My La [Applause] A Oh Yeah W B B La A N A Oh Oh Yeah He Oh Welcome to downtown Fort Worth and the 41st annual GM Financial parade of light featuring your hosts CBS 11 anchor Nicole Baker and chief meteorologist Scott padet plus featured Entertainer magician Zack MIRS and now please welcome Fort Worth mayor Maddie Parker and GM Financial CFO Susan Sheffield good evening I’m mayor MD
Parker it is my pleasure to welcome you to our 41st annual holiday parade on the historic streets of beautiful downtown Fort Worth joining me tonight is Susan Sheffield Chief Financial Officer for GM Financial the Parade’s title sponsor whether you’re here with us in person or watching at home we are united by the
Spirit of the holidays as we enjoy this one-of-a-kind event with family friends and neighbors our illuminated Holiday Spectacular has become a time honored tradition and it is a privilege to again celebrate its great legacy GM Financial has been downtown Fort Worth’s largest employer for the better part of a decade
We owe much of our success to the very talented people of this city so it’s our great pleasure to help bring holiday magic to the Fort Worth community our company is proud to have supported the parade for 6 years now providing hundreds of volunteers who have spent
Thousands of hours working to make this wonderful night a reality from rgm Financial team team to your family we wish you a safe happy and magical holiday season and now it is time to enjoy the enchanting Parade floats marvelous musicians spellbinding magicians and every spectacular moment of the 41st annual GM Financial Parade
Of Lights we have to give a very special thank you to Mayor Parker and Susan Sheffield hello everybody I’m Nicole Baker here with my fabulous co-host Scott pageant happy holidays Nicole happy holidays we’ve been waiting for this right so excited for this so listen we’re right downtown Fort Worth
Beautiful scenery here right by the convention center so this is my first year but if you were here last year we are so excited to be back here broadcasting live along the parade route just for you guys by General Worth Square alongside thousands of others that are here with us tonight ready to
Celebrate ready to get into the holiday spirit and the excitement really is building for us Nicole you can really feel the energy here tonight the crowd’s been anxiously waiting for this Year’s parade to kick off and the time has finally come let’s see if we can get a
Reaction from the crowd behind us are You Ready Fort Worth you know I’m going to ask you one more time are you ready for worth there we go I love it love that okay they sound ready to me yeah they so that means we got to get this thing
Going because they’ve been excited for hours they’ve been here um for several hours trying to get the best viewing location to take in all of this holiday cheer in downtown Fort Worth and it really is beautiful for us now well then now the time has finally come the parade
Is officially kicked off and as tradition with the parade let’s pay our respects to our great country with the Star Spangled Banner performed by Fort Worth’s own 13-year-old Superstar singer Sophia Latr the love what so proudly we have at the Twilight lastly who words Tri s Stars through the SP oh the real world Some stream and the RO the BS in Pro to the night that of L was still there oh see that starle [Applause] but oh the L the in the of the bra [Laughter] [Applause] y I mean when you say remarkable you’re talking about Sophia what a voice thank you Sophia for that beautiful gift I think she’s got a bright future ahead of us almost as bright as all these lights
Out here tonight and there going to be so many lights she has a bright future ahead as you said and she’s been everywhere from AT&T Stadium and the Fort Worth Stockyards to Branson Missouri Sophia’s been delighting audiences with her extraordinary Talent for years and we’ll be seeing more of
Her later this evening Sophia will be performing live on Karen and Larry an Fin’s parade FL float that is later of the program I can’t wait to see that so listen there’s definitely something for you guys to hang around for we’ve got everything okay a host of other exciting
Holiday parades and floats or I should say floats and performers marching bands all sorts of organizations are represented here tonight it’s really special it really is special no question Nicole and not to mention some other surprises we have in store as you know this year’s theme is holiday magic and
Joining us now is the Parade’s feature Entertainer magician Zach MIRS but first let’s take a look at this story my name is Zach MIRS and I am a first generation American my dad’s from Iran my mom’s from Afghanistan they came here to America to live the American
Dream I saw a magic special like a TV special when I was a kid it was in the ’90s and my mom side of the family is from Afghanistan they had never seen magic before and and David Blaine he took a card and he gave that card to someone
And that card changed and in my mind I made the decision I want to do that for the rest of my life middle school high school career people started calling me the Magic Man and one thing led to another and it’s really cool because you know some of my family doesn’t even
Speak English and Magic is one of those few art forms despite your uh religion or race or langage anguage barriers you could experience the same thing all at the same time everybody thinks it’s it’s the trick or the method and and really the best thing about magic is to
Experience it with people because the the thing with magic is it’s supposed to make you feel like a kid again and that’s why I wanted to become a magician I was just all in at a very early age and I always grew up asking myself if I wasn’t a magician what would
I want to do and I never came came up with a really good answer outside of magic my favorite thing is being a dad a th% I’m taking my one-year-old daughter to the Parade of Lights this year we are so excited um for her to experience the lights the
Floats and everything in between now I’m going to be doing magic in the studio then we’re going to go out to the parade we’re going to be on a float and like any great magic show it’s going to have awe wonder and a lot of surprises it’s the most magical time of
Year okay so we have to say welcome to Zach because we look back at your incredible journey to get here and it’s been amazing to watch we’re so happy to have you with us tonight it’s an honor thank you so much for having me okay so
I want to know I I’m I’m not patient like you are I want to know what we’re going to see tonight yeah let me get your opinion on something real quick I got a deck of cards right over here everybody at home can see that they’re
All different Nicole what I want you to do this is going to be a mind reading trick okay you’re going to pick a a card you’re going to show it to the camera but it’s really important that me and Scott do not see the card at all does
That make okay I won’t look I’ll keep my eyes closed go ahead and just take any card out yeah go ahead and take card out and show it to the camera yep go ahead take it out take this one Che it out yep and show it to the camera make sure I
Can’t see it or Scott can’t see it my eyes cled and put it on the table okay put it on the table face down yes now here’s the thing most magicians will read your mind however going to read your I am you’re going to be a magician right now so
Scott um keep thinking about the card over and over again Nicole uh do you think it’s red or black I’m going to go red hearts or diamonds diamonds it’s just going to come to you in 32 one what is it seven of diamonds did I get it did I get it you
Guys get out of town that is insane how’ you do that what’s in that cup nothing this is just some tea right here y’all I don’t know I don’t know it’s kind of funny here let me show you one more thing do we have time for it
Yes we have time for it uh Scott yes have you seen one of these before oh yeah Rubik CU brain hurt all right Nicole you’re going to be the judge what’s going to happen is we’re going to take these Rubik’s Cubes we’re going to put it under the table and you’re going
To say go we’re going to mix them up whenever you say stop we’re going to put it back on the table whoever’s closer to the solve will get a the magic of the holiday from oh okay all right so whenever you’re ready say go go and mix mix mix mix mix mix it
Real nice mix it real good Scott and whenever you say stop you say stop right and stop all right don’t move okay put it over the table Scott okay that’s that’s pretty good yeah I did great yeah this is like this is pretty here’s the thing um Nicole
What who do you think is closer me or Scott I think you are okay well let’s go to one side first let’s go to the first side okay let’s see how we did wait a minute the green side are we symp mind check out check it out side number two ooh side number
Three side number four usually people dance but it’s okay you don’t have to uh side number five are you are you dumb sound here Nicole you’re as and side number six and there you go there we go this is cool and uh you were pretty close though sometimes
When you study the randomness of one of the cubes it could actually lead you to this let me see if I could do this hold on tell me if I’m close with this one okay you’re getting there I think you’re close maybe on it no you’re not oh my
Gosh there we go what I used to take the stickers off the cubes to make a match cuz I can never do it properly it’s so hard you did that onehanded yeah this is wow yeah good job that was amazing holiday magic amazing I love holiday magic and
I’m in your mind Nicole how that was crazy it was only with Zach’s help very impressive very don’t think of anything else I’m thinking though all right well hey Zach so much thank you so much for joining us appreciating it helping me learn the magic of the Season we’re not
Going to keep you we’re going to catch up with you shortly at the studio in Sundance Square and then later in the parade and then of course the GM Financial Parade of Lights is produced by downtown Fort Worth initiatives Inc and of course their mission is to just
Make downtown Fort Worth a vibrant and wonderful place to live work and play which we are appreciative of tonight’s parade participants are competing for bragging rights several different categories are up here talking large and professional floats we’re talking marching bands equestrian units we in Texas okay walking units and of course
The balloons everyone wants to see the balloons last year’s grand prize was awarded to ballet Fort for lorico day Fort Worth and their titled it was called the beauty of of Navidad in Mexico so we’re looking forward to seeing them again here tonight we have
To give our o to the old winners right other winners are the Gypsy soul of Texas and the studio 80 pirate ship oh I love a good pirate sh ship that is and speaking of bracking Rights each year the winning marching bands are invited to perform as the Parade’s lead marching
Band and the Santa band escorting Santa and Mrs Claus around the parade rout this year’s lead band is the Trinity Trojan marching band from Trinity High School in Ulus let’s take a look at their par and here from some talented Students the first time I actually got into band that was back way back in elementary school I’ve been in band for about 6 years now but really I started getting into music back in fifth and sixth grade when we learned how to play the recorder I’ve been in band for 6
Years and it started in seventh grade whenever I got to decide my instrument I started learning drum set when I was like around like 6 years old here I am at Trinity playing snare drum in the marching vanand it’s been one of the best experiences in my
Life last year was our first year doing the parade of light they had a lot of fun they got to dress up and they love the community support and it was very cold but I really enjoyed the experience and there were so many people and it was
So fun then when they found out that they were going to get to be the lead band they were that much more excited it’ll be very exciting to be kind of with the band cuz usually I’m just conducting them I’m just excited to experience like the crowd and like see
What it’s like just in the lights so I’m looking forward to being in the front where we get to kind of lead the parade so my dad works for GM Financial the company that sponsors the parade and so usually it’s been a tradition for my
Family to go every year and it was this full circle moment I I’ve come from growing up watching it and now I’m playing in it and marching in it and being a part of this surreal experience I don’t know about you but it is am amazing to hear all of the students stories and really see how this all comes together because this is the labor of love so I can’t wait to see their performance here tonight and they will be arriving here shortly so don’t go
Anywhere everybody get comfortable warm up cuz we’re not going anywhere now a question were you ever in band growing up you know what I was not in band that was we didn’t have a band in my high school did you not no and then College I
Just I didn’t do it you didn’t do it I was in marchie band growing up but I played the tener saxophone so came home one day told Mom and Dad I said I think I’m going to go in and play the saxophone and then they had to listen to
Me learn how to play the saxophone so many times uh and then joined marching band and was able to march uh across uh the country March in the Fiesta Bowl Parade March in the Orange Bowl Parade so I really know what goes into all of the hard work and the practice to be
Able to really participate in such an amazing parade as tonight it’s such an effort and it’s such a disciplined craft my mother was a majorette um so she knows how hard it is to be a part of the band too but I will say that watching it all come together watching everybody
Just show off how proud they are of all the work they put into this parade which by the way 41 years of this parade is that amazing 41 years that is fantastic and what’s interesting is that there is a requirement of the number of lights that actually have to be on your entry
To be part of this parade so little tidbits if you’re just now joining us as we’re waiting for the parade to arrive I’m going to make sure I read this properly so all right they had to be a minimum requirement of Lights cars golf carts and tractors must have at least
1,500 lights trucks need at least 2500 lights and large floats can require more than 4,000 lights just to qualify uh for this holiday spectacular and I think it’s amazing to see like you think of when kids get that excitement that that innocent Joy of seeing all the Christmas
Lights and putting up your your holiday parade there we’ve done stories or holiday decorations IED to say oh look at us yeah hey we’re a couple streets away but you’re looking at the Trinity High School Trojan band out of Keller yeah and they are the premier band uh
They are able to lead it off and uh as you can see Nicole it it’s empty behind us right now as we are here but we’re waiting for the parade to arrive a and if you were like me and and with Dad I had to check every single light
Sometimes on the house and the tree and back in the day up we couldn’t have the color like one light by the other light had to like no no greens next to each other had to unscrew and move the other one thankfully the lights have improved
Over the number of years but 41 years uh for the parade and the excitement is there they’re just a couple of blocks away from us right we’re waiting for them and and just a reminder of what they’re competing for tonight because this is a big deal okay they’ve they’ve
They’ve got bragging rights on the line and we’re talking for several categories so I want to tell you what they are large and professional floats we’ve got the we’ve got the police bring down our uh marching band equestrian unit walking units and the balloons and then of course last year’s grand prize in
Director’s Choice went to the Texas girls choir float that is f they’re excited to see who wins it this year yeah absolutely and we are excited that we have a couple of our finest working their way right here uh by where we are broadcasting so glad to have them here
But again the excitement is just moments away Nicole I I have a question yes are you a decorate before Thanksgiving or after Thanksgiving type of person when you get when you get your holiday decorations up in my family we did it after Thanksgiving like growing up as a
Kid as a young adult on my own I would I left my Christmas tree up till June last year so I would literally do it right now if I have the ability I love decorating as soon as possible cuz it just gets you in the spirit you get your
