The University of Florida Homecoming Parade is a big deal in these parts. Alumni, politicians and other assorted types pour into town.
City streets are closed.
UF classes are suspended. Local schools shut down. UF students run the show, but the parade, some feel, belongs to the community, the state, the country, the world, and maybe the universe. No one, perhaps, believes more in the grandeur of the parade than Tammy McCormick. For 15 years, starting while she was still a UF student Gatorette, McCormick has trained local children in baton, dance, flags, and how to march in parades.