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WELCOME TO THE 2022 JONES CREEK AREA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, CHRISTMAS ON THE CREEK CHRISTMAS PARADE.
I'M METRO COUNCILMAN DWIGHT HUDSON.
WE'RE WELCOME IN HERE, HERE TODAY, UH, AT THE BEGINNING OF OUR JONES CREEK AREA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION CHRISTMAS PARADE.
THE JONES CREEK AREA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION HAS BEEN AROUND SINCE 1991 AND THEY'VE BEEN HOSTING THIS WONDERFUL PARADE FOR US SINCE 1995.
UH, LOOK, WE ARE SO HAPPY, UH, THAT WE'RE ABLE TO HAVE EVERYONE OUT TO CELEBRATE TODAY.
WE'RE CELEBRATING THE BIRTH OF OUR SAVIOR, UH, THAT WOULD COME AND EVENTUALLY DIE FOR US ON THE CROSS TO, TO SAVE US FROM OUR SINS.
SO WE'RE SO EXCITED THAT WE HAVE THE COMMUNITY OUT HERE, UH, TO HELP US CELEBRATE THAT.
WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF, UH, JUST ABOUT OVER 50, UH, BUSINESSES THAT ARE REPRESENTING IN THE PARADE TODAY.
SO A FANTASTIC, UH, ASSORTMENT OF FLOATS, UH, MARCHING GROUPS, UH, DIFFERENT COMMUNITY AND CIVIC GROUPS THAT ARE GONNA JOIN US A GREAT TIME FOR OUR ENTIRE COMMUNITY.
AND, UH, IF YOU'RE NOT ABLE TO JOIN US THIS YEAR, MAKE PLANS TO COME OUT NEXT YEAR.
IT IS TIME ONCE AGAIN FOR CHRISTMAS ON THE CREEK ALONGSIDE DAMIEN COLLAN.
I'M BRIAN HAL, AND WE'RE HERE FOR THE JONES CREEK AREA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION'S CHRISTMAS PARADE.
YES, IT'S CALLED CHRISTMAS ON THE CREEK.
THIS YEAR, GRANTON MARSHALL IS SHERIFF SID GORO, AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO A FANTASTIC PARADE.
69 UNITS ARE GETTING LINED UP AS WE SPEAK.
DAMIEN, WHAT ARE YOU MOST LOOKING FORWARD TO IN THIS ONE? I'M LOOKING FORWARD TO SEEING IT ALL.
I MEAN, EVERYBODY IS EXCITED ABOUT THIS YEAR'S PARADE, AND SO THE ENTHUSIASM'S UP THERE, THE EXCITEMENT IS THERE, AND THE CROWD IS READY.
THEY'RE ALREADY GATHERING BEHIND US.
IF I TOLD YOU THIS WAS A 28TH YEAR, IS THAT, WOULD YOU EVEN BELIEVE THAT? NO.
28TH ANNUAL JONES CREEK GARY BUSINESS.
SO MAYBE 20TH IF WE WERE LUCKY.
YEAH, WE'RE, WE'RE, WE'RE RAPIDLY APPROACHING 30 AND THIS IS TRULY THE, THE ESSENCE OF WHAT A NEIGHBORHOOD PARADE IS SUPPOSED TO BE.
BUT ON TOP OF THAT, IT'S WHEN A FEW NEIGHBORHOODS COME TOGETHER, WHICH IS JONES CREEK AREA, YOU'RE BRINGING IN SHENANDOAH, YOU'RE BRINGING IN THE BUSINESSES UP ALONG JONES CREEK.
IT'S JUST, IT'S A REALLY FUN TIME AND WE'RE LOOKING FORWARD TO THE ACTION.
GOT, LIKE I SAID, SHERIFF SID GORO IS YOUR GRAND MARSHALL.
69 UNITS GONNA BE GOING RIGHT BEHIND WHERE WE'RE STANDING RIGHT NOW, THE JONES CREEK AREA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, CHRISTMAS ON THE CREEK COMING YOUR WAY.
AND WITH THIS, WE ARE UNDERWAY FOR THE 2022 JONES CREEK AREA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION CHRISTMAS PARADE.
AND THERE'S NO BETTER WAY TO START OFF A PARADE, DAMIEN, WITH THE, UH, ST.
GEORGE FIRE DEPARTMENT DOES GREAT WORK IN AND AROUND THIS AREA, JONES CREEK, ALONG WITH OTHER AREAS OF BATON ROUGE.
AND THEY ARE ALSO DOING, UH, FOOD COLLECTION CANN GOODS.
THEY MADE THE BIG COLLECTION BEFORE THEY EVEN GET STARTED.
IN FACT, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, AS ALL THE OTHER ENTRANTS TO THE PARADE GOT LINED UP.
YEAH, THEY WERE DONATING FOOD ALONG THE WAY.
NOT TO MENTION THIS ISN'T THE ONLY TIME THEY DO THAT.
GEORGE FIRE DEPARTMENT FAMOUS FOR GOING NEIGHBORHOOD TO NEIGHBORHOOD, BRINGING SANTA CLAUS, UH, STREET BY STREET.
AND COLLECTING ALONG THE WAY A LITTLE, GIVE A LITTLE TAKE RIGHT THERE.
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WEEKS, UH, BEFORE CHRISTMAS GETS YOU, THEY'LL BE COMING TO YOUR NEIGHBORHOOD.SO BE ON A LOOKOUT FOR 'EM ABSOLUTELY.
AS THEY THROW CANDY AND PLAY SOME GREAT MUSIC ALONGSIDE DAMIEN COLLADO.
THIS IS THE 2022 JONES CREEK AREA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION.
THE, UH, ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARADE, 28TH ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARADE.
WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF SPONSORS THAT WE'RE GONNA, UH, MENTION THAT HAVE BROUGHT THIS TO YOU.
SPONSORS BY SPONSORS LIKE WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOLS, KATE, UH, DEMCO, BENNY'S CARWASH GARDEN VIEW, ASSISTED LIVING IN MANY MORE.
FOLLOWING THE JONES CREEK FIRETRUCK, UH, WE'VE GOT THE WOODLAWN BAPTIST CHURCH.
AANA AANA, MINISTRY OF WOODLAWN MEETS EVERY WEDNESDAY EVENING DURING THE SCHOOL YEAR.
AND RIGHT BEHIND THEM IS THEIR OTHER UNIT, WHICH IS ALSO, UH, PART OF THE WOODLAWN GROUP.
AND, UH, THEY ARE THE WOODLAWN BAPTIST CHURCH UPWARD BASKETBALL TEAM.
AND YOU CAN SEE THROWING BASKETBALLS TO THE CROWD.
ALL RIGHT, I DON'T APPRECIATE THAT.
COME ALONG WITH A LITTLE BIT OF CANDY.