Holiday coffee and then it’s like the decorations and then I start watching Christmas movies before Thanksgiving and then there’s Christmas in July as well absolutely and and whatever holiday you celebrate this really is the time of the year and this parade really getting us into the holiday magic as we told you
About there’s so much magic when it comes uh to celebrating the holidays and all of us kind of getting together here in North Texas and all of us celebrating in family and as we know with friends that become family uh it’s just a whole lot of fun it’s all about cherishing the
Memories that you have in the archive and making new memories right it’s all about just special time together and there’s just something about the holidays Christmas like you said whatever you celebrate that it just reminds you of how precious this time is how important this time is and it just
Gets you in the mood to just be in the spirit of generosity and love and kindness which is what we love and care about all right we’re watching some more of our fantastic police escorts come down the street here yep getting all the crowd and the anticipation keeps building and
Building story I’m not sure if you have one go my Grandma Marie who’s now 96 for us lived here in North Texas Grandma her presents see the thing is grandma likes to look for her presents ahead of time and there was one year that she found her presents and then she
Tried on all of her clothes and then she forgot to put it away so she tried on all of her clothes and then left them all laying out on the bed and we’re like Grandma we we know you tried on your clothes you know one year I did that I
Found all of my gifts my mom did not have a good hiding spot but I think about it I’m like okay she was a working mom a husband kids like she didn’t have time to find a good hiding spot right so I found all my gifts and then I felt
Terrible I felt terrible cuz I I saw all of them she knew I found them I you Wen a good no I wasn’t you could pretend like wow this is the best I’ve ever seen no I couldn’t do it but I I never did that again I’m like okay I’m just going
To be patient now one thing I did do is if it was under the tree yeah I would shake it of course you have to figure it out it and shake and under the tree it was it was up for grabs I could shake it absolutely up for grabs we have more of
Our finest kind of working their way through and you know there so many families that are out here tonight Nicole little ones big and small kids of all ages I see the cutest little kid over here in like a little reindeer outfit love what else do we have over
Here they’re just so adorable yes everyone’s just dressed up for the parade and this has become a tradition for so many years I mean it’s been 41 years so maybe kids when they were younger Nicole uh they were little ones and now they’ve grown up they have kids
Of their own and they’re continuing on that family tradition and I think that that’s a beautiful thing when you have your family around and you can continue that Legacy and build those memories together it’s the thing that puts you guys all in proximity to each other emotionally physically and it just gives
You something to look forward to and it’s something that they probably talk about every single year and like I can’t wait uh for the GM Financial Parade of Lights cuz that’s just tradition for us here in our in our family uh and we are so close it seems like they are just
Turning the corner I can peek down a little bit from my vantage point and you definitely don’t want to excitement down there you can see there the lights they are off in the distance and again we’re going here to our our first uh finally here the 2023 GM Financial Parade of
Lights as we said celebrating 41 years the parade brings the magic of the holidays to over 100,000 cheering Spectators here in downtown Fort Worth and on televisions and small screens everywhere you can see the Parade of Lights it is working its way here into the grand stands as you can see a
Beautiful lit up sign cuz it’s the parade to light you got to have you got to have your lights right so proudly carrying the colors for us tonight is our own Fort Worth police mounted Patrol there they are with the Texas flag the American flag the Mount of Patrol by the
Way first established in 1873 giving you a little history here and it was mostly volunteers when this thing started so in the 80s the Mount of Patrol actually became a formalized unit of both men and women it became official and legit today the mount unit Patrol can be seen all
Around the city we see them all the time on their horses out at community events as so we’re giving them a very warm GM welcome here I want to say a howdy right Howdy Folks all right here we go this is the one that my dad wants along with this title
Sponsorship GM Financial is the official vehicle sponsor of this year’s parade stunning 2023 Corvette Stingray many GM vehicles are manufactured at GM’s assembly plant right here in Taran County including the Chevrolet Tahoe Suburban GMC Yukon Yukon XL and who can forget the luxurious Cadillac Escalade that’s my favorite dad texts me every
Year and he’s like he puts that on his Christmas list I think I get the matchbox I get the matchbox version cuz that’s that’s all I can do for Le right now you that’s a good son that’s a good Sun all right let’s let’s get to the
Trinity Trojan marching band so this is the lead band from Trinity High okay consistent finalists every time they’re in a marching uh contest around the DFW area so they are amazing this year they were named Grand champions of the Golden Triangle marching contest play in first overall so give them their amazing
Applause right winning caption awards for best percussion best visual effect and best music Ensemble I learned enough from being in parades and parents watching sometimes they want to just hear the band so we’re going to a moment to pause to hear the amazing band there you Go [Applause] [Applause] And Nicole I my feet are like already marching in Step I’m over here B popping side to side I love them with the candid and there are the saxophones you go saxophones that was mine right there the ten saxophone absolutely love their costumes too and look I mean the are lit
Up they’re all lit up everything has lights everything has lights they’re in the right place I think Nicole I might have to walk around with lights on for like the rest of the holiday season I think that that would be the the best could you imagine can you imagine us in
The Newsroom together over at CBS in in lit up costumes we should do that I think we’ll have to figure it out one day we work that into your forecast all right we’re going to move on now to the Fort Worth scholarship organization we welcome 2024 Miss Fort Worth Cassidy
Scott and miss teen Fort Worth Taylor cross they’re going to be competing for the titles of Miss Texas 2024 and Miss Teen Texas next June in Richardson now if they do win that State title Nicole they’re going to going compete go to Florida to compete for Miss America or
Miss America’s teen uh they win a lot of scholarship money I think Miss Texas if she does uh if they do win Miss Texas uh they win 20 to $30,000 in scholarship that’s such a big deal that’s that’s an amazing contribution to the to the academic community and I know you do so
Much work with them so I’m sure you’re really proud yeah I do volunteer myself I know Cassidy well I know Taylor as well so it’s great to be able to see them here and look their crowns are lit up uh so you can see hi ladies hey Cassidy how are you gorgeous gorgeous
Gals they are all decked out and I love that car you like that you want that car too I love that one so your dad wants the other one the stingray I’ll take that one got it uh up next I want to show you the ballet for gloro ketal this
Is amazing guys look at the front of that car so this was established back in 2015 and they are here in Fort Worth okay they’re local and they’ve been captivating the audiences here with the art of dancing B ballet f gloro it is a beautiful art if you’ve ever seen the
Performance it is full of such passion and such such talent K all right now always accepting new members so if this is something you want to get into this is the place to do it this is the group you want to be with they are a family and they spread awareness of Mexico’s
Very rich culture through dance it is something that we featured actually uh during Hispanic Heritage Month and to really learn about the history of the art and the history of the dance was so enlightening to me it it’s so beautiful when you see them moving together
Lovely and as you can see a great float as well you know Nicole if we’re going to like wear lit up costumes throughout the news room this might be what we need to do or maybe we need to join they need to teach us how to do this it’s
Incredible oh my God look at the little babies happy are so cute oh my gosh it’s so rooted in Tradition so rooted in in their culture that each dance move is really symbolic and it’s gorgeous to see look at them all and you can see a wide
Variety ages of Ages of the performers really carrying on the tradition something they probably learned when they were younger and they continue to carry it on from generation to generation very young children on the on the float yes as well maybe not be able to do the dance yet but definitely
Celebrating in the tradition here supporting their group yeah fantastic hey guys happy Holidays happy holidays oh my God I love it they look fantastic Spirit following behind them we have Trinity Metro twinkly magic Timeless memories and jolly old toy makers love Trinity Metro they celebrate their fairf free 40th anniversary with
Get this free rides on all local services in November including texrail zip Zone Molly and a whole lot more that’s amazing they’re walking in but take a look at that bus right there that a festive bus my friend that I need that to get to work I think hi guys I need
That jacket that’s a good jacket right there super jacket jacket I love the colors on this bus so there is again twinkly magic loves trainy Metro hey guys how are you oh this is so amazing I’m trying to count all the lights I’m not sure if I’m doing well going here
For a long time they they they reached the minimum Nicole well listen look at our Girl Scouts of Texas Oklahoma Plains they are here up next and of course we know they create the world that they want to live in and they strive to make that better every single day the cookies
Don’t hurt right all and adult volunteers and mentors also really support them in all of their efforts we’re talking about millions of alums all around the world really leading the way and and them working together in the community and together it just makes the communities that we that we dwell in a
Brighter place to be and it really captures the future of our of our nation of our communities of everything they’re much more than cookies you know they’re they’re a mentorship program they learn so many life skills and they’re out in the community and continuing to build they work together with so many other
Groups that do the same thing they sure do all right here comes the Northside High School Mariachi eses de Plata uh the group was organized in 1980 has become a highly sought after Ensemble throughout the city state and Country they’re directed by Ramon Nino amelda Martinez and johnos today they show
Their Sounds of the Season with a me medley that is of Mariachi and Christmas hits oh my God I love the Mariachi hi guys hi guys how are you oh my God look at their outfits they are literally wearing Christmas lights I love it so many ideas Nicole of Christmas lights
And what we can do we need to have a competition I’m in I’m totally we need to make that happen so listen we are getting ready for our next float here float number 10 they’re making their way down the street and I don’t know Scott I’m just enjoying myself so much do we
Have to leave anytime soon not for a little while until the Parade’s over at least I keep thinking of the Girl Scout cookies and for me I’m like uh The Thin Mints out of the freezer in a bottom of a cup with ice cream on top of it you
Know what I’ve never had that but that’s amazing I’m giving y some holiday treat ideas right now you’re looking at the Zeta FIB sorority Incorporated and the F Beta Sigma fraternity Incorporated presenting you blue and white Christmas now I’m a member of Alpha Kappa Alpha sority Incorporated and these are black
Greek organizations they were all founded more than a century ago up at Howard University which is an HBCU and historically black college in Washington DC and these groups they are Civic organizations they are brotherhoods they are Sisterhood and they really stand out as being the first and only organizations with the Constitutional
Alliance and their values Run Deep I mean they are rooted in the community when it comes to education when it comes to community service against Sisterhood and Brotherhood really carrying out their principles throughout history these are some legendary groups and we are so excited to see them he y’all hey
Y’all happy holidays guys looking good and blue and white I see you guys I see you looking fantastic happy Holidays happy holidays I love it I love it blue blue and white Christmas there you have it a blue and white Christmas all right just behind them coming down on Ninth Street
Street that is is the most unique tradition in college football for the last 29 years you know him well the TCU Frog Horn all right love there you go you have to pause for that alongside it supporting and represented the horn frogs are the TCU Rangers superfrog the
TCU show Girls and the cheerleaders you know what hey Go Frogs right go frog go frog there you go I still have my TCU shirt that says rip wrath I’m ready Guys all right so listen that must mean that we’re getting closer to Grand Marshall coach Sunny dkes not too far behind presented by TCU celebrating 150 years y’all the legend football coach is making his way to us but first let’s hear from coach dkes Himself taking TCU to the National Championship um in 2022 was was a fun fun year a great group of players um tremendous guys to be around you know I think every year is different and every experience is different but it’s really about the players and it’s really about
Those kids watching them grow up and watching them achieve their goals and when you bring a group of young people together and they make sacrifices for each other and and really become a team and that’s a fun thing to be a part of I just want to thank Fort Worth for
All their support and and what they do for our student athletes and our families and and our our players I mean it just means the world to to all of us to have that kind of support and anytime I get a chance to get out and see folks
And and TCU supporters and people in for worth it’s always fun and it’s really cool to be chosen uh Grand Marshall I mean you know my family and I we love we love Christmas I’m a traditional uh Christmas day Turkey guy I love to have turkey and dressing Christmas day that’s
Kind of what we do we’ll typically if we have some time we’ll fry one smoke one and then bake one yeah I’m looking forward to the parade I’ve been practicing my wave and you know we’ll do kind of the the frogs up will be the thing that we do a bunch
Of and looking forward to to celebrating and getting out and seeing everybody in Fort Worth it’s going to be a special day you know that’s a good question I don’t know if hit my Toad’s going to make it on the float or not I hope so I
Hope he’s there yeah for sure that would make it fun sure Surly make it fun for my Kids all right ladies and gentlemen it is officially time to welcome the parade Grand Marshal TCU head football coach Sunny dkes now in case you’ve been somewhere living under a rock he won 10 National Coach of the Year Awards in his first season leading the horn frogs
There he is waving with his beautiful family TDU became the first program by the way from the state Texas state of Texas to make the college fo playoffs and first from the Big 12 Conference to reach the cfp national championship so long story short guys they’re a big deal
There they are with uh his wife Kate daughters Ally Charlie and their son Daniel fantastic all right here is Miss juneth DFW 2023 Raven Johnson she is accompanied by her Court Miss Freedom Micha Thompson and Miss Unity Brooklyn shener uh the girls are part of Miss opal Le’s Miss juneth DFW scholarship
Pageant which continues to positively and progressively impact the lives of young women through the training and seminars provided to the contestants hi ladies happy holiday ladies holiday they’re doing such important work they really are all right here we go VC vision is Santa’s number one choice for
