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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.JEFFERSON PARISH RECREATION DEPARTMENT WELCOMES YOU TO THE PINNACLES MARDI GRAS BALL.
OUR THEME THIS YEAR IS THE GREATEST SHOW.
AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR CAPTAINS PATRICK POPE AND AMANDA RU.
OUR CAPTAINS WILL NOW SOUND THEIR WHISTLES TO SIGNAL THE BEGINNING OF THE BALL, PRESENTING OUR DUKE MICHAEL WINTER PRESENTING OUR MAID, AMY GARRETT, NOW PRESENTING OUR DUKE NICHOLAS CHASH AND PRESENTING OUR MAID WHEN HE HE SONG RIGHT NOW, IF GONNA ROLL WITH ME, LET'S ROLL.
AND IF YOU DON'T MOVE, THEN YOU BETTER.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE STAND AS WE PRESENT THE KING OF THE PINNACLES MARDI GRAS BALL KING ROBERT ANG ESCORTED BY PARISH PRESIDENT CYNTHIA.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE PRESENT THE QUEEN OF THE PINNACLES BALL, QUEEN TIFFANY VALIER, ESCORTED BY MR. REED LEROY, UH, CHEV VALIER.
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LIKE PARISH PRESIDENT CYNTHIA LEE CHANG TO OFFER A TOAST TO OUR ROYAL COURT.WELL, IT'S MY HONOR TO BE ABLE TO BE HERE WITH YOU AND ACTUALLY GIVE YOU THE TOAST TO OUR ROYAL COURT.
SO LET'S ALL RAISE OUR GLASSES TO A TOAST TO THIS INCREDIBLE COURT FOR PINNACLES AND ALL OF OUR FRIENDS IN THE PINNACLES CLUB TO A HEALTHY AND SAFE 2024 CARNIVAL SEASON.
DUE TO THE BEAUTIFUL PINNACLES 2024 ROYAL COURT, THANK YOU FOR SPENDING THE AFTERNOON WITH US AND THE ROYAL COURT WILL NOW BE ENTERTAINED BY OUR PINNACLES LINE LIEUTENANTS.
LADIES AND GENTS, THIS IS THE MOMENT YOU'VE WAITED FOR.
YOU'VE BEEN SEARCHING IN THE DARK.
G WHAT? SOAKING THROUGH THE FLOOR, BURIED IN YOUR BONES.
THERE'S NAKED THAT CAN'T IGNORE TAKING YOUR BREATH, STEALING YOUR MIND.
AND ALL THAT WAS IS LEFT BEHIND THE FIGHT.
DON'T CARE WHAT IT FEVER, DREAM CATCHES.
JUST SURRENDER 'CAUSE YOU FEEL THE FEELINGS AGAIN OVER PITCH.
PUT A PICTURE IN THE POP AND YOUR PUSHING TO STOP THEM BRICK AT THE BRICK OF EVERY WALL IT'S HOLDING.
I LET YOU TO TELL TO YOUR WANT WE CAR WHERE THE RUNAWAYS OF THE IMPOSSIBLE COME TRUE.
I AM NOT A STRANGER TO THE DARK.
HIDE AWAY THEY SAY BECAUSE WE DON'T WANT YOUR BROKEN PARTS OF LEARNED TO BE ASHAMED OF MY AWAY.
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WILL THE FAMILIES OF THE CAPTAINS PLEASE STAND AND COME FORWARD.OUR CAPTAINS, MR. PATRICK POPE AND MS. AMANDA ROOT, WILL NOW PRESENT THEIR FAMILIES TO THE ROYAL COURT.
OUR CAPTAINS WILL NOW PRESENT THE FAMILY OF OUR QUEEN TIFFANY CHLO.
AND APOLOGIES FOR THE MISPRONUNCIATION, UH, OF YOUR NAME EARLIER.
OUR CAPTAINS WILL NOW PRESENT THE FAMILY OF OUR KING ROBERT ZARAY.
OUR CAPTAINS WILL NOW PRESENT.
THE FAMILIES HAVE MADE AMY GARRETT AND DUKE, MICHAEL WINTER.
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OUR CAPTAINS WILL NOW PRESENT THE FAMILIES OF MADE GWEN GWEN HEWITT AND DUKE NICHOLAS CHBA.WE WILL NOW HAVE THE GRAND MARCH.
THERE'S A TRADITION AFTER EACH OF THESE EVENTS, UH, AND IT'S, UH, THE SINGING OF SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW.
SO IF YOU CARE TO JOIN IN HERE, HE COMES.
THE THAT I HEARD SOMEWHERE, THE SKIES AND THE DREAMS THAT YOU DARE DREAM REALLY DO COME TRUE SOMEDAY.
I WISH UPON A STAR AND WAKE UP WHERE THE CLOUDS ARE FAR BEHIND, WHERE TROUBLES MELT LIKE LEMON DROPS AWAY ABOVE THE CHIMNEY TOPS.
A LOT OF PEOPLE MIGHT NOT KNOW THE TRADITION BEHIND THAT.
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SO I'M GONNA TAKE A MINUTE TO EXPLAIN.MANY YEARS AGO THERE WAS NOTHING OFFERED FOR, UM, ARCHIVES, NOTHING.
AND, UM, MS. PEGGY ERO WENT TO THE JEFFERSON PARISH RECREATION DEPARTMENT AND SAID, I WANNA START TEACHING AEROBICS CLASSES.
WELL, THAT STARTED AND THEN OUT CAMP, CAMP RAINBOW.
UM, ANYBODY WHO WENT TO CAMP RAINBOW STAND UP, STAND UP OUTTA CAMP RAINBOW CAME PINNACLES BECAUSE GUESS WHAT? THEY GREW UP AND THEY NEEDED SOMETHING TO DO.
CAMP RAINBOW WASN'T IT ANYMORE.
BUT THAT IS WHY WE STILL DO THE SONG SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW BECAUSE THIS IS WHERE EVERYTHING STARTED, WAS WITH CAMP RAINBOW.
JUST WANTED TO TELL Y'ALL THAT LITTLE TRADITION.
ALRIGHT, THANK YOU LESLIE CAPTAINS, PLEASE SOUND YOUR WHISTLES TO, UM, MARK THE END OF THIS GREAT BALL.