SO, UH, HEY, MAYBE THEY CAN MAKE A THREE POINTER AND REACH US, HUH? I MEAN, I WOULD BE DOWN FOR THAT.
I'LL, I'M WAVE AND SEE IF THEY LITTLE GET THEIR ATTENTION THERE.
THAT'S, UH, HEY, NOW I, YOU THINK THEY KNOW HOW MUCH THEY COMMITTED TO THEY'RE GONNA BE DRIBBLING THIS ENTIRE WAY, RIGHT? WELL, THAT'S SOME OF THEM.
I GOT A FEELING I TRAVEL THINK THAT'S, THAT'S WHAT THE TRUCK'S FOR.
AND THEN YOU GOT THE TWO BIG OLD BASKETBALLS ON THE VERY BACK SIDE.
ALL RIGHT, WE'RE FOLLOWING UP NEXT BY THE SOUTHERN OAKS ATHLETIC CLUB.
THE OLD CLUB USED TO BE, UH, LOOK AT THEM.
THEY GOT A GOOD, UH, DANCE TEAM AS WELL.
IT LOOKS LIKE MOMS AS WELL AS STUDENTS, SOUTHERN OAKS DOES, UH, FITNESS, AQUATICS, TENNIS, SOCIAL AMENITIES.
UH, WE'VE GOT A NUMBER OF FOLKS THAT I WORK WITH, OUR MEMBERS OVER THERE AT SOUTHERN OAKS SOAP, AS THEY CALL IT.
AND RIGHT BEHIND THEM IS THE ONE AND ONLY QUEEN.
12 YEARS OLD, LOVES KIDS AND HORSES WANTS TO BE A VETERINARIAN WHEN SHE GROWS UP.
UM, AMELIA LEARNED AT THE EARLY AGE OF TWO, WHAT A, UH, CRISIS CAN STRIKE IT ANY TIME.
AND HOW WE REACT IS WHAT MATTERS.
SHE WON A THREE YEAR BATTLE WITH ACUTE LI LYMPHOBLASTIC LEUKEMIA HAS BEEN IN REMISSION FOR SEVEN YEARS, SO CONGRATS TO QUEEN AMELIA.
UH, PAST PRESIDENT JUST HANDED HER A DOZEN ROSES AS SHE GOES BY.
AND MOVING RIGHT ALONG, AMELIA WILL BE FOLLOWED UP BY OUR GRAND MARSHALL.
THAT IS SHERIFF CORO BEEN OUR SHERIFF SINCE 2007, UH, AFTER BEING ELECTED TO FILL THE UNEXPIRED TERM.
WE GOT THE WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL.
UH, R OTC UHOH AND HEY, JUNIOR ROTC OVER AT WOODLAWN HIGH, REPRESENTING THEM AS, UH, THE PANTHER OF BATTALION, ALONG WITH THE, UH, COLOR GUARD AND GOT THE ENTIRE CADET CORPS OUT HERE.
LISTEN, THEY GOT HALF THE SCHOOL OUT HERE,
WELL, WHEN I MEAN CALL TO DUTY, WE KNOW WHO TO MAKE A PHONE CALL TO.
YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT FEELING GOOD ABOUT PUTTING YOUR, UH, HANDS IN THE NEXT GENERATION.
THIS IS KIND A RESPONSE TO A JUNIOR ARCH.
DON'T YOU FIND THIS PRETTY AMAZING? I DO.
I MEAN, THAT IS, IT'S GOTTA BE CLOSE TO A HUNDRED TO 120 FUTURE SOLDIERS.
THAT IS AN IMPRESSIVE NUMBER, MAN.
ALL RIGHT, LOOKS LIKE WE GOT A WHILE WE'RE AT IT.
WE WANT TO THANK SOME OF OUR SPONSORS, THE FRAN STAN ACADEMY, ALSO GOLF STATE'S, OVERHEAD DOOR, ABIGAIL'S BEST, WHO'S ALSO IN THE PARADE TODAY.
BURGER KING, CANDACE BANK, AS WELL AS PAYROLL, HR.
HR IS ACTUALLY, WHO'S UP NEXT HERE? IF, IF I'M SEEING THIS RIGHT? WE GOT FEW MARCHERS AND, UH, WALK WALKING OR, UH, DRIVING BEHIND THEM.
HOW ARE YOU? AND THEY KNOW A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE CROWD FOR SURE.
RIGHT BEHIND THEM IS, LOOKS LIKE, IS THAT RED RIVER BANK? THAT IS A CORVETTE FROM RED RIVER BANK.
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THEY ALSO, UH, HAVE THEIR ICONIC ICE CREAM TRUCK RIGHT BEHIND THE CORVETTE YOU WERE MENTIONING.SO RIVER BANK IS A COMMUNITY BANK THAT STRIVES TO BUILD RELATIONSHIPS BY PUTTING PEOPLE FIRST AND EXCEEDING EXPECTATIONS EVERY DAY.
THEY TAKE CARE OF ALL YOUR BUSINESS AND CONSUMER BANKING NEEDS.
AND HEY, WHEN YOU SCREAM FOR ICE CREAM, RED RIVER BANK IS THERE TO HAND YOU A GO MOVING ON FROM RED RIVER BANK AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY PAST.
WE'VE GOT BEDAZZLED UP NEXT BEDAZZLED AS A, UH, FAMILY OWNED GIFT SHOP LOCATED JUST ACROSS FROM AERO PEST CONTROL.
IN FACT, IF I'M LOOKING, WE CAN SEE PETE DAZZLED FROM WHERE WE'RE SITTING RIGHT NOW.
THEY'RE RIGHT ACROSS THE STREET.
THE BIG PINK SIGN ON THE OTHER SIDE OF JONES CREEK.
THEY'VE GOT A LARGE SELECTION FROM, UH, CANDLES AND BATHS AND SHOWER PRODUCTS.
CHECK OUT THEIR SELECTION OF PARTY GOODIES AS WELL.
AND THEY'VE GOT A BIG CREW ON IT, THROWING TONS OF CANDY AND STUFFED ANIMALS.
BEDAZZLE IS A LARGE SELECTION OF CANDLES, AS WELL AS BATH AND SHOWER PRODUCTS JUST GO BY BEDAZZLE ACROSS FROM ARROW PEST PATROL ON JONES.
AND THAT IS THE ROUTE THAT EVERYONE IS TAKING TODAY IS JONES CREEK.
STRAIGHT SHOT ONE END TO THE TO THE OTHER.
OH, YEAH, IT'S FANTASTIC NAMING THAT.
IT, UH, OBVIOUSLY, LIKE WE SAID, FAMILY FRIENDLY PARADE, FAMILY FRIENDLY EVENT.
THEY'RE BRINGING OUT THE FAMILY, UH, TO BE SURE.