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You can see some snowflakes there oh love that look at the big lights on the front of the truck too I need those my car those are awesome I love the extension cord the plug hanging out on the side yeah cuz you that’s hilarious if you’re like me I bought all new
Lights last year and then I’m wondering if I plug them in this year if they’re going to work oh yeah that isn’t that always that always seem the hardest job is to test out the lights no matter what you do get a few dead lights but you it
All works out and they have the snow going as you can see making a snow hey happy holidays they’re making a snow here VC Vision the snow is in the air the fun is in the air the excitement is in the air as they are walking their way
Through uh right here the grand stands of the GM Financial parade of Lights All Right Moving On Up Next 90 92.1 Hank FM you’re home for some real country country music from the 80s 90s and early 2000s do I sound like a DJ you do all
Right good I like it everybody at 92.1 Hank FM wishes you and your love ones a happy and merry holidays wrapped in a lot of lights as well say very well wrapped by the way I must say and I saw theow on the front I saw it just as you
Did Nicole all right listen so we’ve also got the crystal Ray Fort Worth College Prep they are represented tonight by The Varsity cheerleaders and the blaz and blue Varsity show choir so you see them there Crystal Ray Fort Worth by the way is called the school
That works and it’s because of the very unique program they have they’ve got a corporate work study program and what that does is give students and professionals some work experience so that they’re ready for college they’re ready for the real world many of the Parade’s corporate sponsors GM Financial
And Alcon they participate I know right they make this possible the workday program really is a big deal gives students a lot of preparation and it’s beautiful to see them all here hi guys hi guys happy holidays Merry Christmas oh look at the little cart with the
Candy canes oh I love the little cart with the candy canes twirl on the candy canes chillers behind as well they are good to go love love love love it all right just down the street presenting the beauty of Navidad Mexico the IAL for Rico day Fort Worth Incorporated is a
Nonprofit Performing Arts organization they miss mission is to encourage appreciation of the Mexican culture through the education of its history by teaching as we said traditional dance instilling pride and respect of their Heritage to the community so we we saw some a little bit of them a little bit
Earlier we did from the group but look at this float I mean one of the taller floats that we’ve seen so far in thege a lot of time went into this float as you can see and it looks like they’re making some snow too I was going to say bubbles
Or snow I love it it’s holiday magic it’s holiday magic tell you as someone who danced ballet for many years they put so much physical effort energetic effort into making these performances stellar and so it’s amazing to see them here walking together on their huge pH naad
Float the music I was going to say they’ve got some amazing U music playing here and the crowd as well getting into the music that is playing hello oh their fot is absolutely incredible I’m not sure if we’re supposed to pick favorite Floats or not however this one might be one of my
Favor this right here fantastic hello look at the little ones hi guys look at the little kitties they’re so cute did you see them they’re adorable oh my hi guys oh that was that was a treat that was a treat absolutely I got my blood going I was dancing along
With them now I can’t dance ballet I can do a little this that’s all I got you can teach me yeah you might have to soak in some Epsom salt after but I got you you know me well you know me quite well all right let’s bring you our next
Wonderful North Side High School matching band 75 members strong okay here they are they are under the direction of band directors Abel Cabrera and Andrew golden led by drum Majors Christen Flores and Alexis Gonzalez and they are in North Fort Worth right near the historic Stockyards one of my
Favorite places around town and listen they are proud of their tradition they are excelling in Performing Arts and they are a regular participant here in the GM Financial parade of light so this is not their first time it won’t be their last time but I’m so happy to have
Them back they are they are organized look at that look at that bodyw work nice and sharp I love it guys and look at their cute lights I know little lights they are fantastic so uh again uh the Northside High School Marching Band they’re working in you see the cheerers
Up front the dancers up front how are you guys doing fantastic we have spare Palms as well in case one in case one goes down exactly someone has to be on Palm Duty and I’m going to pause again so we can hear a little bit of the [Applause] Band I’m not sure about Unico but do you see the the the the Grinch oh yeah I do I’m getting a little nervous the Grinch is right there for some hello hello Mr hello Mr Grinch hello hello we’re being nice to you Mr don’t take don’t take don’t take my Christmas presents I
Didn’t peek this year at all uh there’s the end of the Northside High School Marching Band you can see our next one now is the Walker family uh they are proudly displaying their 1955 Chevrolet pickup and a 1964 Sears trailer they’re here to show us that I
Blue that was my I tried to be Elvis there which was really bad Blue Christmas has never looked so good that is a nice vintage car nice vintage car I haven’t seen one of those in a really long time that is fantastic nice little wreath up front the B as well with the
Lights that’s the best the color too I if I had that and the trailer I would not take it out of a garage CU I would scar get you know what it could be your Su scratched happy holidays Merry Christmas look at the tree in the back
Too can you drop that at my house I know right that would really help me out a whole lot oh my goodness that is fabulous all right we are making way for our next entry this one’s yeah this one’s sponsored by the Charlton State University okay Charlton State oversized
Pup he is 14 ft High y’all 40 in from nose to tail no 40t 40t I’m sorry 40 if he’s 14 ft High he’s got to be at least 40t from to tail thank you I’m not good at math thank you very much the giant hound dog is today’s edition of the
Paper with the headline bringing holiday magic to life Talton State a founding member of the Texas A&M University system if you didn’t know they’ve got locations in Stevenville they’ve got locations in Fort Worth Waco Brian and you know online if that works best for absolutely the GM parade hello Merry
Christmas Is Here accepting this big dog he is so cute he is so cute hey y’all we love him all right GM Financial Parade of Lights we’re not going anywhere we’re in the full swing here but we are just getting started so much more for you
Let’s join or let’s get to Zach mir’s at the GM Financial studio in Sundance Square cuz he’s got a little holiday magic for us my job as a magician is to change your perspective for example these two halves of a playing card they look exactly like they’re the same size they are however
If this card gets a little bit closer to the camera it looks a lot bigger than the one behind it but again my job is to alter your perspective so this holiday season let’s remember life just like magic is all about perspective it’s about family and friends and
The the surprises along the way so may you be filled with love Joy in A Touch of Magic thanks Zach that’s amazing we’ll be seeing more from Zach throughout the broadcast just a quick note we’ll be bringing you the entire parade tonight you won’t miss any of the excitement on the parade route as we do cut to the studio Nico so not missing anything and
All right right behind us uh here we have under thebridge Ministries it’s a Christian based nonprofit that feeds and clothes our homeless Community invites everyone to be a part of it you know and it’s more than just during this giving season hello Merry Christmas happy holidays you know it’s not it’s more
Than just now during a lot of the giving season when people tend to maybe volunteer it is year round these organizations work hard like you said 365 days the Grinch is here behind us too hi Mr Grinch hi Mr Grinch thank you for Merry Christmas hi so listen can you
Hear it got the Fort Worth fire department here you guys truck number one 100t tall platform ladder driven by Fort Worth’s bravest and written by many of our much appreciated firefighters this is the big one as it says so we want to say thank you to them for their
Hard work their service in keeping all of us safe and protected I love that siren hey guys they make an entrance they have the lights of their own on there already been some more as well hi Merry Christmas good to see you guys up there hello how are you a double
Hand wave hi little ones Merry Christmas I love this hat I love your hat It’s a Good Hat I love it my goodness they’re so adorable all right so as you can see as we move our way on down uh this is number 23 for us uh so joining Larry and
Karen Anin on their traditional float this year is City Council Members car Carlos Flor FL representing District 2 and city council member Alan Block representing District Number 10 big round of applause for 13-year-old Sophia lell you saw her a little bit earlier in the show from North rich and Hills s
Sophia performs almost every weekend at the Cow toown Coliseum in the Fort Worth Stockyard she’s incredible she really is incredible uh they say Merry Christmas to all and have a safe and joyous holiday season there’s a lot of talent packed in that little body I think we’re about to hear some of
That Talent she makes her way here to the Grand stands as well fabulous look at that and that voice coming out that little body don’t you there’s a lot of talent packed in there hello Merry Christmas how are you Merry Christmas y’all hi Sophia great job amazing Sophia
She’s she’s giving us a RI Cary honey she said all she wants for Christmas is me yeah you have to get then friend I got to figure out a way on my phone Merry Christmas yes mer Christmas oh I love this all right we are welcoming the
VIP Kings Barber College so what they do is they give education and barbering they also give free haircuts to the community with the help of their Barber students so they are here representing as well we’ve got another Grinch in the crowd they’re saying hi to everybody hey
Guys hello hey oh my gosh we’ve got a do you see that truck I see that truck look at that Mom and Dad if you’re watching can you put this on my uh Christmas list as well please uh appreciate that so joining us now are the uh that’s number
That’s still the Barber College The Barber College all right about to move on for us they got some great L up wheel hi guys just drop it off in my house if you can okay just if you don’t mind and listen they’ve got their number for you
To enroll on the side if you want to give out some free haircuts learn how to Barber It’s a Wonderful trade and they give back to the community they teach other students it’s amazing I love this one right here this is great look at this hey guys that is lifted up it looks
Fantastic hello Christmas they got the inflatable in the back there as well my go oh that’s incredible it is looking fantastic all right there we go just turned the corner this uh these are the Dallas Derby Devils DF dfw’s Premier flat track roller derby League consists of home teams and internationally ranked
Travel teams they’re currently recruiting for their 2024 rookie class so hey Nicole no experience necessary or need I can hop on in there you you could hop on they’re recruiting right now so let me tell you the last time I tried to get on some skate it wasn’t pretty it
Wasn’t pretty they can teach you just a little bit more it’s your chances right now I will need the epom salt then all right both of us might need Epsom salt so if you want to maybe join them as you can see them rolling on in here visit Derby devil.com for information on
Schedules and tournaments uh so that you guys teach me how to skate can you teach her how to skate they say yes okay they have KN pads see Community right there that’s a great Community right there forwards backwards you guys are so awesome I went roller skating about a
Month and a half two months ago oh gosh maybe 25 minutes and my hips hurt that’s what I’m saying you know what I need that I need that little Pusher thing that they have on the ice skating RS oh okay can you hear that all right
We got the band coming y’all they are ready cuz they are celebrating their 101st anniversary Rich tradition in concert I’m talking marching and Jazz it’s the Pascal High School Mighty Panther marching band if you don’t see him you certainly can hear them drum Majors for the band are C rustad
Caroline van vogle Sean vitaro and Ty Wilburn director of bands Lance Walker and they are ready look at them getting information yep information as they come on in little information with their candy cane lights candy cane lights little Cadence happening that’s right let’s let them play like you love
Oh there it is I knew that was coming look at I love the routine who they’re having a whole lot of fun here tonight we’re over here clapping and dancing in our chairs so much energy I can see why they’re the mighty Panther band oh
Yeah I love it and I love the purple too all right we’re moving on now as you can see we have the Texas bromas baseball club the club was established this year right here in Good Old Fort Worth their head coaches for multiple teams are Oscar Perez a Nathan Roy and Victor
Ramone they say where baseball turns into family and they also want to just wish you a very Merry Christmas from the Texas promise I love that they’ve got a it looks like a major tree they yeah some we can see as it’s moving it way on
In here it’s some sort of greenery back there but it’s gorgeous and how fantastic for them they just formed this baseball club and now they are here in the parade showing the family that they put together I was going to say I love what they said about family baseball becomes
Family it really does we all were a family here as well when the Rangers won the World Series as well I mean just we we have to bring it up every time we but look at that amazing float it’s yeah good time to be a baseball town right great time to be a
Baseball time great down time for a new baseball club they said we couldn’t do it but here we are okay this is a very look at the peppermints on the side I love that and all the sound all the energy Merry Christmas hey guys hey guys kids are full of
Energy all right big Club yeah of big club and great floats as well it’s fantastic we had number one with a lot of energy let’s see if the energy on the the second FL FL with this club be able to top the energy of the first we’re
Going to see if they’re competing with each other we’re going to see I think Nicole that we have the ability to kind of maybe build them up just a little bit right I think we should come on build them up are going get there maybe you
Guys got to beat the first float where’s the energy hi guys hey guys there you go get loud I love that hello there we go guys I there I’m telling you that’s very there you go very very very great I’d be worn out just do that Nicole okay we
Have got the musla shrine flying Fez and these trer volunteers put put their caring for children into action they don’t just talk about it they are about it and they’re responsible for transporting kids and their parents to the Shriner Hospital in galvaston uh at no cost to the families I’ve been to
Galvaston since some time there it’s a very special Community flying Fez Faithfully transporting hope to love so they have a very specific Mission and they’re able to carry that out working together and is beautiful to see there all right up next we have artist De la Rosa but first let’s take a look
At this remarkable organization we are the only Latino cultural center of Taran County and Fort Worth the historic rosemarine theater was built in 1914 this became a safe haven place of entertainment for families we have cross generations of families uh where aito aita or grandparents come
Here now their kids who are older adults have their own families are bringing their kids there’s always something for someone here the heart of the organization is education with what we do is bringing that educational component celebrating how Latinos have contributed in the foundation of this great nation through a variety of
