're in their sixteenth year in band participation let's listen as they go by develop celebrate the anniversary they're kicking off with special loan rates and discounting closing costs chemical bank dot com equal housing lender and filing them carolyn stitch studio carolyn stitch was the two thousand and four fifteen took time poster artist she has a studio on college avenue and two of coloring pages some beautiful elements in her sh she also donated to the holland in bloom by providing the grand prize winner a painting of their garden thank you kiran absolutely wonderful they have a store  you know this parade is going longest parade in the state of michigan how seriously you know there should have been a trivia question it's fantastic that cool well talk about a long tradition we've got our mayor antique truck this  character development through traditional martial arts since two thousand and three kicking their way through a successful tomorrow all in high school i took some karate lessons learned a cut or two but their husbands like a karate person yes he just received an award for grandmaster instructor of the year in the philippines for filipino martial arts and we have a small but mighty group here we compete internationally and last year i was out there  to competing in the world tournaments yeah so it was a lot of fine and chance had been an active participant have this parade for years i don't have the number but they have been kicking their way through many two of times we've got the of the weather it's always been great in terms of the content but you could not get a better day than the holland lions club they have of the knights of the blind for ninety years and they fund i examinations prescription glasses and hearing aids for people in our community and we're very thankful for the scope to provide that type of service for those who need it in in our city thank you alan lines well now this morning for breakfast i i had a kind of a shake i put together i put milk and a little bit of a mix with a certain blue food that's coming into view i love blueberries i just i just standing every morning up my a lot of money because most of it when my belly this is the lighthouse group for insurance jim skipper owns that organization they do just a great job ensuring all benefits life personal and title services their trusted insurance and title advisor west michigan communities their lighthouse group provides protection for where you are and guidance from where you're going thank and then we've got lake side of this stuff of the air assisted living memory care and independent living a much needed service in our community and we appreciate their participation until of time and this is the holland public school sixth and seventh grade band under time for years and they've donated many thousands and thousands of toys to toys for tat we thank them for their participation well they're having fun with their little wind mills and s have time beauty caroline and they have been in the community for quite some time they have some wonderful services if you're willing to look for some very cost effective great opportunity community engaging our students in the public schools and the christian schools of this wonderful heritage of folkloric a beautiful dance gorgeous costumes look at these girls as they move by our camera is just delightful and it's so rhythmic their performances i've seen in the new times do a great job and this is the dutch winterfest even though it's not that cold outside we have to think about it a rare north american visit by dutch  closs promoting holland dutch winterfest events which features an open air european christmas market and center colossi they light up the holiday parade nov eighteenth to november december nine it's a lot of fun watching the white horse december we get the rotary club of holland michigan and their mission is creating world peace one person at a time organization that makes such a worldwide impact therefore core principles which are good principles for anyone in life the children's miracle network as they sponsor the remax lake shore float is coming into view here they do a lot of sales in this area for homes which are very hot right now if you're not a liar good luck it's tough to find a home and it is a great time to sell a house that i know just on my black three houses in less than a week you know just amazing coming into view here is the michigan apple committee and you can see the queen's hand a rash of is the two thousand and seventeen michigan apple queen she's accompanied by michelle alter of kansas city and coming into view now is hauling christian sixth grade band the directors met veenstra sixth grade bands made up of students from ro probably played instruments for less than a year because they often start in fifth or sixth graders depending on the school that's amazing fantastic and we have people standing here everyone that is able is standing in applauding our u s marines and what they stand for and what they do to provide service to our country and our citizens keeping us free we thank you for your and this is the lake shore toys for tots float and the local marine corpse corps reserves toys for tots lake shore detachment services an area of five thousand five hundred square miles including ottawa allegan counties now this is a fun one to we've got the gorilla grills and they sell right yeah barbecue grills in howland and here's wal mart coming into view save money and live better go to wal mart and shop and save some fun there's a lot of communities that have wal mart so there are and are lucky community has that as well this group i would like to say something about because my wife used to teach your years ago this is a life circle space that you can see on your screen they've been serving older adults living along the lake shore since two thousand and nine they work with people have complex health or memory needs but wish to live in their own home we thank life circle for is an outstanding group that has made such a great impact and jeff l hart has done an outstanding job supporting them and making that very public the i as a former teacher in the public schools our schools  day of the week and then students and all teachers will wear that be now here wonderful it's an important it says it all but his earlier it does let's just be kind to one another we have the reliable sports and billiards group all they sell is family fun and it looks like they're doing just that and enjoying family fun at this moment celebrating eighty five years in west michigan wow amazing but when you're having fun goes by fast it pretty cool while the weather