KID OFF MY NERVES AND OFFICE THAT PROVIDES CHIROPRACTIC AND MASSAGE THERAPY SERVICES, AND THEY ARE FOLLOWED UP VERY, VERY QUICKLY.
AND THIS IS THE KING ETHAN HAWKINS.
HE ATTENDS GALVEZ MIDDLE SCHOOL, AND HE LOVES VIDEO GAMES.
WHO DOESN'T AT THAT AGE? YEAH.
MOVIES, HANGING OUT WITH HIS FRIENDS AND SPENDING TIME WITH HIS FAMILY.
AND, UM, WHEN HE WAS BORN, HE WAS DIAGNOSED WITH SICKLE BETA ZERO TELE, WHICH IS A VERSION OF THE SICKLE CELL DISEASE.
SO, UH, GOD, GOD BLESS HIM, AND HE'S HERE TO ENJOY CHRISTMAS WITH US.
FOLLOW VERY QUICKLY BY THEMA BAPTIST CHURCH.
ROLLING IN THE CHRISTMAS PARADE FOR THE FIRST TIME EVER.
MEMBERS WILL BE DECKED OUT IN CHRISTMAS COLORS.
UH, BELIEVE THEY'RE THROWING FRISBEES OUR WAY.
AND, UH, IS THAT A GINGERBREAD MAN OR A OUT ON THE BACK? IT'S, THAT'S A GINGERBREAD BAND.
BECAUSE THAT WOULD BE BROWN SNOW.
AND I'M REALIZING WHAT I SAID NOW THAT I SAID IT.
RICK EDMONDS IS COMING UP NEXT.
HE IS, UH, STATE, UH, REPRESENTATIVE, AND HE HAS HIS FAMILY, AND THEY'RE ALL WAVING AWAY AND THROWING TONS OF CANDY.
A FANCY, UH, WHAT YOU'RE A CAR ENTHUSIAST OF SORTS.
I'M NOT THAT MUCH TO KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
LOOK AT THIS THING THAT, THAT'S LIKE A PALMER, LIKE A MODEL T ALMOST PROFIT SOURCE.
UH, THE SOURCE FOR ALL YOUR PRINTING NEEDS LOCALLY OWNED IN, OPERATED FOR, UH, OVER 30 YEARS NOW.
SO, UH, BUSINESS CARDS, SIGNS, BROCHURES, BANNERS, YOU NAME IT.
AND RIGHT THERE IS ZO OHSO COMPANIES COMING UP NEXT, AND WHICH IS MCDONALD'S YES.
HERE IN THE BATON ROUGE AND SURROUNDING AREA, THROWING TONS OF CUPS IN THE VELOSO FAMILY.
ALWAYS DONE GOOD THINGS FOR OUR COMMUNITY YEAR IN AND YEAR OUT, AND GLAD TO SEE 'EM IN THE PARADE.
WE'VE GOT THE, UH, BAPTIST ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BATON ROUGE IN THIS TRUCK WITH ALL THE FLAGS RIGHT HERE.
UH, THE BAPTIST ASSOCIATION OF GREATER BATON ROUGE, UH, THE SURROUNDING AREA, AND RIGHT BEHIND THEM, THE GARDEN VIEW ASSISTED LIVING.
UH, THEY ARE, UH, COME JOIN THE FAMILY, AS THEY LIKE TO SAY.
UH, IF YOU NEED MEMORY CARE SERVICES, GARDEN VIEW, ASSISTED LIVING IS THERE TO HELP YOU.
AND THEN NOW WE GOT A TEAM OF BIKERS HERE.
WE DON'T, I DON'T THINK WE DO.
WE HAVE, ARE THEY? THE BIKERS WEREN'T LISTED THAT I KNOW.
THEY, THEY'RE, I'M TO FEEL WE'RE ABOUT PUT AND GET A SHOW PUT ON FOR US.
THEY'RE, MAYBE THEY'RE JUST TAKING A PICTURE.
GIVES US A TIME TO REMIND YOU ABOUT SOME OF THE GREAT SPONSORS FOR TODAY'S 48 EF C U, UH, GUARANTEE RESTORATION SERVICES.
MERCEDES, MERCEDES-BENZ OF BATON ROUGE IN THAT NUMBER, AS IS HIGH NEIGHBOR AND CLINT GARAGE CITY CAFE.
AND, UH, RIGHT AFTER CITY CAFE, I'M SEEING CITIZENS BANK AND TRUST BEING LISTED AS A SPONSOR.
BUT IF I'M LOOKING BEHIND THIS CREW OF BIKES, LOOK WHO WE'VE GOT NEXT ON THE NEXT FLOAT.
THAT WOULD BE CITIZENS BANK AND TRUST.
CITIZENS BANK AND TRUST COMMUNITY BANK.
FOUND LITTLE, ACTUALLY ON THE OTHER SIDE OF THE RIVER WAS WHERE THEY WERE.
FOUND IT OVER IN PLAQUEMINE BACK IN 1916 AND DOING IT RIGHT FOR A WHILE.
UH, THEIR FLOAT WILL BE LED BY, OH, THIS IS MY GUY HERE.
CEO OF, UH, CITIZENS BAG AND TRUCKS.
BROOKS LEWIS, UH, IS ON THE FLOAT.
GOT A NUMBER OF EMPLOYEES AND FAMILIES FROM THE SIX DIFFERENT BRANCHES, INCLUDING THE BRANCH THAT'S RIGHT HERE IN ANY MEMBER OF THE JONES CREEK AREA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION.
WELL, THEY'RE ON THE CORNER OF O'NEILL AND GEORGE O'NEILL WE GOT, AND THEY'VE GOT A NUMBER
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OF LOCATIONS.I NOTICE YOU'RE STANDING UP, YOU'RE EXPECTING TO GET SOMETHING.
I'M JUST HOPING TO SEE MY GUY, BROOKS.
WHERE'S HE AT? BROOKS? ARE HE, HE'S NOT IN THE TRUCK, IS HE? I THINK HE'S ON THE OTHER SIDE.
WE ENDED UP LOOKING PEARL BROOKSY.
SO WELL, NEXT BEHIND THEM IS RIDGE, HICKORY RIDGE CIVIC ASSOCIATION AND, UH, HICKORY RIDGE HOMEOWNERS, YOU KNOW, THE RESIDENTS OF HICKORY RIDGE SUBDIVISION LOCATED BETWEEN CORSEY BOULEVARD AND TIGER BEND.
ONE OF THE OLDER SUBDIVISIONS ON THIS END OF TOWN.
AND, UH, MORE THAN HIDDEN JIM, TOO.
580 FAMILIES LIVE IN HICKORY RIDGE, SO IT'S A VERY BIG COMMUNITY.
AND OF COURSE, SANTA'S WAVING AWAY AND WE'RE EXCITED TO SEE HIM.