Different Industries Parade of Lights for us as a whole as an organization is very exciting it culminates a year of all the programming bringing smiling faces to the community and we always encourage parents to participate with their children because seeing the parade as a spectator but it’s completely different when you’re
Inside looking out uh when you’re actually in the parade to a degree it is a performance you’re bringing that cheer uh of the holiday season for everyone so we definitely love It they are celebrating 24 years of P persevering promoting and Inter interpreting the art culture lives and history of the Latino Community for all to enjoy the float that you’re going to be able to see as they’re working their way here to the Grand stands uh is
Titled artist De la Rosa floor the no no bua I took a little bit of Spanish in high school Nico I’m doing my best there on the float you’re going to see three beautiful iconic pieces handcrafted by local artist Sam Vega now the float includes Artist Artist Academy students
And families in Christmas attire as you can see artist De la Rosa wishes you felis na Navas nav Naas hibody oh my gosh oh I love it amazing they have got such good energy look at our friend back here hi hello hello this is fantastic all right we are moving
Forward because if you were looking for Santa’s reindeer they are working with these guys the city of Fort Worth transportation and Public Works they got to make sure Rudolph and all his Pals you know know how to cross safely and you know get those packages delivered at Christmas time safy first safety first
So sanda’s reindeers are following right behind that bucket truck lighting the way in all the crosswalks there right along Ong the street and Santa’s flying reindeer they also know the importance of crosswalk safety okay so everyone here knows how to protect one another yes cross in the crosswalk yes look at
Their outfits I love it I need the reindeer outfit I need I need the rer sweater I need your sweater can I have your sweater I need that sweater I can’t all right he said no how are you Merry Christmas Happy Holidays happy holidy holidays H I love your sweater love your sweater
Look at her little sweater too these are all great oh my God they’re so adorable making sure that it’s all important crosswalk safety lighting the way to make sure that we’re safe here as you celebrate the holiday season here we have gi glow their entry lighting the way veteran founded and owned they
Specialize in dazzling light displays spreading festive holiday chair well theying the right parade for that from from homes to large businesses no job to big no home too small when it comes to lighting they outshine them all I love that did you see how I rhyme there I was
Almost like daer s good j a little bit but I love what they say no no home is too small because some f folks don’t think that they you know can call someone to help them because they don’t have a large space but they’ll say hey
We’ll do it for you make it look great I I don’t think they had to go far to find some lights for their FL absolutely not no oh look at you’ve got the Grinch driving there all right merry Christmas up next Taran County College where you just get more we’re talking more classes
More campuses more dancers yeah we’re going to hear from TCC students and professors about their extraordinary program what’s next for student kind academic excellence and experienced faculty without the weight of student debt make a Quantum Leap into your career in as little as 6 months tering County College Success Within
Reach if it wasn’t for the Arts there aren’t the same ways that we can connect to each other it’s more than just arts and entertainment it’s really a facet of Being Human we offer all of the fine and Performing Arts we have several students that have undergraduate degrees in the
Arts and master’s degrees in the Arts we talk a lot about dance and physics to understand momentum trajectory and there’s not necessarily separation but there’s a balance between the two even students who don’t go in major in dance they take what they learn from here and
They apply it to other aspects of their life I’m going into engineering and I’m willing to put 30 40 hours of my time a week into dance cuz engineering there’s a lot of work to do a lot of math a lot of science it can be very overwhelming
But the discipline I’ve learned here helped me figure out a pathway through that a teacher a long time ago always told me that dance training is Life Training it’s helped me become more professional in a sense and um have a foundation and set principles for myself
Yeah the Arts is really based off of community and that’s what really helps bring everyone together it’s something I think everyone should experience at least once once you perform on stage and you feel the heat of the lights and energy of the crowd it’s kind of hard to
Just stop I couldn’t think of anything else I wanted to do with my life other than educate students about the amazing possibilities through Dance three different companies y’all representing TCC Northwest Northeast and Southeast and we’re talking more than 60 students who have put in hundreds of hours of practice it is not easy they are dedicated to their craft just to get ready for tonight as well as performances and appearances throughout
The school year plus School you that too so all of these dancers here they are it’s a lot of them so just stick with us here their mascot is torto the Trailblazer he’s having fun on the float they’ll they’ll be passing us here by in
Just a little bit but you can see them look at dancing with on the floor just dancing away they are just having a ball they have so much yeah they’re having so much fun and I’m sure they have many different routines that they put together but tonight it’s a night to let
Loose to have a whole lot of fun dancing girls yep dancing girls just so many performers there uh really getting us into the holiday spirit as well they might be able to teach me some of that ballet of the F Grio that you were talking about telling you the ballet hey
Guys how are you Merry Christmas how are you they got their lights on lights on lights around the legs the streamers as well looking good looking fantastic all right up next Gypsy soul of Texas it’s a group dedicated to promoting Gypsy and Gypsy cross horses now look at this the gypsy
Horse it’s a small draft type horse originating from the UK ranging in size from 13 to 16 Hands High they’re beautiful all right so while prbly bred to pull the gypsy vardos gypsy horse excel in many ewine activities their willing gentle and steady dispositions make them ideal for all family allaround
Family mounts uh so there they are Absol look at the Unicorn coin we have a unicorn oh hi their little elf is on there yep we have another unicorn I love this who says unicorns weren’t real right they real we’re looking at them Merry Christmas we are looking at them
Right in front of our eyes oh my goodness okay this brings us to our next float and I appreciate them because yes because I’ve got two dogs okay it’s a dirty job Scott but someone’s got to do it so following the Gypsy soul of Texas we’ve got our pooper scoopers y’all the
Pooper scooper team has brought to you by members of the AO High School drama department and High School drama booster club so listen their Battle Cry we say pooper you say scooper I’m not sure if they were there but yeah definitely needed as uh as they move
Through I’m not sure if that that really caught on but we’re going to actually yeah this is DK County Commissioner Court we’re not calling them the pooper scopers by the way this is Judge Tim O’Hare and Commissioners Roy Charles Brook Alysa Simmons and Gary fius and Manny Ramirez wishing all the citizens
And visitors of Taran County a Joyce holiday season and best wishes for the new year I don’t think the pooper scoopers were in there but no they were supposed to be they’re coming up next actually so they were out of place it’s okay but I’ll get them back we can try
That again we probably can try their their Battle Cry don’t you think they’ll you think they’ll do it for me I think they might here okay here are the pooper scoopers they were a little bit out of order but here we are they had some work to do along the Route which we
Definitely understand okay it’s a dirty job but somebody has to do it you guys I say pooper there we go all right it was all right we say pooper you say scooper there they are shovels by the way all right so as we’re moving on I think it’s the Girls Choir
There Nicole girls choir bringing sweet Tidings of Joy y’all 61 years all around the world they have performed on six different continents and they’ve traveled to more than 55 countries together next summer the choir is going on tour in Kenya W what an amazing so they’re going to not only get to perform
Their gifts and talents but they’re also going to be able to take in so much culture the choir is all about enriching young girls through music and leadership they do it with Grace discipline and respect for themselves and others now listen it’s girls between the ages of 6
And 13 who are eligible to join the choir so if you’ve got some Talent you know someone that can sing or someone that wants to learn to sing and just wants to be a part of such an impactful group let them know about the Texas girls choir you can sing Nicole but
Unfortunately not within the age range anymore no no no if I sing it they’ll never come back a I think you can sing but there they are as well I can hold a little note I’m fantastic when I sing in the shower but they don’t want to hear
That there they are kind of hanging their heads out bus I love the bus they’re incredible they’ve got the gingerbread man out here this might be some of them singing as well hi guys hi hi oh my God they’re so sweet hi hi Merry Christmas good to see you guys Merry Christmas
Hello oh my goodness all right all right we have MedStar mobile Healthcare presenting medstar’s Enchanted snowflakes now for 36 years MedStar has provided all emergency and Non-Emergency Ambulance Service in the Fort Worth area responding to more than 190,000 uh requests for Emergency Medical Services annually now MedStar wishes everyone a happy and more
Importantly healthy holiday season uh you can see there they were talking about the enchanted snowflakes I love that name we’re we’re so thankful for MedStar and all they do in our communities for sure providing again the emergency non-emergency services in the area so really responding to so many
Hundreds of thousands of requests I love their theme Enchanted snowflakes and they’re all wearing their snowflakes as well hello hi guys Merry Christmas hello there they coming through they’re working them through and look at this amazing excuse me sir I was trying to talk look at that amazing truck they
Have kind of moving their way on through as you can see right there so just very impressive all the lights hello Merry Christmas hello oh I love the little they got the I snow details nice someone someone thought that one out looking fantastic I love that just
Down the road I hear I hear the drums Nicole I hear I hear some band music at least hear the Cadence of the drums Maring in is who’s that that’s the Dumar High School Wildcat marching Pride band 50 members so they’re small But Mighty okay we’re not going by numbers they are
Band that performs regularly at their football games their pep rallies parades special events all across the Metroplex of course so the marching pride is under the direction of Mr David Johnson and Demarcus Brooks they work together and led by drum major seia Harmon drum Captain derell Evans and band Captain
Zamura Snyder so let’s listen in to their amazing holiday favorites [Applause] here [Applause] [Applause] w No [Applause] Video this is the Dumar High School Wild Cat Wildcat marching Pride band again Mighty small But Mighty as you can hear from their sound getting us into the holiday spirit so whole lot of fun they did a great job all right just behind them we do have Paving the way for the
Holiday magic is C and see Texas concrete pumpings christm Christmas concrete pump truck say that three times fast so CNC Texas concrete pumping has been serving the DFW area area for nearly 7 years they got the Mac Truck out tonight that’s a big old truck it is nicely
Decorated too nicely decorated I’m going to say 300,000 lights on that 300,000 I’m guessing going 10,000 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 there’s a lot I’m going like 10,000 okay you probably won that one it’s a big old truck I love the candy cane lights though that’s a nice touch
All right can you see this big guy oh I definitely can this sponsored by Dr Marie holiday so please give a warm big welcome to Big Bird an adorable member of the Muppet family one of my favorites okay so big bird is 25 ft tall and he
Had to do the big bird limbo just to make it under the skylights here the skyways and the Lights downtown cuz he’s tall uh so we want to say thank you to Dr holiday and welcome back to Fort Worth Big Bird we miss you hey there Big
Bird good job on the limbo you are looking nice and just put together that takes me back takes you back takes me back yeah big bird working his way through the Grand stands here uh as well so hey there Big Bird great job hey guys working the way around Big Bird knows
How to move around any of the skyways the bridges any the lights he’s adorable they are definitely adorable all right we’re moving our way on there from Big Bird to presenting Sher the magic of Christmas through Toys for Tots tonight is Young Marines now Young Marines is a national nonprofit Youth Organization
Educating members in our country’s history healthy drug-free living discipline leadership and teamwork if you want to learn more about uh Young Marines you can head to young marin.org they’re definitely doing important work in our community and they’re so composed as you would expect a young Marine to be walking down the parade but
They are so festive they still have their lights it’s incredible to see all of them here and learning that discipline and that leadership and the leadership such a age to to set that Foundation of how they’re going to grow in the future and then anybody that may they may be
Meeting and impacting as well exactly we love to see that and thank them for their service as well yeah we do their service and the service that they will do I’m sure so again Young Marines they’ve got little boxes of toys Toys for Tots Toys for Tots so so adorable
Landmark Landmark event that all of to the Toys for as well uh but I’m sure we’ve all participated in that and marching in formation as you can see working on that parade formation that they have learning that discipline of marching information fantastic I love hello Merry Christmas
To you guys okay are you getting hungry have you met me we got Babes Chicken Dinner House they’re known for their fabulous delicious family T table style okay so they’re going to you’re going to share it all fried chicken chicken fried steak homemade gravy mashed potatoes
Biscuits gravy best part all of it is made from scratch and it’s all their original recipes pass down throughout the vineyard family and we’re talking Generations okay so visit one of their 10 North Texas locations or call them up for some cathering maybe they’ve got they drop something off do you got
Anything that cooler there Merry Christmas oh yeah I mean I’ll take some chicken fried steak now or some chicken or vegetables mashed potatoes I know maybe your Thanksgiving that is fantastic every single one of those uh little cars there decorated in all of the lights they’re so cute ah they really are all
Right you can hear the drums again just down the street the South Hills High School Scorpion band performing a medley of holiday favorites to help us get into the holiday spirit yes with the holiday magic the Scorpion band is under direction of Jorge alakan alakan that is
Uh Garrett Adams and Travis ball and led by drum Majors NY Rodriguez Brandon Martinez and diir Pon uh so let’s listen on in as they work their way closer towards the grand stands here uh as they are working their way on down to South Hills High School Scorpion band W Looks like we have the St George Catholic School Nicole yes and they are here presenting let his word unwrap the magic of Christmas okay St George Catholic School they’re only a few minutes away from downtown actually and this is a special school providing an education in a safe environment it’s a
Supportive environment all while promoting their Catholic values that are important to them their academic excellence and of course something we all can appreciate is a very strong community so this float is actually illustrating the act of giving that happened so many years ago and really reminds us of the true magic of
