Hey guys! For this post I decided to live blog the Macy’s 89th Annual Thanksgiving Day Parade in spirit of the holiday…
I was excited to see this event, and I also felt that this would be an appropriate way to show appreciation to the DIY artists who performed in this event and also made the floats themselves! Three and a half Billion people attended the event this year, which is located in New York City. The event was referred to as Thanksgiving’s Biggest event!
11:58 am- Santa Claus!: Santa Clause came down the street in his sleigh accompanied Mrs. Clause and by his reindeer and children waving and dancing in excitement with confetti everywhere as the hosts wrap up the parade.
11:40 am- Train Performs: The Singing group Train performs a Christmas tune alongside a large Turkey float that turns its head from side to side.
11:36 am- The Aflac Duck: A large float of the Aflac duck came appeared with a blue scarf. Interestingly enough, the Aflac Float’s beak is actually 55 feet longer than a real duck’s beak.
11:31 am-Mount Rushmore Float: A beautiful Mount Rushmore Float came riding down the street. It took 14 years and hundreds of men and women for the actual carving to be completed.
11:26 am-School of Rock performs: Broadway Musical actors of the hit School of Rock perform on set while playing guitars and singing.
11:17 am- “Toothless” makes an appearance: Floating at more than 70 feet long, the dragon named “Toothless” from the Disney movie How To Train Your Dragon makes an appearance in float form.
11:11 am-Big Apple Circus: The Big Apple Circus makes an appearance doing acrobatic tricks in purple pants while a float follows behind, they also have an upcoming show of their own on television!
11:06 am- Paddington bear makes an appearance: A Paddington bear Float comes down the street with a suitcase the size of a garage!
10:58 am- Thomas the Tank Engine: Engineered to be exactly 450 pounds, Thomas the tank engine comes floating down the street with his theme song following along.
10:54 am-Angry Bird Float: Floating very angrily at seven feet wide, the Angry bird float came down following the Colonel.
10:50 am-Colonel Sanders float: Celebrity actor who plays Colonel Sanders in KFC commercials makes an appearance on a float in a Cadillac and a white suit waving to the crowd
10:43 am- Cirque Du Soleil Performs: The act performs a song while one of the performers is swinging on a swing that hangs along the float while other performers set the stage on a pirates boat jumping off of trampolines and play-fighting each other in an intense battle.
10:35 am- Plain White T’s Perform: Plain while T’s perform “American Nights” on a large stage with a turning set at the very top of the stage while performers stand on each set that turns periodically to reveal a new one.
10:29 am- Panic! At the Disco Performs: Panic! At the Disco performs their hit “Victorious” while the teenage mutant ninja turtles dance heroically on the same float as the crowd goes wild.
10:16 am-Trey Songz Sings his hit “About you”: Trey performs his hit while cheerleaders dance below his float to the tune.
10:09 am-The Cast of Sesame Street: Elmo performs Smarter stronger kinder” along with Big Bird and the rest of the gang and also some children who joined in by doing a practiced dance performance along with their peers on stage!
10:05 am-Jordin Sparks Performs: Jordin Sparks is performing “Right Here Right Now”, a hit from her most recent album which is also called “Right Here Right Now” as she stands on a beautiful colorful float while children and adults wearing colorful clothing dance on the float to her tune.
9:52 am- The Rockettes perform “We wish you a ‘Rockettes’ Christmas”: Rockettes are performing beautifully on the stage through dancing inspired by their famous kicks!
9:47 am- Preview of NBC’s the Wiz Live!: The cast is singing “brand new day” while performing on the Macy’s Day Platform! The wiz is a production of the Wizard of Oz but with a twist of African American Culture, it is one of the best movies I have seen. In the actual film, Michael Jackson plays the tin-man so I wonder how this will turn out. It premiers next week!
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