HE'S A LITTLE EARLY, BUT HEY, HE MAY BE MAKING A SECOND TRIP BEFORE IT'S OVER WITH.
I MEAN, WHEN YOU'RE SANTA CLAUS, YOU GOTTA COVER AS MUCH GROUND AS YOU POSSIBLY CAN.
OH, THIS IS OUR FIRST PLACE WINNER, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN.
THIS IS EMBROIDERED OR BOUTIQUE.
UH, THEY'VE GOT THE RED SLEIGH OUT THERE.
ISN'T THAT NICE? LOOKS LIKE THE STUFF GRINCH UP FRONT.
THEY CAME IN FIRST PLACE IN THE, UH, COMPETITION OF FLOAT DECORATING.
AND WE CAN SEE WHY THERE'S SOME CRAFTSMANSHIP INVOLVED IN US.
LOOK, THE STUFF THEY'RE THROWING TOO, THEY'RE THROWING LAUNDRY.
UM, THAT IS A CHRISTMAS SWEATER THAT JUST MADE ITS WAY OUT.
IT SAYS, OH, LOOK AT THE MAKEUP ON THE CRUNCH OVEN.
I'M GONNA TELL YOU WHAT WE'RE GONNA STAND UP FOR THIS ONE.
WILL YOU, BRIAN? OH, I'M LOVING THAT.
BUT AT FIRST PLACE, AND, UH, THE WAY THAT'S DECIDED, BY THE WAY, IS, UH, THERE'S THREE, UH, BOARD MEMBERS ON THE COMMITTEE OKAY.
THAT MAKE A DECISION ON WHO COMES IN FIRST, SECOND, AND THIRD.
AND WE'LL TELL YOU WHO THEY ARE AS THE PARADE ROLLS ON.
GOT THE WOODLAWN DANCE GROUP COMING THROUGH WITH THE, UH, APPARENTLY WOODLAWN MARCHING BAND SOUNDING GOOD THIS AFTERNOON.
AND WHILE WE'RE AT IT, WE'RE GONNA MENTION A FEW MORE OF OUR SPONSORS, BECAUSE THEY'RE THE ONES MAKING THIS PARADE POSSIBLE.
JONES CREEK AREA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION AND THE PARADE CHRISTMAS PARADE, THE ALLIANCE GROUP PICK UP AND DELIVERY CAPITAL CITY INSURANCE, OSHEA FAMILY DENTISTRY, ALONG WITH RAISING HAY AND DARNELL BROWNING STATE FARM.
THAT WAS THE WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL VAN SENATE.
AND GETTING INTO THE DECORATION, DECORATING THE SPIRIT, DECORAT, THEY GOT THE GARLAND ALL AROUND THE TUBES.
HOW MANY YEARS HAVE YOU BEEN HOSTING THE CHRISTMAS PARADE DOWN? I BELIEVE IT OR NOT, IT'S ONLY MY SECOND.
OH, IT IS? NO, WE, WE DID IT LAST YEAR.
AND, UM, I CAN'T SAY LIKE ME ENOUGH TO BRING ME BACK, BUT IT WAS, I, IT, IT, IT'S SUCH A GOOD TIME.
I WAS SUPER, UH, HUMBLED TO BE ASKED TO DO IT, BECAUSE THIS IS THE ESSENCE OF WHAT A NEIGHBORHOOD PARADE IS.
JC ABA IS DOING THIS PARADE FOR 28 YEARS NOW.
UM, AND IT'S JUST, IT'S GROWN EVERY SINGLE YEAR.
SIMPLE ROUTE, JUST AS QUICK SHOT RIGHT UP JONES CREEK.
BUT I MEAN, YOU GET A GOOD LOOK AT THE, LOOK AT THE FEEL OF THE PARTICIPANTS HERE.
I MEAN, IT'S BUSINESSES IN THE AREA, IT'S RESIDENTS IN THE AREA, IT'S SCHOOLS IN THE AREA.
IT'S STILL TRYING TO MAKE JONES CREEK AREA A BETTER COMMUNITY OVERALL.
AND IT'S, IT'S ALL ABOUT FAMILIES.
AND, YOU KNOW, IN TODAY'S WORLD, THERE'S SO MUCH DIVISION GOING ON, BUT THIS IS UNITY.
IT'S BRINGING EVERYBODY TOGETHER.
AND THAT'S THE BEAUTY OF THE CHRISTMAS PARADE HERE FOR JONES CREEK.
THEY START AT ONE END OF JONES CREEK AND FINISH UP AT, UH, JONES CREEK AND TIGER BENT.
I MEAN, CAN'T DO MUCH BETTER THAN THAT.
IT'S EASY TO FIND AND EASY TO GET TO.
THIS LOOKS LIKE THE WOODLAWN CHEER CREW OR, UH, SOMEBODY ELSE.
IT LOOKS LIKE WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOLS CHEER TEAM, BUT THEY'RE, THEY NEED TO KIND OF CATCH UP.
WHAT DO YOU THINK, BRIAN? I MEAN, THEY'RE LAGGING A LITTLE BIT BEHIND THERE.
PUT A LITTLE SKIP IN THEIR STEP, BUT, UH, GOOD LOOKING CREW.
DECKED OUT WITH THE SANTA HATS.
GOT A FEW WITH CANDY CANS ON TOP AS WELL.
FEW OTHER SPONSORS BEFORE WE GET TO OUR NEXT, UH, EVENT.
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ALSO CANDACE, UH, BANK, UH, CHARVET INSURANCE, AND, UH, PICKUP AND DELIVERY AND MERCEDES-BENZ.UH, WE'VE GOT THE DARE VEHICLES ROLLING THROUGH NOW.
UH, BATON ROUGE CITY CONSTABLE'S OFFICE, THE DARE PROGRAM THAT'S IN SCHOOLS, UH, THEY'RE LED BY SERGEANT JOHN CARR.
HE'S THE SUPERVISOR OF THE DARE PROGRAM AND THAT LEAD CAR THERE.
AND I BELIEVE, UH, BATON ROUGE CITY CONSTABLE'S OFFICE IS, UH, THE NEXT VEHICLE.
AND THEY'RE ALL, UH, LINED UP.
SERGEANT JOHN CARR AND COMPANY, AGAIN, YOU'RE WATCHING THE JONES CREEK AREA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION ANNUAL CHRISTMAS PARADE, DAMIEN COLO, ALONG WITH BRIAN HALDAN, AND WE ARE SO GLAD YOU COULD JOIN US.
AND COMING UP NEXT, HERE'S A FAMILIAR SIGN THAT EVERYBODY IN BATON ROUGE FOR THAT MATTER, KNOWS OH, BENNY'S CAR AND SURROUNDING AREA, BENNY'S CARWASH OIL CHANGE, AND BE QUICK.
THEY ARE BIG SUPPORTERS OF THE COMMUNITY, TO SAY THE LEAST.