Christmas they’re making their way down the float is on its way look at them they look fantastic so staff and students here of St George Catholic School they want to wish you out there Gifts of joy peace and most important love this Christmas season and I accept
All of those as I’m sure many of us here in North Texas do as we love those Reminders all right here comes GM Financial title sponsor of the 20123 GM Financial Parade of Lights GM financial’s first illuminated parade float represents the company’s commitment to empower individuals to take ownership of their personal finances let’s hear a little bit more about their program keys by GM Financial is a free financial
Literacy program that offers a ton of free resources for the community at keys by gmfinancial.com you can find content on budgeting buying a car saving for a rainy day from our perspective financial literacy means a commitment to caring for and empowering our customers on a daily basis we are
Spending money whether it’s what we buy at the gas station on the way to work uh the coffee or the lunch we purchase or the vacation we take with our family over the summer so the more tools you have in terms of understanding the concepts around money management the
Better equipped you’ll be to make the best decisions both today and for the future of your family this holiday season make it a goal to start researching a financial topic that’s always been of interest to you or that you’ve always wondered about how you could do better a perfect example is how
To create a budget for your household research that topic study it and you’ll be better equipped to handle this holiday season and all the spending Associated but also make good financial decisions in the coming year the last really cool part about Keys is our Live program which offers in
Community Live training with our content and it allows our participants to experience that in real time we believe that a more informed consumer is a better consumer not only when it comes to our business but most importantly for their financial future what a great program and great advice to
Consider especially during this time of the year so on the float and coming up here are GM financials key volunteers Kyle Shelly Kendra Shelly Kellen Shelly M Harrison Charlie Harrison and Mara Mara Smith McCoy now that’s a that’s a float right there I’m telling you to say
I love the glitter you know I’m a glitter girl how are you now you got glitter on your eyes have I guess right could you not tell that’s a fabulous float y’all it really is beautiful and they’re all light bulbs yeah so paray lights light bulbs a different way to
Show off the light bulbs that are lit up here as well uh so we really appreciate it and I think you guys can hear our next Flo coming it’s the Fort Worth fire department Community risk reduction unit we still got our GM folks waving here Kyle Kendra Shelly Kell Shelly M
Harrison Charlie Harrison and Mara Smith McCoy they sweety hello to all of you guys hi guys Merry Christmas hi but you you definitely you definitely can hear uh the Fort Worth fire department again this is the community risk reduction unit and they’re so important because not only are they
Serving the community they’re educating their Community all about how to be pre prepared and how to prevent any sort of any sort of emergency that would require them to show up and and that’s so important especially around the holiday season we report about you know lots of
Fires lots of you know kitchen accidents so they are very important to us they’ve got their fire truck decked out in lights they’re looking good making their way downtown and you know the education prevention and PR preparedness it’s always good to refresh yourself as you
Go in uh if if you’re like me I I didn’t know that you can’t plug like light strand after light strand after light strand in together and then my tree lights kep going out so thankfully nothing worse happened so I did learn that so it’s always great to be able to
Learn there are a lot of things you might not think about um you know overloading a power outlet not on purpose or you know letting something cook too long or too hot so like you said amazing reminders that we have Merry Christmas hello happy holidays good to see you guys we’re so thankful
For them showing up for us as well we definitely are Lake work lak worth High School band on the way for us as you can see uh they are the bullfrog marching band impressive fan has more than 100 marching members hail’s all the way from Lake Worth as we said they’re under the
Direction of Colin hating uh Adrien ve alobos and Chris kig I love their green flags Color Guard going up very very festive there and definitely you know information as you can see more than 100 members they have worked hard they probably have been practicing for this preparing for this uh maybe since September
Months months of preparation months of preparation to make sure that they could take part in the parade of lights and they’re doing such a great job excited yeah we’re going to let them work their way on in here a little bit more be able to listen to them and see
Them some of the holiday [Applause] favorites Cuz I all right band continuing there behind us uh coming down the Cadence as well uh you can see them interrupted me a bit more and get going on just a bit right I love it there’s nothing like a good marching band let me tell you they are
Fantastic as you can see just having a whole lot of fun get everyone here kind of moving a bit in their seats that holiday magic happening a bit more and the joyous Smiles across their faces as they are taking part in the holiday parade and there’s another gringe
There’s like how many are there like six seven so far count yeah we’ve counted quite a few but they have all been nice and that’s that’s okay we definitely appreciate that okay so we are about to have an iconic legendary float join us right now and I’m very excited again
This is my first time being with you yeah for the parade of lights but I’ve been looking can you hear it oh I can hear it I’m ready are you guys ready no wait are you ready are you ready so listen coming down Ninth Street as we speak the iconic the legendary
Studio 80 pirate ship y’all number one 80s themed dance club in DFW they were honored by Fort Worth Weekly and the star telegrams for the last 11 years in a row so they’re doing something right and they’re they want to have fun they want to have fun they’re having fun
They’re having a whole lot of fun that’s Cindy loer there you go how did they get Cindy loer in town performing a private hi Cindy merry Christmas happy love it what a treat that is an amazing I mean bringing me back to the day I mean this parade is a big deal
That they bring in celebrities like that Cy loer person singing for us she said hi to us I mean I feel like I have made it now CER saying hi to me telling me that she just wants to have fun oh that was amazing that’s what the Parade’s all about right it
Is all right we have the Metro Blaze blind soccer club now locally based right here in Fort Worth the club was created to bring awareness of the sport and to give Blind and Visually Impaired more opportunities the two founders of Metro Blaze represent Texas on the current USA national men’s blind soccer
Team and the team members are accompanied by Blind Fury breaking barriers running guides that’s amazing so they have their guides with them as well as they’re here in the parade and supporting one another happy holidays Merry Christmas you guys glad you are with us oh they’ve got their canes nice and
Decorated and like you said they’re supported by their guides which is absolutely incredible are you having fun I’m having am I having fun I’m having fantastic time do this for many more years to come so really getting into the holiday spirit even more I can like taste my mom’s homemade cookies already
Uh there so me there me and we’re only about halfway through this amazing parade tonight so of course we’re having fun Nico we’re having fun and so are these guys this is the light up the Night by rocket ship Public Schools that’s a public charter school by the way public charter element elementary
School and they’re serving families they’ve got two campuses here in Fort Worth so if you can’t get to one you can maybe try the other maybe it’s a good fit for you and your family they are I’m obsessed with these trucks they are showing off B ride yes this beautiful
White truck you’ve got the shiny rims on the back they’re hauling their little float on the back do you think they have the special lights just for the parade or this is how rolls all on time no I think I think I think they go all out
I’m sure it’s decked out nice the other days but I think they go all out for this thing hey guys merry Christmas hi look at the little firefighter there hi guys Merry Christmas how are you happy holidays oh my God look at their little Thro I love that so many Smiles Nicole I
Mean and for the little kids being able to ride in the parade ride on the floats and participate in this just making amazing memories all right here comes the Carter Riverside Eagle band Carter Riverside High School was established in 1937 and has been a proud tradition in nor in the Northeast Fort Worth
Community the band is under the direction of Jordan English and Rosendo Sanchez and led by drum major Steve R and anal Martinez tonight the band is performing F naad let’s take a Listen All right as we listen to the fabulous phes Navidad from that band we are making way now for the mosa Shrine Mystic Wheels here they are the Mystic Wheels by the way very hardworking group they love to have fun and go as fast as they can some little people after my own
Heart cuz they’re on some high performance go-karts but listen all ASAS are welcome to join in on the fun okay so you can see the Mystic Wheels performing in many local parades there they are in formation with their lights they’re also taking part in exhibition rides and looks like they’re having
Scott a blast look look Mom no hands whoa here they go I love it I love a good go-kart we used to ride our go-kart at our grandparents house yeah so much fun so much fun lit up well these are you know big kid acting like little kids
Yeah you know hey Mom and Dad add that to my Christmas list as well your list is getting very long it sure is but I mean if I can just drive around the the local streets like that no do it together can you imagine me riding in the work on
That whole lot of fun as they are s here just showing the the excitement of the holiday season as well still more that we’re looking out there and just behind them you can see they’re off into the distance uh is the Mystic wheels are the mosla Shriner carvet uh wherever they go
The little yellow cars are a major attraction to the kids as well as the adults uh the state champions love to spread joy to everyone around them of course especially the children look at those little cars there my gosh they’re adorable hey Dad that’s probably the
Type of car I might be able to afford for you fun fact these cars appear in the movie born on the 4th of July starring Tom Cruz that’s a fun fact that definitely is a fun fact so you can see there uh the little yellow cars and they
Said bringing the light and the enjoyment to all of the children uh that is what makes it so special for them Merry Christmas hello how are you Merry Christmas oh I love I got to get one of these I think so too so you adding that
To your list yes I am Mom I need that on my list they fantastic how much fun just begging a little bit more oh I love it you can smell the gas of a good old little car good old little go-kart and you know what’s interesting Nicole there have been six Fort Worth
Mayors during the Parade’s 41 history 41 year history Bob Bing K Granger Kenneth bar Mike monrie Betsy price and of course Maddy Parker I love it I love it Okay so we’ve got the Fort Worth and Arlington Assemblies of the international order of the rainbow for
Girls so if you don’t know rainbow girls they’re a service organization and they take care of girls ages 11 to 20 and the main goal of this group is really to help them develop each girl into the best woman that they can be right and they do that through love they do that
Through service rainbow Girls by the way have been around for a very long time serving Taran County for more than a hundred years they’re going to celebrate their Centennial or celebrated their Centennial in 2023 so this year they got they got to honor all the hard work
They’ve done and if you really take a look at what the group is done what they do we’re not just talking about The Shining lights here on their wonderful float but also so The Shining Light the community yeah and to all who know them to all who have helped them they are
Saying thank you and extending a very happy exciting holiday season full of love and Magic to all of you oh that’s my that’s one of my favorite songs hi girls all right and now all right again all right this is the car ride Ranch wishing everyone the
Best of that the holiday season has to offer as you can see uh they are here beautiful horses at wagonet they’re ready for the holidays with their Regal lights and their decorations again cartright Ranch Stage Coach love that hey y’all hey y’all good to see you guys Merry Christmas that’s a
Beautiful beautiful uh Carriage that theyve decorated beautiful horses beautiful beautiful horses beautiful wagonet uh that was decorated even more and as we look down the street just a little bit more we have another special Ernie that is coming on in crowd favorite uh standing over 20 feet tall
Again this is Ernie uh and you know sometimes with his rubber ducky he makes bath time lots of fun uh if you know that as well uh so Ernie again very tall again navigating All of the Lights here being able to make sure that he’s bringing you the Joy from Sesame Street
Hey Ernie right there behind us Nicole hi hi Ernie oh Ernie was one of my favorites too yeah one of my favorites and again um Robert lucky you’re the one want me to stop singing so you can say the next one okay all right so they are they are
Cruising down knin street y’all we’re talking about the Sweet Dreams Car Club local car club they restore and they customize low riders Classics and Street Rods it’s amazing yeah and the cars are really nice look at them they’re just going up and down just a bit more wax to
Perfection for tonight I feel like my granddad had a car like that yeah I think Old school Cadillac oh it looks nice it’s gorgeous look at you know my car does that but that’s just on some of the area roads some just saying some of our yeah I know what you mean [Applause] they I love this these are fantastic guys hey guys don’t scrape the back of that I love the lights that El Camino May no it’s aala it’s nice oh and andala yeah so this is your first I’m feeling fantastic your first year with us here at least mcing the parade and
What think so I’m having a ball I love seeing all the floats I love hearing all the generational stories we saw a couple families that have been in the parade forever we saw how important GM financialist to the community and we’ve just seen a lot of just plain old fun
That’ll put you in the spirit to be ready for the holidays and that’s what this is all about yeah it really is what it’s all about we’ve seen so many lights and and and so many Smiles some some snow fall some Bubbles and and a lot of kids just enjoying themselves and kids
Happy and smiling with their family the best now if you’re like me like when I watch a parade and there there are balloons in it or or some like Inflatables I wanted to get really windy cuz I want to see them move back and forth now we don’t want them to then
Unfortunately we don’t want them to leave us leave us for any reason um but thankfully you know for tonight they’re all tied down they’re all tied down night nice and they’ve been able to get under the sky Bridges around any of the lights as they’re bringing so much joy
Uh to the families here do you have a favorite like holiday drink like a holiday treat is like a spice cider or so I love hot chocolate like I make like a fancy little hot chocolate bar with different kind of marshmallows different flavors of whipped cream um I do like
Eggnog maybe like Christmas Eve with my family we don’t have like a recipe or anything but good eggnog you know you can spice it up make I like a good spice cider now you’re going to be disappointed is good too for me um my hot chocolate’s out of the packet well
That’s okay as long as just Spruce it up a little all right maybe we should spruce up with the next H here the YMCA of Metropolitan Fort Worth uh look who’s at the head of their float it’s tro their turkey coming on in down the road
A little bit more for us you can see some of the members are already walking their way on in with the YMC of Metropolitan of Fort Worth uh it’s presented Again by Texas Health as you’re able to see 100% of the proceeds from the to trot support scholarships for families allowing them to