is just delightful today and with a light breeze i don't see a bug anywhere in the year i mean there's no mosquitoes anywhere oh speaking of mosquitoes the group coming into view is the mosquito squad  michigan not needed today but they may be some time this summer so keep them in mind if you have some mosquito problems in your area and a very fun colorful float here quality car wash has grown into a family of seven locations today in west michigan and we are delighted to have them in the community and have them at twenty seventeen took time absolutely and just picked up a gallon of milk from quality great job program academy a twenty two week quasi military his residential program for at risk youth sixteen eighteen years of age a program to reclaim the youth of michigan to make them productive citizens the michigan job challenge program where graduates of the youth challenge program can go and further their education and get job skills to become more employer bill it's a five month program very well done let's watch court very classy float extremely patriotic well done this is st will a broad orthodox church the first youth an eastern orthodox church to settle in holland michigan they started three years ago and have a handful of interested persons and now have fifty members you'll see russian romanian merican orthodox worshipping together in a small but going community patron of the mission church is saint roll road and a century english missionary who brought the christian faith to the judge and then the other and moody radio w g n b just went by eighty nine point three they are your trusted friend as they course are fun cholesky days organization that greens miss andrea crapsey and her royal court member is miss natalie cole and they will be celebrating forty five years in west michigan plaskett days happening oleana christian school band and i just went down there a couple months ago to talk to some of the faculty members at illiana they do a great job at their christian school six hundred kids go to ten the high school in lansing illinois their concert band has been honors the band in super safe fifteen coming into view here is the city hall an international relations committee the ira sees a vision is to connect the city of holland it to the growing wider world as to for walski is gordon needed for this sheet they build and maintain meaningful relationships between the people of holland and the wider world and of course our sister city is good at that all in mexico and they are followed by pier vanity salon this is located in the village plaza in the south side of howland their second location is close to east grand rapids and offering a variety of services no wonder they are so stunning and coming into view here in their patriotic star spangled the red white and blue truck is the silver bullet firearms and training center there soon to celebrate their fourteenth year on division ave in wyoming michigan they have a indoor shooting range and a fully trained staff and coming into view is something you should talk about when do you probably know if you've got another group it's p k s a karate it's a traditional martial arts training school in the so do and they offer classes for the tiniest of martial artist tiny tiger classes for two and three year olds are always training with a variety of different instruments and competing as well different kinds of forums you get a variety of white belts all the way up through black belt in their group their grandmaster instructor i'm sure sure it is really a fun way to for teens to get involved in learn discipline respect as well as a way to work together as a team as well as an individual is absolutely well this is casa del rey bilingual church a bilingual church on fifteenth street and holland it recently moved to this new location to partner with new community fourth reformed church to it as an outreach to the community so it's great seeing those two churches combine into one and what a what a great church  and then we have the highland indian community represented representing both talent in zealand area unity in diversity is there a theme of this is the midwest michigan bike and fitness organisation serving cyclists back in one thousand nine hundred thirty eight when you combine a company's more than seventy five years in the bike industry with hundreds of years in a bicycle shop experience employees have a knowledge base that believe so i was walking by somebody with one of those the low riders i don't know if that's a correct name for those those bikes but i said how much is that weighs like it's about eighty pounds i thought you are like i don't know i bike but they're strong on the road in that they don't break so  great now the middle merican cowgirls rodeo drill team earlier this year they were honored to ride in the fifty eight presidential inaugural parade in washington d c this team is one of only forty units selected from a record three thousand amazingly well done so well done and coming into view here is the michigan sugar queen company grower own cooperative pioneer sugar you've heard of that and i sure have you betcha the quote queen's float with the two thousand and sixteen michigan sugar queen and her court the queen is mackenzie reinhardt of s and if you're a holland resident and you happen to go out to eat once in awhile you'll see groups of people that look like they're there with their children with a sporting event often it's hockey that ends up here in holland in the winter time or even in the summertime this is the performing believe it or not i'm coming to you here is the freedom village float and freedom village and riches lives of those who serve compassion respect excellence and integrity their retirement community is within steps a beautiful hollows a beautiful facility you ever get a chance to go walk through freedom village please do because it's outstanding they have concerts there they could walk a block and a half and go to see a concert now at hope college is jack miller center for the perform i remember when they were first building that and it's just amazing beautiful facility randy's carpets a great way of keeping your tradition of excellence both in the competition field and the national stage they recently winners of the detroit tigers national anthem contest and perform for the pistons twice let's listen to them as they play they're about ready area first robotics group collin first robotics talent christian first robotics dubbed the varsity sport for the mind what an incredible flow talk about climber creative clever and entertaining all wrapped into one students get to learn from professional engineers