AND, UH, ACTUALLY LISTED AS ONE OF, UH, TODAY'S PARADE SPONSORS.
SO, UH, SPONSOR TO PARADE GETTING IN THE PARADE.
BENNY'S CARWASH LOVES BEING INVOLVED, UH, WHEN IT COMES TO MAKING, UH, MAKING, SHOWING, MAKING A SHOW IN THEIR LOCAL COMMUNITY EVENTS.
AND JUSTIN, UH, HE IS THE OWNER OF BENNY'S CARWASH, AND HE'S PULLING HIS LITTLE CART AS HE FOLLOWED UP, GAVE THE SALUTE REX'S BATON ROUGE ZOO WITH THE, UH, THE ELEPHANT MARCHING ON SIDE
THE, UH, THAT ELEPHANT HAS BEEN LOGGING SOME MILES, AND THE ZOO, OF COURSE, UH, IS OPEN PRETTY MUCH EVERY DAY OF THE YEAR.
AND THERE'RE ALWAYS A NUMBER OF EVENTS TAKING PLACE THERE.
SO IF YOU HAVEN'T BEEN FANTASTIC RENOVATION, WHERE THE ENTRANCE TO THE OTHER SIDE OF THE ZOO, THAT'S WHAT WAS GONNA SAY.
AND THEY DO A LOT MORE THAN JUST THE ZOO AS THEMSELVES.
UH, THE NUMBER OF CONSERVATION EFFORTS THERE TAKE PART IN, UH, IMPACTING LOCALLY AND IMPACTING THE WORLD.
THERE'S SUBARU OF BATON ROUGE AND, UH, THAT SECOND ZOO VEHICLE, IF I'M NOT MISTAKEN, IS BREX COMMISSIONER COREY WILSON.
POPPING OUT OF THAT SUNROOF RIGHT THERE.
THAT GUY DOES A HECK OF A JOB.
BATON ROUGE IS UP NEXT, THEY, UH, PROVIDE EMERGENCY DA DISASTER RECOVERY.
SOMETHING WE'RE ALL TOO FAMILIAR WITH AROUND HERE, WHETHER THAT BE A HURRICANE, A FLOOD, YOU NAME IT.
UH, YOU SEE THE TAGLINE RIGHT ON THE SIDE OF THE TRUCK.
THEY ARE READY FOR WHATEVER HAPPENS.
ABIGAIL'S BEST IN THE WHITE PICKUP.
ABIGAIL'S BEST IS LOCATED RIGHT HERE ON TIGER BEND AND, UH, THEIR CHILDREN'S AND MATERNITY CONSIGNMENT BOUTIQUE GIFT AND TOYS FOR KIDS AND NEW AND GENTLY USED ITEMS. ABIGAIL'S BEST, ONE OF BATON ROUGE'S FAVORITE CONSIGNMENT SHOPS TO BE SURE.
THIS PARADE TODAY IS BROUGHT TO YOU BY HIGH NEIGHBOR, ONE OF THE MANY PARADE SPONSORS.
HIGH NEIGHBOR IS ACTUALLY WHO'S UP NEXT AS WELL.
UH, LOCATED RIGHT UP JONES CREEK.
THEY'RE GONNA PASS THEIR OWN LOCATION AS THEY MAKE THEIR WAY UP THE ROUTE.
CELEBRATING 60 YEARS SERVING THE BATON ROUGE COMMUNITY WITH FRIENDLY, HOMEGROWN SERVICE, QUALITY, MEAT, LOCAL PRODUCE, AND SEAFOOD.
UH, THE KAFAI FAMILY, SAM KAFAI STARTED THIS BUSINESS, UH, WAY BACK.
AND HIS CHILDREN CONTINUE ON THE LEGACY THAT IS A HIGH NEIGHBOR.
ONE OF THE FEW LOCALLY OWNED SUPERMARKETS THAT ARE STILL AROUND.
THE, UH, KAFAI SLAPPED OUR ROOF ON THE FLOAT.
THROW SOME DID POPUP TENTS IN THE BACK.
WELL, THEY'RE PREPARED FOR ANYTHING.
OH, THIS IS OUR THIRD PLACE OVERALL.
THIS IS THE GRINCH IN THE JEEP.
WELL, ACTUALLY RIGHT NOW IT'S THE GRINCH OUT THE JEEP.
THIS THING'S GONNA BE PRETTY COOL WHEN IT GETS DARK.
THEY'RE GONNA LIGHT THAT PUPPY UP.
NOW, THE GRINCH, OBVIOUSLY, UH, WHOSE HEART HAS ALREADY GROWN THREE SIZES INTERACTING WITH THE CROWD, UH, GETTING OUT OF THAT JEEP A LITTLE BIT.
WELL, I, I, I THINK THAT ALSO, I WISH YOU SEE SOMETHING LIT UP.
I THINK THAT ADDED TO THE, UH, THEM COMING INTO THIRD PLACE.
YOU KNOW, THE ACTIVITY, THE INTERACTION WITH THE CROWD, AND AS, UH, WE ARE WAITING FOR THE NEXT, UH, UNIT TO COME BY.
ONE, AGAIN, THANK OUR SPONSORS HERE PARTICIPATING IN THE JONES CREEK AREA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION'S CHRISTMAS PARADE, FOLKS LIKE WE JUST MENTIONED, HIGH NEIGHBOR CLINCH, GARAGE CITY CAFE.
AND COMPANY, UH, ANGELAS GIFTS AND, UH, CITIZENS BANK AND EF CU ALL HELPING
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OUT TO MAKE THIS PARADE POSSIBLE.MAKING ITS WAY UP NOW IS THE MOBILE COMMAND UNIT FROM THE UNITED CAJUN NAVY.
UH, SPEAKING OF DISASTER RELIEF, THE UNITED CAJUN NAVY, WHICH FORCE THE CAJUN NAVY, THEY GOT STARTED BACK IN THE, IN THE FLOOD OF 2016.
I CAN REMEMBER THE WORK THEY DID.
JUST, YOU WANNA TALK ABOUT A GRASSROOTS EFFORT COMING TO LIFE, AND THEY GO EVERYWHERE.
THEY DON'T, THEY'RE RECRUITED, STARTED OUT THE COUNTRY NOW.
THEY STARTED OUT IN THE LAFAYETTE AREA, AND THEY HAVE EXPANDED AND IT'S ALL VOLUNTEERS.
IT'S BEEN COOL TO WATCH THEM GROW AND, UH, JUST SEE HOW QUICKLY THEY CAN MOBILIZE, HOW QUICKLY GONNA, AND HOW QUICKER THAN THE GOVERNMENT IN MANY CASES.
UH, HERE COMES NUMBER, UH, SECOND PLACE FINISHER, BRIAN.
IT IS THE WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL EYECARE UNIT.