Participate in impactful and fun programs at local YMCA so you can lace up your sneakers join Trotter making a difference this Thanksgiving there is Trotter right there at the front there is Trot there are so many turkey trops have you ever done a turkey trop absolutely not me either I don’t eat
Breakfast I don’t eat we should try I don’t eat breakfast on the Thanksgiving so I can make sure I can eat everything that has been prepared how many plates do you think you go through on Thanksgiving I go for a full plate but yeah so you know what kids who
Car is performing us up down they here kwc home with the kids who care touring company and they really are all about championing diverse youth through the fusion of arts and Leadership they’ve done that for the last 34 years and that’s how they give back to the
Community so you can take a class with them you can go to camp with them Workshop performance whatever you’re interested in but there every child is valued their potential is unlimited and they really believe that their stories come alive and so your next chapter could begin at kwc you can get involved
And see what they have to offer that is perfect we have our next one kind of moving our way on down here I’m thinking of hot chocolate and cider and all the food by the way maybe you are too as well as we’re getting you into the
Holiday spirit uh coming down 9th Street the State State Museum way presents a classy Christmas Nicole this is for you yes you know this is my favorite this is yours as well featuring a 1957 Rolls-Royce stay residents and team members they’re celebrating in style they have their top hats on uh you can
See decked out in their Christmas gear Christmas outfits as well very classy you know that’s my style that is definitely your style they want to say happy Holidays and Merry Christmas from the it’s very Dynasty very Dallas oh very Dallas and look at that Rolls-Royce right there you know what I’ll do my
Parents a favor and not put that on to my Chistmas please give them a little bit of a break hi guys hi guys Merry Christmas to you happy holidays deed out quite well love love love okay up next we have got the bicycle Association or Fort Worth bicycling
Association here yep it’s one of the largest bicycling clubs here in North Texas with members uh who ride bicycles for recreation Fitness sport endurance events and competitive cycling events now the club welcomes Riders of all Fitness levels yes I can join skill levels and ages and offer several types
Of regularly scheduled rides allowing writers to choose the rid that best suit their writing skill you know when’s the last time you wrode a bite you know what I got Happy Thanksgiving Merry Christmas to you guys so my family and I used to ride our bikes together once a week
Growing up as a kid but now I take cycle class I take cycle like three times a week and I love it it’s not the same as riding a mountain bike or you know up a trail but it’s the same intensity if you work hard and I really enjoy it I love
It and what’s interesting with bikes and I read this a little while ago Nicole is like riding a bike is the one thing today that we don’t have to have anything any gadgets any any technology along with it it’s just your legs and and just trying to balance a bit more
It’s very free and getting out there and just having a whole lot of fun it’s a good way to get some vitamin D get some fresh air and you don’t have to worry about anything else leave your phone at home I do a Turkey Trot bike ride baby
Okay that is not the same thing as a Turkey Trot it’s not the same thing but I but I probably would join you on that hey little baby steps okay we’re working our way up we could work our way up to the Turkey Trot kind of way up to that
So you can see riding on in as well any skill level if you want to be able to join on in uh from beginner to intermediate uh to expert level um I think that I had a bike like that that back in the day oh nice the raised up
Handle this is the first injury I ever had was on a bicycle yeah I decided one time to ride a bike and close my eyes oh sweet Jesus it didn’t go well all right so Model A may be our speed now as you can see it’s a Fort Worth Model A Ford Club
Lights tradition here uh for the parade Fort Worth Model A Ford Club formed in 1962 consisting over 125 uh uh oh sorry over 225 me family memberships can’t lower that number at all Club is for Ford cars and trucks manufactured from 1928 to 1931 the cars are known by their car characteristic
Sound made by their horns I thought they you like that I like that aa aa the parade with them I feel like we’re in a Christmas movie right now oh yeah definitely so the parade of the model A continues with another set of incredibly decorated cars Easter decorations uniquely and lovingly
Designed by the owners of these beautiful chariots with many of them affectionately called by their nicknames these are truly unique and carefully preserved icons of American History uh Merry Christmas to you guys again feeling like are in a holiday movie yes we are definitely in a holiday christas
Happy holidays look at these cars even more cars are following behind we’ve got a bunch of these cars I like their sticker says I drove the Alaska Highway that means it’s restorative very well and so much family tradition Nicole within this and restoring these cars it
Really is a love of keeping the history alive absolutely absolutely oh I love this hi hi merry Christmas happy holidays to you there is nothing like an old Ford I tell you that this is Randolph this is one of the bigger collections in America you have yeah
Absolutely I mean and they’re so they’re not only well decorated for tonight they are they are wellworking cars like you said the restoration the love all that goes into preserving look at this one has the teddy bears in the front Reese on the wheels another Grinch grinches driving
Car we we need a grinch counter for next year yeah how many grines have we seen have we seen so far the Grinch counter I love the REITs on the wheel that’s brilliant we got you Grinch we see you we love you Grinch you’re the you’re number
One here we go we love you grin here comes another one more of the cars on the way there again one of the larger collections in the in the United States in America States hi guys I was I was getting distracted by the horns yeah getting distracted by some a horn it’s
Such a such a smart distinct sound can you do it auga close auga you got to get down you know if it was your car though how you doing it would be auga auga I tried yeah we tried yeah a whole lot of fun for us
Here and and again as we talked about family with those cars restoring the cars this is a lot about the family tradition that’s there do you have a big family tradition that you guys always do big family tradition we have a Christmas Eve party every single year was
Something we started back when I was in I Middle School I was like Mom we should throw a party and so it was like we baked cookies from scratch my mom is a fantastic Chef um not her profession but she’s amazing at cooking so um she cooks
And people come over and we have fun all right we’ve got the Fort Worth Police Department led by Chief Neil noes we’re talking more than 1,800 sworn officers with fpd okay serving and protecting more than 900,000 citizens of Fort Worth Fort Worth has been exploding and growth
And so there’s definitely a need for more officers here you can follow them keep up with what they’re doing in our community on social media at Fort Worth PD we are thankful for all of their service and hard work thank you guys thank you hi I got
You I love it we merry Christmas happy holidays yes we’re so so so so thank for them keeping our families safe and secure here in North Texas around the Fort Worth area as well absolutely um as we know you know during the holiday seasons they don’t take a day off yeah
They don’t that’s something to remember for sure all right we’re moving on now to putting your hands together at here in the grand stands and at home for the award-winning Mighty Panther marching band from North Crowley High School the mighty Panther band has earned consistent sweep Stakes ratings at
Competitions all across the state since their opening in the year 2000 directors of the band are Chris sample Steven Grant and Steven Ferell Sapphire guard instructor is Tristan Porter as you can see there they are we’re going to go ahead and listen in as the North crowy High School Mighty Panther band plays
For us [Applause] they were in they were incredible fantastic listen following the band is nor Crowley silver stars drill team you can see their moves there they’re an awardwinning dance team they are committed to everything here scholarship Sisterhood and service all to the north Crowley community and listen they’ve won
More than 300 Awards in the last 10 years including being State Grand champ year congratulations and they provide their members with a rewarding experience even though it’s challenging they get to have that pride of you know celebrating and Performing together yeah and as you said The Sisterhood that they have but you
Know State Grand Champions that’s no small it’s no small Fe and again they’re doing all of this I mean think about all the work that goes into that in school they’re also students scholarship service and Sisterhood is something that they’re focused on yeah they really are right and then of course getting that
Education as well all right we’re going to be moving on now to playing the best in Texas red dirt and Americana music we have 95.9 The Ranch uh 95.9 The Ranch is the sound of Texas everybody at the ranch wish is you and your loved ones a safe and merry holiday
Season I love it all right we’re back with you guys enjoying all of the sights and sounds here the lights we’re having a blast if you can’t tell I’m having the holiday spirit now you really feeling it I am yeah me too it’s it really gets you into the holiday spirit every single
Year for the past 41 years uh the GM Financial prade of Lights really getting North Texas into that holiday spirit with all of the lights on all of the different floats and entries and here we have the Knights of Columbus cancel uh 10 9:30 the Knights of Columbus would
Like to wish you all a very Merry Christmas and remind you to keep Christ in Christmas there you go they’re moving in here here as you can see they’ve got some amazing music going too they do love the Music crowd enjoying it waving you can see and again the little ones from all all over kind of bundled up tonight as they’re watching uh the parade uh and again here comes uh the float that’s moving its way on in as you’re able to see so again for the Nights of Columbus
Council 10 to 9:30 wishing you a very merry Christmas as well and got the jams going I was going to say their music is very I like this rendition they have a DJ on the back of their FL my gosh they sure do I mean that’s what I’m talking
About that’s incredible that’s a party right there Christmas Merry Christmas Christmas hello Merry Christmas that is a party my friends oh that’s incredible you can see more there of all of the excitement that was going on all right in 1963 former Fort Worth American laf France aerial truck is brought To Us
By Texas Disaster Response pool uh Texas Texas Disaster Response pool is hosting Kemp Carter YMCA as they celebrate get the 75 years of bringing magic into the lives of children we love that look at the turkey hats right there you like that oh those are adorable hi guys hi
Guys happy holidays Merry Christmas to you guys I love the turkey hats they the stockings hung here in the back yes that is fantastic so you said Mom bakes a whole lot for your Christmas Eve party we cook we we just enjoy each other no presents we don’t open any presents on Christmas
Eve everything stays till Christmas day but it’s just that Fellowship of family and friends and it’s been our tradition for like the last 30 25 years 20 years something like that that is fantastic you know my my mom bakes probably 13 to 15 different types of holiday cookies
And every year she’s like can I not make this over like no you have to make what’s your favorite cookie that she makes apricot she makes apricot cookie that I’ve eaten for years and I cannot wait for them this year as well I need to pull out my kitchen EG all right so
Listen we’ve got the musla bed wins a world champion band and they were chartered in 1946 so they’ve been around for quite some time the band is the public side of the shrine sons of desert identity if you’re familiar with them and they really love playing and Performing for all Community parades and
Uh we think it shows cuz they are quite festive here they’ve got a lot of energy they are quite festive and they are ready look at them I guess the guy playing the symbols is having a good time what do you think they are remember when you wanted the symbols in music
Class really really badly yeah yeah that’s that’s the reason why they they got Them there you go they’re getting their money’s worth for those absolutely parents pay for those lessons and then he’s making sure that he’s used it for year after year hi guys the trumpo how are you hello after I used the symbols they just gave me the tambourine they’re like know how you
Just do that they’re like that was that was a little too much well the best is when I got my uh my recorder you know you you have to play an instrument in my school you had to play one Mary had a little lamb it was Hot Cross Buns oh hot
Cross buns my dad was like I’ve had enough I think you practiced enough too much of that one we can’t do that one anymore maybe you can play like Oh Holy Night on it now yeah maybe I could you should work on that some we’ll take
A private concert I’ll YouTube it I can do the piano but no about the recording it’s been a while not not at all so let’s take you back out to the parade we are getting ready for our next float here this one is the Children’s Charities of Fort Worth and this is year
Three for them participating in the GM Financial polar of lights for 35 years though they have been hard at work really bringing the magic at Christmas with toys at Christmas for thousands of children which we know can be really tough for some families this time of
Year but they support and they serve 13 local children’s charities they give them books uniforms iPads program equipment their focus is the child and it is it is important it shows with with their programming and they’re reaching the community you can see what they really care about and care about having
A whole lot of fun tonight as well as they are here uh in the parade so so you can see the truck there they float there behind them and decked out we have a dancing Christmas tree uh we have some candy that’s there and a Christmas tree
Tree well a yeah a present tree I guess I should love the tree hi guys I love that present so you see it looks great we need to hire some of these people to come do our decorations I 100% agree with you Nicole because you can see it
Looks great going behind us there as the fun of the season is just continuing for us so a lot of lights and you know what I haven’t seen one light that’s gone out so far so I think we’re doing all right moving on with the parade we now have
Zimmera Kabota a proud to support the north Texas area by providing quality uh kaboto equipment for more than 40 years so they say to stop by one of their six store locations for rental sales parts and service visit ZK tractor.com for more information Nicole look at the
Wheels on that tractor I love the wheels on that big old tractor my granddaddy used to let us ride those around his neighbor had um had a couple big tractors they let us ride on so that’s taking me back right now but you know what but I love the ornament that’s on
The top of their of their of their truck there and they have wath of course with those big tractors wreaths inside the wheels the wreaths on the wheels are are iconic I see your little ear going up and down so cute oh my goodness I love the ornaments again on top of those
Tractors those little golf carts another decoration we have another tractor back there so again hi guys the visit ZK tractor.com for more information love that about them a bit more you know what I’m wondering what’s up who’s going to take down all those lights uh not
It it’ll be the elves we’ll call the elves definit the elves hello Merry Christmas to you how are you all right uh so many different interesting floats that are going by for us tonight let me tell you by the way we the the floats are competing so just so
You know this is fun festive but it’s also Fierce competition right bragging rides in big categories large and professional floats is one marching band equestrian unit walking unit and balloon and last year’s grand prize if you don’t know and director’s choice that went to the Texas girls choir float so we’re looking
