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JEFFERSON PARISH RECREATION DEPARTMENT WELCOMES YOU TO THE PINNACLES BALL.TODAY WE'RE CELEBRATING WITH OUR SWASHBUCKLING PINNACLES PIRATES ON THE HIGH SEAS.
WILL YOU PLEASE STAND FOR OUR NATIONAL ANTHEM? AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR CAPTAINS, PATRICK SHEER AND ANDREA DILLO.
OUR CAPTAINS WILL NOW SOUND THEIR WHISTLES TO SIGNAL THE BEGINNING OF THE BALL.
WE NOW WELCOME OUR ROYAL COURT PRESENTING OUR DUKE SETH BODE, PRESENTING OUR MAID, REBECCA HOST, ESCORTED BY SPENCER S PRESENTING OUR DUKE STEVEN HOLLOWAY, PRESENTING OUR MAID, MELINDA HUEY, ESCORTED BY JACOB CHERRY.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE STAND AS REPRESENT THE KING OF THE PINNACLES MARDI GRAS BALL, KING PATRICK POPE ESCORTED, ESCORTED BY PRESIDENT CYNTHIA LEHAN.
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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WET THE QUEEN OF THE PINNACLES BALL, QUEEN AMANDA ROOT, ESCORTED BY COUNCILMAN RICKY TEMPLE.AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD LIKE PARISH PRESIDENT CYNTHIA LEE SHANG TO OFFER A TOAST TO OUR ROYAL COURT.
SO EXCITED TO BE BACK HERE AT OUR PINNACLES BALL.
WE HAVE AN INCREDIBLE ROYAL COURT.
WE WANT TO THANK YOU ALL FOR HELPING JEFFERSON PARISH KICK OFF AN INCREDIBLE 2023 CARNIVAL SEASON.
I'M JOINED WITH COUNCILMAN RICKY TEMPLATE AND IF EVERYBODY CAN LIFT UP A GLASS, COUNCILMAN HAIL TO THE ROYAL COURT.
WE, THE ROYAL COURT MAY NOW BE SEATED.
AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD LIKE TO HONOR OUR PAST KINGS AND QUEENS WHO ARE PRESENT TODAY AND ASK THAT YOU STAND AND BE RECOGNIZED.
WITH A ROUND OF APPLAUSE, WE WOULD NOW LIKE TO RECOGNIZE OUR GUESTS FROM JEFFERSON PARISH, DEPARTMENT OF PARKS AND RECREATION.
PLEASE STAND OR IF YOU'RE STANDING WAVE AS I CALL YOUR NAME, A LEISURE SERVICE AREA COORDINATOR, JACOB CHERRY, PROGRAM SUPERVISOR LESLIE DUNN, AND FOR THOSE THAT DON'T KNOW IT YET, UM, LESLIE BILOCATE, PROGRAM SUPERVISOR SUSAN HIRSCHMAN, PROGRAM SUPERVISOR CHERRY DUNN.
LEISURE SERVICE, ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT DARLENE FRETWELL AND SPECIAL PROGRAMS ASSISTANT SPENCER
THANK EACH OF YOU FOR SPENDING YOUR AFTERNOON WITH US TODAY.
THE ROYAL COURT WILL NOW BE ENTERTAINED BY OUR PINNACLES LINE LIEUTENANTS,
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THE CAPTAIN CALLED ALL OUR CAPTAINS, MR. PATRICK SHEAR AND MS. ANDREA UTI WILL NOW PRESENT THEIR FAMILIES TO THE ROYAL COURT.OUR CAPTAINS WILL NOW PRESENT THE FAMILY OF OUR QUEEN, AMANDA RUTH.
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OUR CAPTAINS WILL NOW PRESENT THE FAMILY OF OUR KING PATRICK POP.OUR CAPTAINS WILL NOW PRESENT THE FAMILIES OF MAID, REBECCA HOLST AND DUKE SETH BODE.
OUR, OUR CAPTAINS WILL NOW PRESENT.
THE FAMILIES HAVE MADE MELINDA, HUEY AND DUKE STEVEN HOLLOWAY.
WE WILL NOW HAVE THE GRAND MARCH.
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JOIN US NOW IN OUR TRADITION OF SINGING SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW.THE LYRICS ARE LOCATED IN THE INSIDE COVER OF YOUR PROGRAM THAT I HEARD, AND THE DREAMS THAT YOU DARE YOU DREAM REALLY DO COME TRUE.
AND WAKE UP WHERE THE CLOUDS ARE FAR, WHERE TROUBLES MELT LIKE LEMON DROPS AWAY ABOVE THE CHIMNEY TOPS.
CAPTAINS, PLEASE SIGN YOUR WHISTLES TO MARK THE END OF THE BALL.
MS. LESLIE, DO YOU HAVE ANYTHING YOU WANNA SAY?