I HAVE EYECARE ON MY SHOW QUITE OFTEN.
A FANTASTIC ORGANIZATION TO, OF ALL THE SCHOOLS IN BATON ROUGE, WHO ELSE IS GONNA FIND SNOW IN 78 DEGREE TEMPERATURES? THAT'S ONLY IN SOUTH LOUISIANA AND THE JONES CREEK CHRISTMAS PARADE.
WE HAVE, UH, CRICKET WIRELESS MAKING ITS WAY RIGHT BEHIND THE EYECARE FLOAT.
WELL, I THINK YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THESE GUYS.
ACTUALLY, I'M LOOKING INSIDE THAT VEHICLE, AND IF I'M NOT, DO YOU KNOW ANYBODY THAT'D BE HANNAH THROWING THINGS.
I THOUGHT MY PRODUCER WAS SUPPOSED TO BE DRIVING, UH, ONE OF THE VEHICLES TODAY.
SO, UH, BE ON THE LOOKOUT FOR ALONDRA VILLA AL.
UH, MULTI-TALENT, SO SHE CAN WORK MY, UH, BOARD
SHE, UH, SHE CAN PRODUCE MY SHOW AND, UH, SHE WORKS BEHIND THE SCENES VEHICLES.
AND DON'T FORGET ABOUT EAGLE 98 41, ANOTHER PART OF THE GUARANTEED FAMILY.
CHRIS ELLIOT IS BEHIND THE WHEEL THERE, ALLOWING HIS WIFE TO THROW THE, UH, SO HERE, UH, US OVER AT GUARANTEE WE THROW HONEY BUNS.
OH, REALLY? OH, WE THROW HONEY BUNS.
AND THE REASON, UH, WAIT, THEY'RE WILDLY POPULAR.
I MEAN, INSANELY POPULAR GOT ROYAL MITSUBISHI FOLLOWING A CHRIS ELLIOTT AND THE EAGLE.
SO WHEN Y'ALL ARE IN ANY PARADE, Y'ALL ARE THROWING HONEY BUNS JUST ABOUT ALL OF 'EM.
IT'S WELL, SOMETHING DIFFERENT.
WELL, YOU COULD EAT IT WHILE YOU'RE ENJOYING THE PARADE.
UH, VOTED FOR IT AND YOU GOT IT.
APPROVED BY THE PEOPLE, UH, STILL MOVING FORWARD, EVEN, UH, THEY'RE, UH, IN THE COURT SYSTEM, THINGS MOVING.
THEY'VE GOT A GRINCH EVERY WHEN IS THE DEAL? THAT'S ABOUT THE FOURTH OR FIFTH GR OH YEAH.
IT'S, IT'S, IT'S A WEIRD SORT OF, UH, YEAH, I'M, I'M, I WOULD LIKE TO SEE MORE SALMONS TO BE HONEST, BUT THERE THEY ARE, WALKING ALONG AND ENJOYING THE, THE TIME HERE.
I BELIEVE THAT'S NORMAN RIGHT THERE COMING UP NOW.
WHAT'S HAPPENING, SIR? IT'S ST.
LATELY THE VOTER APPROVED CITY OF SO MUCH, GEORGE, WE APPRECIATE YOU STOPPING BY GULF STATE'S.
OVERHEAD DOOR IS NEXT, AND THEY WANNA WISH EVERYONE A MERRY CHRISTMAS, LOCALLY OWNED AND OPERATED, PROVIDING SERVICE TO THE CAPITOL CITY SINCE 2015, HANDLING ANY AND ALL GARAGE DOOR NEEDS.
THAT'S YOUR FRIENDS AT GOLF STATE'S OVERHEAD DOOR.
MILITARY UNIT TO SAY THE LEAST.
UP NEXT WE GOT RICE AND RU HEY, HEY.
OH, SO HAN CUES ACTUALLY LOCATED OVER TOWARDS MID-CITY, BUT JASMINE'S OVER YOU IS RIGHT UP THE ROAD.
IF YOU'VE NEVER BEEN TO JASMINE'S ON THE BAYOU, YOU'RE JUST STRAIGHT UP MISSING OUT.
AND SAME FOR HANNAH'S SMOKEHOUSE.
OH, HERE COMES, THEY'RE RIGHT THERE ON BURBANK RICE AND RUE RIGHT AFTER JASMINE'S.
SO I, I, I SEE TWO OR THREE, UH, RESTAURANTS TOGETHER, MAKING ME HUNGRY.
UH, WHAT'S ABOUT THAT TIME?
WE'VE GOT, UH, ADVANCED WINDSHIELDS AT THIS.
OUR FRIENDS IN ADVANCED, THAT'S JASON PAYMAN AND AMY PAY AND COMPANY.
THEY'VE REPAIRED EVERY ONE OF MY WINDSHIELDS, AND THEY DO GREAT WORK.
WELL, THEY ACCEPT ALL SHIRT INSURANCES.
THEY'RE CERTIFIED AS AN, UH, OPTI AIM CALIBRATIONS.
THEY OFFER MOBILE AND IN-SHOP SERVICES AS WELL, AND MOBILE'S INVALUABLE.
AND, UM, THEY'RE NOW OFFERING WINDSHIELD WIPER BLADES.
UM, THEY'VE GOT A, UH, TWO TECHNICIAN SYSTEM, SO THEY'LL PUT A LITTLE TEAMWORK TO WORK.
YES, THEY DO ON YOUR VEHICLE IF YOU NEED WORK.
THEY'RE VERY AFFORDABLE AND QUALITY WORK COMING UP.
NEXT IS WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL'S, PANTHER BYS TRUCK.
THAT'S THE, UH, AGAIN, THEY'RE SPREAD OUT THROUGH HO THIS WHOLE ROUTE.
YOU NOTICE, AND THERE'S LIKE SIX KIDS AT WOODLAWN THAT AREN'T IN THIS PARADE AT THIS POINT.
WELL, I'M, I'M, THERE'S, BUT, BUT THEY, UH, WE'VE HAD THREE DIFFERENT SECTIONS OF WOODLAWN HIGH SCHOOL, TO SAY THE LEAST.
AND SO WHAT THIS IS, IS IT'S THEIR CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION.
IT'S, UH, PANTHER BITES, CAREER AND TECHNICAL EDUCATION ENTERPRISE POWERED BY THE PROSTAR PROGRAM UNDER THE LEADERSHIP OF, UH, CHEF STEVEN U UH, PANTHER BITES IS A, UH, THEY'RE A COMPLETE, IT'S A, IT'S A FOOD TRAILER.
THAT'S WHERE THE BITES COME IN.
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THOUGHT IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN BITES IN THE TECHNICAL SENSE WOULD MAKE SENSE TOO.I COULD SEE WHY THEY'RE FOLLOWING THE FLU, UH, FOOD TRUCKS THEN.