Forward to seeing them well we saw them we’re looking forward to you know all the other floats competing here other Award winners tonight Gypsy soul of Texas big brothers and sisters of Taran County and of course we didn’t forget about Big Bird one too and and Allstar
Dance and Allstar Dance Academy is one too they’re from Haslet by the way it’s become a holiday tradition for the allar Dance Academy to compete here and to participate look at them I love their outfits so if you want to dance along with them spread a little holiday cheer
Look at them they are in they are in character they are they are excited they’re so cute they’re having a whole lot of fun as they are continuing to dance just a bit more she was not going to wave to you she was busy dancing was
She was like I can’t say hi right now I’m coming down the road a little bit more for us is going to be the clear waterer plumbers voted the best plumbing company in Fort Worth Nicole so uh you know again A Time times we’re having uh
The parades that are the floats that are moving their way on through and you can see there a great shot by our cameramen of again the best plumbing company of Fort Worth by Fort Worth magazine in 2020 and 2022 celebrating more than 20 years together as a familyowned and
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Much blast there look at that and I love their costumes and there’s the otter on the side too hey guys just jumping up and down what OT call Clear Water you don’t want plumber but if you do you want them to be as energetic and happy as those guys right so we’ve got
Our Ben Brook Fire Department making their way down 9th Street right now as well the 19 1988 Ford Pierce fire engine that’s what you’re looking at right now engine number three it has served the community of Ben Brook for 27 years before they retired this guy in 2015 so
Lots of work lots of things he’s seen I’m sure today is solely dedicated to the parade apparatus so only get to use it here for the book Historical Society so you’re actually looking at an archiv uh fire truck really important 1988 so retired in 2015 but not retired from
Parades just yet correct still here for us tonight as you can see uh the everyone that’s on the float and just waving and spreading the holiday cheer for us now that’s a lot that that’s a lot of lights so how many do you think on this one I’m going to
Go 20,000 I’m going to I think it’s like 5,000 I overestimate so much apparently with the lights 6,800 we here do I have 6,900 it’s like I think it’s like 5,000 all right not that we know like bragging right we should we should actually find
Out who’s going to win this one for us we’re never going to know all right next is the East Fort Worth community jazz band it’s a volunteer nonprofit organization with accomplished musicians from all parts of the Metroplex so they have two missions one presenting free concerts to the community and raising
Funds for scholarships for high school seniors now get this Nicole last year they awarded 7 ,000 in scholarships wow uh that is fantastic so to join the band or for more information visit their website at ewc jb.com again e FWC jb.com and so you can see they’re having
A whole lot of fun if they heard you play your hot cross buns you think they might let you be part of the Jazz Band Nicole they might let me be in the back you know they have someone could just ring the chime real fast say I can do that really really well
All right so we’re having a great time here tonight and more excitement is on the way but let’s check with Zach one last time at the GM Financial studio in Sun an Square before he joins us here Nicole on the parade Route before I get back to the parade I want to leave you with one thing you see I believe you have this wonderful ful Gift you have a Purpose you have this incredible calling in your life and when you have these things that are in you then you have the power to inspire to give hope to create and to Me that’s real Magic oh that’s my call to go back to the parade I had so much fun with you I’ll see you out There [Applause] you this is tarant County College here they are they are look at that look at that float back there it is fantastic big wreath it seems as well they got all the Bubbles as well welc them welcoming them into uh the grandstand area here
You can see all the different little uh holly leaves uh that are lit up there on their floats as we are welcoming them here again this is Alcon as they’re moving through hello Merry Christmas happy holidays to you Merry bright what a perfect sweatshirt merry bright you’re
Merry bright thank you so much Merry Christmas happy holiday make sure you can see brilliantly is the season to see brilliantly again AL Alcon Vision yes that’s why they said merry bright yes so you can see brightly at least that’s what I think it was those those are the
Um ey drops I use and Vis Visions plums dancing in our heads as well all right here are the men of the the mosa Motor Corp uh they are rumored to have nerves of Steel and ice in their veins because of their daring highspeed Maneuvers and
Skill set the Motor Corp was found was founded in 1959 and was the first motorized unit uh for the mosla uh the first vehic vehicle the motor Core Road Motor Road was a 1958 Super Silver Eagle kushman so one of the original kushman motorcycles was recently restored and is
Making its Grand return to the GM Financial Parade of Lights so that is fantastic they’re back hanging out with us doing some donuts here I love it n circles I would wipe out in if I tried that we couldn’t we couldn’t do it I hear another I hear another band and I
Think I know who they are I think it’s the Nolan Catholic High School Viking band talented Marching Band by the way they won this State tpme a championship 18 times and recently earned the 2023 Grand Champion State marching band award so basically they’re amazing they pretty much are amazing to get that grand
Champion State marching band award is a huge uh working so hard for that so you can see as they’re marching their way on and let’s pause a little bit listen uh to the Nolan Catholic High School Viking Band [Applause] N all right let’s please welcome John Sharp Chancellor of the Texas A&M University system announced 2 years ago by Chancellor sharp construction is now underway on a four block high-rise campus in downtown which will serve as a hub of collaboration and Innovation between the public and private sectors
Chancellor sharp is joined by wife Diana Regent Mike Hernandez and his wife Kelly former mayor Betsy price Dean Bobby Ai and Dr Kim and mouston who are key members of the Texas A&M Fort Worth team also please welcome students from the Texas A&M’s University School of Law the
Texas A&M University School law is celebrating its 10th year in Fort Worth this year I tell you what that campus is going to be such a game changer for Fort Worth it’s going to attract such talent we have talent mer Christmas happy holiday every to see you guys Merry
Christmas to see it’s going to bring even more Talent um so we want to welcome the tant area food bank they are so important to our community this is the Fort Worth Red Bus and what it does is provides Community Resource Assistance they go through nutrition education and they talk about the
Nutritious foods with communities that have high levels of food insecurity about one in four Texans experience um food insecurity or hunger um hunger so what they do is incredible the Red Bus actually goes through with deliveries of these resources benefits enrollment like think of snap ta F chip Medicaid all the
Resources out there um emergency food relief they also put together Partnerships across critical zip codes that need that food as well all right as we move on to we can see Fort Worth IC presenting Jack Frost snow glow to capture the magic of the holidays with snowflakes to create the beautiful white Christmas
Dream I’m great at forecasting but I’m not sure if we’re going to have that just yet I don’t want I don’t want well you don’t want it no why not just like on okay maybe just on Christmas day okay or Christmas Eve no not not the holiday
Season not for like a few weeks no ma’am no ma’am absolutely but they are here at least for right now uh creating the beautiful white Christmas tree take the fake snow cuz their their float looks amazing it really does hello oh look at this they they don’t know this ain’t their first radio
They’ve got cushion seats going they have cushion seats they know what they’re doing be cute and comfortable Merry Christmas y cute and comfortable okay you I’m not I can’t contain myself okay The Nutcracker is my family tradition I should have said that my mom and I went to The Nutcracker in
Philadelphia the ballet every single year so I am proud to tell you this is The Nutcracker float 25 ft crating the true to the that magical tradition of the holidays it’s made possible with the support of the Fort Worth Hispanic chamber of commerce and they’ve been celebr crating 50 years of fostering
Business growth getting involved in the community that engagement there cultural pride of course the Hispanic chamber is a power house they have about 800 business members there so they want you to enjoy the lights the Splendor remember this is not just a parade this is indeed a celebration of community and
All of the wonderful organizations that make for Fort Worth special there is and you know to be in the Nutcracker you do yeah those ballet I want to be a Sugar Plum Fairy I think you can do that on it somewhere in for worth she
Somebody let me I can I can do it I I can’t so I’ll spectate I will support you with that and the Nutcracker did very well with that tree that was back there so nothing can break The Nutcracker love Yeah might have been a pecan he like he’s like wait a minute I
See tree I get the pecan he’s a nutcracker you know want to like take care of business just a little bit more cuz a lot of pecan pie is eating also during this holiday season all right we’re moving on now to the Great Vine Convention and visitor
Visitors bureau it’s proud to bring us do miss Grapevine now miss Grapevine as opposed to some of the other queens that we had a little bit earlier Miss Grapevine is actually a portable grape Crusher built on the chassis of a 1931 Chevy truck so scening parades around the area promoting Grapevine the
Christmas capital of Texas featuring the North Pole Express Ice snowland Palace movies Live musical performances and a whole lot more Miss Grapevine is a favorite of young and old alike as you canine there is Miss great fine there she is okay we have got led by drum major Avery clunt the Western Hills
Cougar band there they are they have main trained a tradition of excellence and we’re talking through their history they encourage Community Development life skills all the things we need to become well adjusted adults cougar band is under the direction of Megan hindes Allison whidden along with their color
Guard director Ury lagunas and tonight they’ve got a jazzy rendition of a holiday favorites so let’s listen in They’re on kazoo there it is did you see that Nicole they were on kazoo that’s so cute I was like can I hear them what’s happening and then kazoo I could do that one maybe you can do that okay we’ll put you on the list for the kazoo absolutely
All right coming down the street here relatively soon it is going to be spectacular as you can see they’re in the distance I think we have some lit up animals the Zoo believe of Lights brought To Us by none other than the Fort Worth Zoo one of the most premier
Zoos here in the United States nationally ranked Fort Worth Zoo is celebrating the births of several critically endangered species this year including an Asian elephant a western lowland gorilla and four gerial I have no idea what that is so I need to go to the zoo and find out the zoo’s
Conservation work impacts species locally and around the world uh have you been to the zoo here I have not been yet but it is on my list it is I love the zoo the aquarium before I live here I would come and visit it was fantastic oh
They I like that a little Safari look this big brothers and big sisters Big Brothers Big Sisters they’ve got their entry mentoring opens up a Galaxy full of possibilities so mentors with big brothers and big sisters they come from all different backgrounds and their mission is only to defend potential we
Love that just like the members of the Star Wars 500 and the first Legion you too can help defend a child’s potential by showing them a galaxy of possibility so do something big this is a large group of people so you’re going to see quite a bit of folks here and if you
Want to get involved I’m going to tell you their website visit bbst tx.org you can see they’re dressed for the theme Galaxy protecting a child’s potential wait a minute I see Darth Vader yes you do I see some Stormtroopers I see Bubba Fett you do yeah they are dressed for their theme
Defenders of you know Defenders of the potential that’s right yeah the 500 and first Legion so great Darth you stay over there happy holidays to you I know right I’m your father guys just saying you know I love this it’s a very large group too yeah very large group but
Giving back so much really impacting our youth yeah they do so much throughout the year and it never stops for them it never stops never stops you know defending the potential never stops we have some Jedi Masters I think here coming up behind as well and they have their moves going so
As well maybe the Jedi are learning their next trick no mind tricks on me please okay well you already kind of did a m trick earlier I did I actually am magic and it’s the holiday magic that we are bringing to you as well all right so let’s welcome the panther City Lacrosse
Club it is Fort Worth’s Prof professional men’s lacrosse team you can find your favorite team at dick E’s Arena enjoy the fastest sport on two feet so join them and Prowler the panther at the home opener on December 10th so they want to say go Panther City
Go Panther City so the Lacrosse Club did you know there was a Lacrosse Club here inex you I did not um I tried out for the lacrosse team in high school and I was afraid that the um ball was going to hit my teeth and knock them out so I opted for tennis
Okay lacrosse is a little scary for me tennis is a little bit L tennis is I can it won’t break my teeth not that you know of just saying all right so listen let’s get to the Taran County Sheriff’s posi they’re wishing you a very merry Christmas with Sheriff Bill wurn proud
To present the Taran County Sheriff’s posy which was organized more than six years ago and their goal here is to really just promote our Western Heritage preserve that they act as Goodwill ambassadors for the Taran County Sheriff department and all throughout our country uh our County I I should say in
Our community they’re on their mounted Patrol with their beautiful horses so they get involved in a bunch of stuff Scot parades rodeos Grand entry search and rescue National Night Out and they go through some other ceremonial events by the way all volunteers here and if you have horses you have horse feet and
Other stuff too as well so again as you can see this is the AIL High School dramas department and booster club the poop poop scoopers they’re back when you say pooper we say what scooper there we go hey they’ve trained us well the they didn’t leave me hanging this time it is
A dirty job someone has to do this someone’s got to do we’ve got dogs we know we got dogs yes we definitely do we know how that goes and then you know growing up I had you know dogs as well and that was one thing that I had to
Learn and and yeah yeah that was the rule it was a lesson I just Mom and Dad I just let it sit out for a while anyway moving on to something better than that this is the getting ready to spread the holiday cheer welcome the Johnson County
Vws all the way from the wintry North Pole these groovy collectible toys were crafted by Santa and his elves way back in the 1960s you’ll spot these vintage Beauties covered in millions of glittering Christmas lights see I was saying 200,000 but millions of Christmas lights I think it was on the right track
Uh cruising around town with Santa sack of toys for all the good little boys and girls and rumor has it that Santa himself might be catching a ride on one of the back seats now that’s the rumor I’m not sure about that I’m not getting anybody excited what’s upy how are you Merry
Christmas right behind these wonderful vws we’ve got the Cowboys cowboy music and family fun this is the cowboy Opry and it it’s all about cow toown here the Cowtown opery does a 2:00 afternoon almost Sunday afternoons performance there and the Fort Worth Stockyards National Historic District