building compete with a robot of their own design and looks like they are sporting that they must have won some awards this year local links is a new free app in holland you're going to download discount even if you're not dutch you'll love a discount write down motors vehicle number three another wonderful proud sponsor of the this show vehicle provider of the how until time festival two thousand and seventeen this is a cambodian buddhist society sponsoring the american and cambodian flag there are many women and regular costumes used for daily celebrations or special festivals such as new year's very beautiful costumes all these next cars coming into view of the american natural beauty pageant two thousand and sixteen two thousand and seventeen you go i score now we see the lake shore family chiropractic center their mission is to improve lives and relationships they partner with the american cancer society and they've donated almost sixteen thousand dollars last year and their goal this year is twenty thousand dollars of two thousand and seventeen thank you lecture a family chiropractor so another stunning day and you know to look time this is the largest parade we have three parades and saturday is the longest in michigan and it's just so delightful from bands from out of state organizations in the interlinking them to tell a story i have i have a hard time believing we are in the last division of this incredible parade drinkin folks the scene doesn't get any better than this between the weather the talent the beauty the music everything and not only is this live streamed right now but it's also can be viewed any time at the same website a city hall in dot com it's national baby food festival which is held in fremont michigan you're going there i have to come to holland ronald we like you we like mcdonald's tony castillo's owner operator a voluntary mcdonald's who welcomes you to visit the restaurants and give them a try what a great impact he has made personally on this community as well as actually right and coming into view here is the best the new service christian service is demonstrating love and compassion protecting in an hansing the lives of children and families through quality social services bethany christian services and then we have the salon professional academy of  new state of the air facility with top of line equipment and education for beauty professionals offering cosmetology and fuller programs that can be completed in less than one year the big vehicle coming into view is positive options as for centers located in allendale allegan grand haven in holland their mobile medical center which you see coming into view is an exciting resource which allows them to meet people where they are throughout western michigan their medical professionals strive to give the highest quality care and free confidential pregnancy tests and early alter sounds my positive options dot org of my positive options dot or i hate to say it jim but i'm seeing those lights and you know i met means but before that we have the salvation army here they are the salvation army of holland michigan serving the southern part of out of a county in much of allegan and they obviously make a very incredible impact on the lives of so many people and this is the final group here before the parade ends a shield of hope run by a local public safety professionals in western michigan their missions to spread and encouragement to those in the community affected by cancer they visit women children and men for families fighting cancer to let them know they're not in this alone they've sponsored more than sixty families to an all inclusive weekend retreat at the great wolf lodge providing christmas gifts to many families in the area social media and internet is shields of hope west michigan well actually shields of hope west am i dot com and we can see the pollen public safety coming into view here our police department under the leadership of matt messer does an outstanding job in our city of holland we're just so thankful for the way that i can feel if i get live in the city hall and i have an issue within two to three minutes of somebody at our door right and i'll tell you this is one incredible parade and the crowds have been great the weather's been great all of the line of it's fantastic thanks to the music great chairperson steve barber korn and all of the participants a volunteers that made this parade possible unbelievable that it went myself as it is and they say when you're having fun time flies it's a it's been a great day and you know it's not over yet it's not over yet because tonight the fire  i know and you can get a more beautiful day and so if you're watching this on line right now you still have an opportunity to come on down enjoy the fireworks be part of the whole wonderful crowd if you're picking this up later because the city is doing a beautiful job of being able to replay th for folks as well then we hope that you did come down and enjoy some of the fun the food and the fantastic fireworks are a great part of the two of time two thousand and seventeen and if you want to those people that don't really like the crowds since you're watching this on line come down to holland right now because as the people leave they'll be more room for you to be here but that the fireworks tonight start around ten around dusk set column park but at six thirty the music's going to start so i have a  a band playing there starting at six thirty so take your family come on down have fun a column parked over looking like macca tower it's a beautiful scene beautiful so it is and if you haven't gotten your fill yet of the tulips they're absolutely stunning it couldn't be more perfect there too you'll see some of the tulips that column part as well as some of the great souvenir eating that i call that something that you have to indulge in at least on an annual basis and so that too is going to be available to him you will find plenty of ways a bill appear to i'm as you wait for the fireworks show tonight zach lee well we want to thank you for watching and wendy it's been a privilege to be with you again this year but on the microphone watching this parade it's quite stunning thank you very much and i want to give a shout out to this incredible crew that we ha you there watching the set home today or in the future will have the benefit of seeing it from so many different angles thanks to the talent that we have of both the paid and volunteer staff so thanks everybody and we hope that you will put this in the books as one of the best to of time festivals ever that's right have a great day everybody thanks for watching