HOW ABOUT OPERATION IMAGINATION? THAT'S COMING UP NEXT.
AND OPERATION IMAGINATION IS A PRETEND PLAY AND PARTY CENTER LOCATED HERE ON JONES CREEK.
AND, UM, THEY ARE HERE TO, TO BRING JOY TO EVERYONE THROWING TONS OF CANDY AND, UH, BEACH EVEN.
HAVE YOU DO WHAT? THE OPERATION IMAGINATION? NO, IT'S, IT'S NOT, IT'S A, IT'S A GREAT PLACE FOR KIDS.
WE, WE, WE RESTRICT OUR KIDS TOO MUCH.
YOU KNOW, IT'S GENERALLY, IT'S, AND IT'S A LITTLE DIFFERENT THAN, UH, LIKE A CHILDREN'S MUSEUM.
SO WE'VE GOT THE CHOSEN ACADEMY OF DANCE COMING UP NEXT.
THEY'RE A COMMUNITY DANCE TEAM.
UH, THEY PARTICIPATE IN COMMUNITY EVENTS LIKE THIS ONE NURSING HOMES PUT ON SHOWS FOR SOME OF THE FOLKS IN THE NURSING HOMES.
UH, YOU'LL SEE 'EM IN CHURCHES, YOU'LL SEE THEM AT PARADES.
WELL, THAT'S A LITTLE TIGHTS TO SAY THE LEAST.
CLINT'S GARAGE LOCATED ON MARKET STREET.
CLINT IS SPECIALIZES IN FOREIGN CAR REPAIR AND CONVERTIBLE TOP REPAIR.
OH, IT'S NOT CHRISTMAS TILL YOU GET SOME BIG FRIDA ON THE SOUNDTRACK.
OH, WHAT IT GO? THAT, THAT CLINCH GARAGE MAY HAVE REQUESTED THAT.
YOU KNOW, THEY'RE PLAYING THAT.
I GUARANTEE YOU REQUESTED THAT.
TELL ME THEY GOT A SHOT OF THAT.
WE'RE GOOD TO, WE WE'RE GONNA MOVE ON.
UH, EVEN THOUGH THE BOOKMOBILES COMING UP.
WE'RE GONNA HAVE TO DIAL IT BACK IN AFTER THAT.
THE BOOKMOBILES COMING UP NEXT, WHICH, UH, NOTHING, NOTHING FOLLOWS THAT MUSIC LIKE A LIBRARIAN SAYING SHUSH.
UH, THE LIBRARY, THE BOOKMOBILE PROVIDED THIS SEASON'S READING FOR OUR COMMUNITY.
COULD NOT BE BETTER BETWEEN THE BOOK.
MO HOLLERING, SHUSH WAY RIGHT THERE.
A GIRL SCOUT TROOP 1 0 1 78, LOCATED ON HAROLDS FERRY ROAD.
AND, UH, THAT IS FOLLOWING THE LIBRARY.
HOPEFULLY THERE ARE STUDIOUS GIRL SCOUTS TO SAY THE LEAST SUPPORTED BY TRINITY LUTHERAN CHURCH AND SCHOOL.
AND THEY TOO ARE LOCATED ON SOUTH HARS FERRY ROAD.
THEY'RE A MULTI-LEVEL TROOP WITH GIRLS AND GRADES K THROUGH NINTH.
WHO REPRESENTS VARIOUS SCHOOLS IN THE BATON ROUGE AREA.
IF YOUR DAUGHTER HAS ANY INTEREST IN WANTING TO BE A GIRL SCOUT, THE TROOP WELCOMES GIRLS TO COME IN AND CHECK 'EM OUT.
THAT'S SO 1 0 1 78 AFTER THE GIRL SCOUTS IS DEMCO LARGEST ELECTION COOPERATIVE IN THE STATE.
DEMCO EMPLOYS LOCAL AND THEY INVEST IN THE COMMUNITY AS WELL.
UH, DEMCO HAS OVER 8,800, UH, MEMBERS, UM, OH, I'M SORRY.
THEY ALSO INVEST, UH, IN THEIR, UH, YOUTH AND OFFER PROGRAMS SUCH AS THE, UH, DECO ESSAY CONTEST, AND RIGHT NOW, THE ADVENTURER SEVENTH DAY ADVENT PATHFINDER CLUB, THAT'S, UH, MOUTHFUL TO SAY THE LEAST.
BUT THEY'RE LOCATED ON JONES CREEK AND CHRISTMAS TREE WITH CHRISTMAS DECOR.
THAT'S WHAT THIS FLOAT IS ALL ABOUT, REPRESENTED BY THE ADVENTURERS AND, UH, PATHFINDERS CLUB.
THAT IS A BIG OLD FLOAT RIGHT THERE.
WHO'S NEXT THERE, BRIAN? WELL, UP NEXT WE'VE GOT AERO PEST CONTROL, WHICH IS WHERE WE'RE HEADQUARTERED RIGHT NOW.
WE'RE OUTSIDE, WE ARE OUT FRONT OF AERO PEST CONTROL, SO I APPRECIATE THEIR HOSPITALITY AND PUTTING US UP.
UH, FAMILY OPERATED, LOCALLY OWNED, UH, AERO, UH, TERMITE PEST CONTROL WITH THE, UH, YES.
THEY COVER THE GAMUT, WHETHER IT'S PEST CONTROL, TERMITE CONTROL, UH, PEST THEMSELVES.
UH, THE CONE FAMILY HAS BEEN SERVING THE BATON ROUGE AREA FOR YEARS.
AND, UM, COMING UP NEXT IS GOING TO BE THE FOLKS WITH GO JANITORIAL LO THEY'RE LOCATED ON JUSTICE AVENUE AND GO JANITORIAL IS TRUSTED BY BUSINESS AND INDUSTRY LEADERS FOR COMMERCIAL CLEANING, JANITORIAL SERVICES, AND CUSTOMER SATISFACTION IS WHAT THEY PRIDE THEMSELVES IN.
THEIR SUPERIOR QUALITY CONTROLLED CLEANING SYSTEMS ENSURES THAT A, YOU'LL GET ACCOUNTABILITY ON YOUR SIDE SO THAT YOU RECEIVE UNMATCHED SERVICE, SUPPORT AND RESULTS.
MAKES YOU WANNA SAY, GO TIGERS TOO.
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YOU'RE, UH, YOU'RE ENJOYING THE 2022 JONES CREEK AREA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, CHRISTMAS PARADE, PRESENTED BY JAMES AND THEA'S, OFFICE OF ALLSTATE BROTHERS CONSTRUCTION OFFICE, FURNITURE WORLD, THE FRANCIS ACADEMY OF DANCE.WOODLAWN BAPTIST CHURCH IS ON THAT ROSTER OF SPONSORS AS WELL.