And for more than 25 years they’ve been doing these live performances there at the historic livestock Exchange building countown Opry they they present all sorts of the good stuff cowboy western music it is free free of charge you just got to go out there and support them so
On the band wagon here these saddle Pals they’ve got buckaroos they’re tipping their hats to us they’re it’s amazing official music of Texas is what they were they were like they were going on they’re having fun here in the parade as well so now we’re moving on to our next
Float this is from councilman Chris nles we have the Fort Worth City Council float the float presents council members representing constituents across the city of Fort Worth to ensure the development of building a strong community and a United Fort Worth uh they have lit up reindeer as you can see
Some balloons there uh so that’s festive it definitely is festive as well and I hear some festive music as well I love I think that was Rocking around the Christmas tree it was look at the baby Merry Christmas Merry Christmas happy holidays good to see you guys so cute hi guys Merry Christmas
Merry Christmas okay that looks fantastic for them it does and here comes the Lone Star apartment services apartment Staffing providing employment opportunities for office and maintenance staff Lone Star is proud to be a long standing resident of Fort Worth Texas uh happy holidays from lonar apartment services to you and
Your families and look at all of those lights that’s a lot of lights that’s a lot of lights you think that’s another 10,000 I’m going to say 10,372 I I like the way you think I like it all right let’s get you down to our next float which is making its way down
We might still be might be able to hear them this is still yeah this is still Lone Star apartment services but right after them you can probably hear here this might be lot of lights 10, 375 I’m going to go 12,000 lights on this one all right so whoever’s at the
End if you can count and let us know we’re keeping track here as it should be like how you know guessing how many M&M’s are in the jar oh yeah we should get a prize at the end all right so this is the Trimble Tech Bulldog band you can
See them you can hear them this band I mean their tradition goes back we’re talking Excellence of more than 65 years drum major is Adrien Houston and under the direction of Jacob Belk and John gal the band is performing a suite of Christmas tunes arranged by Paul Lavender this is also a rather large group as [Applause] well [Applause] amazing band amazing now I think I recognize who this person might be as you can see our featured Entertainer you you know this man don’t you we know this guy we know this guy this is Zach mirrors as you can see providing a holiday magic uh
He’s there providing more tricks as well he has been throughout the show entertaining US helped me do some holiday magic earlier in mind it definitely was mind-blowing I read your mind Nicole let’s see what is what what he’s showing us right here all right let’s See I’m intrigued I’m definitely intrigued he’s holding something in his hand uh-huh okay it’s water is he making it snow it’s water and now it’s snow oh y’all that man can make it smile wowa well definitely a wowa wowza I definitely need to make sure I conso with him with
My forecast so I know have on same page North Texas um that is a powerful man we almost want need to change his name to like Jack Frost or something yeah you know I think I like that Z AK Jack Frost yeah my your card remember what it was still know it is do you know what it is seven of diamonds seven of diamonds I knew I I don’t I don’t understand well I know a lot about you Nicole you do I know you like flash I know you like some
Of the glitz in the Glam I do yes and if I know you you like I like diamonds I know you like diamonds absolutely well you know that’s my birthstone so I can’t it’s it was it was brought upon me okay this I didn’t choose this life it chose
Me and you know I was maybe inspired by the holiday season Yes red red holiday magic the Magic by Z right there love oh my gosh the snowflakes I’m obsessed with the snowflakes hence why he was able to make it snow blowing kisses he’s blowing his kisses to his
Little one his little daughter her daughter’s his daughter’s adorable hi Zach he Zach Merry Christmas all right so we cannot be in downtown Fort Worth if it’s not clean and beautiful right right so we’ve got to say thank you to these guys the city of Fort Worth and keeping Fort Worth beautiful they
Encourage their volunteers and everyone living here to just you know provide a clean and Safe Community and keep it that way so when it comes to litter in Fort Worth Scott I don’t do it stop it I why you pointing fingers on me read I’m just reading the I don’t think Scott was
In there was it so we’re going to we’re going to stop it we’re going to report it or we’re going to pick it up those are the rules it doesn’t take long just to hold it with you make sure you put it in the right recycling place if you
Can the trash can as well so again thank you so much uh to them as they’re moving through keeping Fort Worth beautiful uh the volunteers there again keeping a nice safe Community following them uh is the city of Fort Worth’s Park and Recreation proudly serving the city of Fort Worth
Through various programs events and services the city of Fort Worth Park uh and Recreation Department is comprised of 21 community centers park operations Log Cabin Village Aquatics golf Administration and the Nature Center and they have a helicopter on they have a inflatable helicopter on there float that is very neat
Again is what they’re calling it so adorable I love it whole lot of fun I hear a little Little Tunes little bbop going on there VI hey guys hey guys there we go kind of getting it up a little bit oh yeah they’re jamming they’re jamming just a bit more what is
My wish for everyone to have a happy holiday season Merry Christmas hello how are you love it love it hi all these golf this is all part of the same group together they are oh look at them Decked Out Of The Lights hey guys merry Christmas happy
Holiday oh very cool this is still them it’s a large group yeah a large group parks and recks yeah lot to do golf courses they’ve got Youth and Adult Sports Camps forestry all sorts of stuff they got a pool yeah yeah oh my gosh the Water
Gardens which I’m in love with they are fantastic be able to visit the log um cabin Village like you mentioned and places just to be out and about so much to do here in for worth thanks to you know that organization that makes sure that we can get outside
We can put our phones down and we can connect uh in nature and all of the amazing activities that have especially this time of year where we’re getting less sunlight and you know the holidays can be somewhat of a triggering time emotionally for folks getting outside doing something with your your friends
Your family your dog whatever it may be those guys make it possible for us to enjoy okay my my little friends here not so little Jeep girl Mafia all right all girl Jeep Club this thing started in Dallas Fort Worth June of 2021 and you can see they’ve got lots of
Energy honking their horns they’ve got chapters all across the country and in Canada so it’s not just here and what they do is they focus on fun and family oriented activities for women who drive a Jeep you know they’ve got their Jeep with the wreath on the front there are a
Lot of people in this group so you’re going to get quite a Jeep show here uh and it’s just a safe place for them to hang out together and I see look at these ws and you see in the front of some of these uh in front of the Jeeps
You see some ducks that are in there yes so it’s called like if you got ducked or whatever like I think ducking another Jeep so if you have a Jeep and you can go and give them a duck you set it on their Jeep and then they have it so you
Can see all the different ducks that are in their windshields as well for them I love the pink one pink is my favorite color Yes look at this one that’s all sparkling back here ni love that oh my gosh I love it this is a huge group guys
This is a huge group still coming and their mission by the way is just to give Happ holid good to see you and to share their experiences and their knowledge with each other I see a Mickey in there as well I love Mickey Jeep girl girl Grinch all right
We got another Grinch that number 10 there we go Merry Christmas another pink one I like that they’ve got cute little flowers on theirs okay just all decked out nice and beautiful love the ribb look at the headlights on this one you can see the
Red and the green kind of spin in there in circles very cool down the way a bit more there’s a blue one all decked out in the blue it looks like maybe uh Santa head in the back very cool multicolored as well hi guys Nicole you can see how
It’s like Jeep after Jeep after Jeep there’s a lot of them Jeep girl Mafia is not just the name it’s a lifestyle obviously hi guys this one’s named Shadow okay there’s another pink one I love the pink Bri Rose this Bri Rose hello Bri Rose let me drive that car
Girl they got little gingerbread cookies on the wheels is amazing that’s adorable very well done y’all very well done and the back you guys did you see that pink glitter wreath on the back of I did not see that miss that one you going to be adding any lights and any wreaths to
Your car here soon might have to I think it’s not a bad idea I feel left out at this point well you’re can be included in the Jeep girl Mafia if you want to get a Jeep there Nicole all right moving on as you can see this is the Cosmopolitan
Dance Theater uh again the Cosmopolitan Dance Theater located in Fort Worth is a home to the next generation of aspiring performers Cosmos open year round to new students ages 18 months old to 18 18 years old so you can reach out to them to try your first class for free I’m
Bummed that I saw to 18 years old cuz I was like I got to get in there and learn some new dance moves you know what maybe they’ll let us come in anyway I think so we we can try to work it out Som go and
You know I don’t know just show up yeah they’ll be like you you can be a good spectator there on the side they’ll teach you a little something but they got the music going too absolutely a dance company you definitely have to have the music going you can see some of
Them on the float here hi hi guys how are you they’re rocking out they got their dancers trailing right behind them they’ve got some on the float as well hello hi oh we have a big one coming around the corner I’m not going cor don’t spoil
It because that’s going to be a great one but first we have to get through the Girl Scout grp there yes these are the Girl Scout Cadets 3039 and these Cadets have just been having a ball selling cookies going on all sorts of adventures together for seven years now and this
Float is dedicated to the campfire time that they spend together making memories and building life skills and these girls they also work together and look forward to serving the community not just for themselves but they also are becoming leaders among their peers and they’re on
A mission like so many are to just make this world a better place to be s’more fun have some’ fun fun that is fantastic happy holid Merry Christmas good to see you Merry Christmas do y’all have any Thin Mints no maybe she’s like you know too soon just trying you know wait a
Minute well they’ve got a little something wait Nicole they actually do have cookies on the side their truck they know what works for them you know here I was just going for the joke cookie oh yeah that’s right look at this oh my gosh thank you so you got some I
Got some fitments ask and you shall receive ask and you shall receive hi guys Christmas miracle it is a Christmas miracle look at that holiday magic now I got to keep these very secure I got to hide them because look who’s behind them it’s the Cookie Monster Cookie Monster
So cute as you can see again uh this is the Cookie Monster that is moving on in for us uh here for as you can see uh really wanting the cookies uh reminding me of that one more time if you can please the Charlton State University sponsoring this the
Cookie Monster you cannot what does he say me Me Want Cookie me want cookies me want cookies you can’t have them I hit them in my C hi Cookie Monster so adorable he’s got to go find Bird Big Bird’s all the way up there okay Nicole I made it past okay
I’m so glad they’re safe they were safe you didn’t let the Cookie Monster get them all right this is the Deliverance Ministry and Healing Center USA international and these guys are a big deal because they’re a global Ministry and they impact communities with with hope with love stability and they do
That for the entire family so this is something that can benefit your entire household they’re known as the wind of Texas because they are agents of change which is what we need so this is what they offer listen up okay it they they give the goal of building strong
Families and Community assets so they have customized plans customized resources to be able to meet that greet meet that goal and that need and we can hear them chanting something behind us as well oh yeah say oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah oh yeah they’re saying if
You love Jes Merry Christmas yeah and you can see their signs so right behind them we’ve got the Arlington Heights High School the strings stingerettes stingerettes is that it yeah sorry my contact’s a little blurry there’s so many snowflakes in the air of bubbles in the well look at them though they’re
Information they’re ready to give us a little show look at that oh oh okay okay Stringer rettes love it they got a lot of energy my knees could never I mean I’m not saying I choreographed this Nicole but I might have had a hand responsible yeah you
Better get out there and help them finish a routine Scott I can’t I I have I have to finish Ming this parade here so I we can’t do that I can hold your spots okay yeah I’m sure you could as well uh so you can see them they behind
Us again the stingerettes again just really giving us another holiday spirit but we’re almost towards the end of the parade Nicole you know what that means do you know what that means I know what that means what does that mean I’m so excited I don’t want to say we’re going
To keep it a secret but it starts with s starts with s it is the Santa band ladies and gentlemen the spirit of the Hill marching band marching uh is under the direction of head director Brad pritchet and assistant Brian Carrasco with support from band directors Frankie Rodriguez and stripping middle school
And Trevor Tolman at moninga Middle School color guard instructor is Michael via drum Majors for the band are Chris Christian Johnson and Ashley agular the band will be performing a medley of holiday Tunes it is the Santa Band [Applause] all right you know what that means I do here he comes the big moment is upon us as he makes his way down the Street here comes Santa and Mrs Claus I got chills Nicole yes they’re bringing in the magical holiday season this is what we
Have been waiting for there is Santa as you can see and Mrs Claus if you are like me and my family we always wave to Santa so he makees sure that we’re able to see him and welcome him to here in North Texas now what kind of cookies do
You leave out for Santa well about the 13 to 16 that my mom’s but sometimes it’s a sugar cookie sometimes it’s apricot cookie sometimes just a wide variety look at the kids getting all turned around trying to see Santa they they were posing for pictures first baby
Getting ready hey Nicole yes I know we’re seeing it on the TV here Santa’s right over our shoulders saying Merry Christmas ho ho ho oh look at Santa there he is hi Santa hi Santa hi Mrs Claus hi Mrs Claus hello hello oh my God I love it Santa’s here
Everybody Santa’s here Mrs CLA is here what Ace Merry Christmas Santa what a night it has been here in downtown Fort Worth the parade the lights the energy it has been absolutely incredible here it really has been such a magical night it is the holiday magic
We were hoping to bring you uh so thank you so much for joining us for the 41st edition of the GM Financial parade of life uh you know what Nicole it has just been an honor being able to MC with you getting us into the holiday spirit sharing our traditions and sharing me
With you so many happy holiday memories yeah we’re excited we wish you and your family the very very best be safe be kind to each other make lots of memories and thanks so much for joining us for the GM Financial Parade of Lights happy holidays AOL everybody I could Hey Okay What He
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