YOU KNOW WHAT I'M HAPPY TO SEE DURING THIS PARADE? WHAT'S THAT? ARE THE, THE VARIOUS ORGANIZATIONS FOR KIDS, WHETHER IT BE GIRL SCOUTS, UH, THE IMAGINATION CENTER YES.
THAT WE, WE MENTIONED, UH, YOU ALSO HAVE SOME DANCE CLUBS AND, AND NOT JUST THE HIGH SCHOOLS.
WELL, I'M TALKING ABOUT THE YOUNGSTERS, SORT OF LIKE THE CUB SCOUTS THAT ARE COMING OUR WAY RIGHT NOW.
PAC 15, UH, THEY, THE CUB SCOUT PAC 15 IS ONE OF THE LARGEST AND MOST ACTIVE CUB PACKS IN THE BATON ROUGE AREA.
THEY'VE BEEN SUPPORTING THE JONES CREEK AREA SINCE 1984.
WERE YOU, WERE YOU EVEN BORN IN 84? I WAS EIGHT YEARS OLD IN 84.
BECAUSE YOU COULD HAVE BEEN A CUB SCOUT THEN.
BOYS AND GIRLS LEARN MORE ABOUT, UH, CUB SCOUT PACK 15 BY GOING TO CUB SCOUT PACK FIFTEEN.ORG.
THAT'S CUB SCOUT PACK FIFTEEN.ORG.
THE, UH, SCOUT'S NOT, UH, NOT GOING AWAY ANYTIME SOON, ESPECIALLY HERE IN BATON ROUGE.
AND A COUPLE OF THOSE OTHER SPONSORS THAT ARE HELPING BRINGING US TODAY'S PARADE.
ABIGAIL'S BEST, WHO WE SAW THEIR FLOAT EARLIER, RED RIVER BANK.
ER KING, ONE OF THE SPONSORS OF THE 2022 PARADE, AS IS CADENCE BANK, CHABA INSURANCE, PAYROLL, HR.
WE SAW THEM EARLY IN THE PARADE.
DARNELL BROWNING, STATE FARM HICCUP AND DELIVERY, RAISING KEYNES, THE OSHI FAMILY DENTISTRY, CAPITAL CITY INSURANCE AS WELL.
WE'LL GET BACK INTO A FEW MORE OF OUR SPONSORS IN JUST A MINUTE.
BUT THE ROTARY CLUB OF SOUTHEAST ROUGE IS MAKING THEIR WAY OVER RIGHT NOW A FANTASTIC, UH, ROTARY ORGANIZATION.
ROTARY IS, AGAIN, ANOTHER COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION THAT GIVES, AND TIME AND TIME AGAIN, NOT ONLY, UH, IN, IN PROJECTS IN AND AROUND THE BATON ROUGE AREA, UH, BUT THEY ARE, UH, THE ROTARY CLUB OF SOUTHEAST BATON ROUGE.
THEY ARE DOING THEIR THING EACH AND EVERY DAY.
THEY'RE ALSO HELPING, UH, THE NEEDY IN OUR AREA.
THE, UH, NEWEST ROTARY CLUB IN BATON ROUGE.
I'M A ROTARIAN HERE IN BATON ROUGE AS WELL.
ARE YOU I'M NOT PART OF THIS GROUP.
I'M PART OF THE, UH, THE ONE DOWNTOWN.
UH, UH, NO, JUST ROTARY OF BATON ROUGE.
SO, WELL, NEXT IS ANGELIA ANGELS AND GIFTS.
GOT THE DUCK ON TOP OF THE JEEP THERE.
AND, UH, THEY'RE QUACKING EVERYBODY UP.
UH, THEY OFFER HOME DECOR IF YOU'RE WONDERING WHAT THEY DO.
AND FOR ALL SEASONS, AS WELL AS, UH, CHRISTMAS IN PARTICULAR, THEY ALSO OFFER CUSTOMIZED AND PERSONALIZED ITEMS SUCH AS CUPS, MUGS, SIGNS FOR YOUR HOME, AND LASER ENGRAVING CREW OF ENCHANTED 41 WITH THE BIG GREEN FLOAT HERE, FOUNDED IN 2012 BY CHRISTINE CHAPMAN SANDERS, UH, AND, UH, JERMAINE SANDERS, ALONG WITH, UH, THEIR CO-CAPTAIN, MARLA M MORRIS, UH, WITH THE, UH, VISION OF FOOD FUND, FRIENDSHIP, AND FELLOWSHIP IS WHAT THEY DO OVER AT THE CREW OF ENCHANTED 41.
AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, IT'S SANTA AND MRS. CLAUS.
THEY ARE WRAPPING THINGS UP FOR THIS YEAR'S CHRISTMAS PARADE.
THEY'RE VERY COMFORTABLE, TO SAY THE LEAST.
THEY'RE THANKFUL THE WEATHER HELD OUT.
I MEAN, WE COULD NOT HAVE GOTTEN LUCKIER ON THAT END.
SOME, UH, SUNSHINE POKING THROUGH AND LIKE A NICE LITTLE BREEZE COMING THROUGH.
NUMBER OF KIDS LINING UP TO THROW FOR SANTA CLAUS.
UH, SANTA AND MRS. CLAUS GET TO WAVE THEIR WHOLE WAY THROUGH, BUT THE, UH, THE KIDS ARE PICKING UP THE SLACK, TO SAY THE LEAST, WITH, UH, HAVING A GOOD TIME THROUGHOUT THE PARADE.
WELL, IT'S BEEN FUN AND, UH, I'VE ENJOYED IT.
UH, WANT TO THANK, UH, A FEW MORE OF OUR SPONSORS BEFORE WE SAY GOODBYE.
HI, NEIGHBOR DECO AND OUR GOOD FRIENDS OVER AT MERCEDES-BENZ.
ALL ALONG WITH THOSE SPONSORS YOU MENTIONED, DAMIEN.
THAT'LL THAT THANKS TO ALL OF OUR SPONSORS.
THAT'S GONNA PUT A WRAP ON THE 2022 JONES CREEK AREA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION, CHRISTMAS PARADE, EVERYTHING YOU WERE HOPING IT WAS GONNA BE.
IT WAS MY FIRST TIME, AND I APPRECIATE YOU INVITING ME.
69 UNITS, MAKING THEIR WAY UP JONES CREEK BOULEVARD.
UH, SHERIFF, UH, SID GORO IS YOUR GRAND MARSHALL, AND OF COURSE, WRAPPING UP WITH, UH, SANTA CLAUS AS WELL.
IT WAS A FANTASTIC TIME, WONDERFUL COMMUNITY EVENT.
AND THANKS TO THE JONES CREEK AREA BUSINESS ASSOCIATION FOR PUTTING ON ANOTHER FANTASTIC PARADE.
FOR DAMIEN COLLAN, I'M BRIAN HALING.