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JEFFERSON PARISH SHERIFF'S OFFICE.
FOLLOWED BY THE WS PARADE TRACKER.
IF YOU'VE BEEN TO ANY MARDI GRAS PARADES IN NEW ORLEANS, YOU KNOW THE FAR HOT GROTTO.
YOU REMEMBER? YOU'VE SEEN THOSE DUNE BUGGIES BEFORE.
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ALRIGHT, NEXT WE HAVE COMBOS.CUSTOM CUSTOM CRUISERS COMBOS, CUSTOM CRUISERS.
HEY, I CAUGHT YOU RIDING DIRTY.
RIDING DIRTY BUTTERFLY KISSES.
OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE THE YOUNG MARINES CARRYING THE COLORS, YOUNG MARINES.
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LET'S HERE FOR THE YOUNG MARINES.ALL RIGHT, COMING UP, WE GOT THE DANCE CONNECTION SINCE 1979.
DANCE CONNECTION MEADOW, LOUISIANA.
HEY, COMING UP AS OUR FIRST FLOAT, IT'S A MEMORIAL FLOAT.
THIS YEAR OUR CREW OF LITTLE RASCALS WANTS TO CELEBRATE THE LIFE AND CONTRIBUTIONS OF OUR FOUNDER, MR. JACK SPITLER SR.
SO THIS YEAR'S PARADE IS A TRIBUTE TO MR. JACK SPITLER, WHO IS THE FOUNDER OF LITTLE RASCALS.
UP HERE BY IN THE BOOTH WE HAVE MS. MAUREEN SPITLER, HIS WIFE, WHO CONTINUES THE TRADITION OVER HERE IN THE ORANGE, MAUREEN SPITLER.
AND AS YOU'LL NOTICE, THE FLOAT IS EMPTY.
IT IS A TRIBUTE TO JACK HERE WITH US IN SPIRIT.
NEXT WE HAVE THE PONYTAIL HORSES GO GIRLS.
COMING UP WE HAVE MISS TEEN WHEELCHAIR, USA EMMALEE,
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MISS TEEN WHEELCHAIR, USA RALE.COMING UP NEXT WE HAVE THE TH BARRIS.
MET LOUISIANA, TH HARRIS, THE RED RAIDER.
THIS NEXT FLOAT IS DEDICATED TO OUR CREW FOUNDER.
OVER 40 YEARS AGO, MR. AND MS. SPITLER, WITH THE HELP OF FRIENDS LIKE MRS. DOC COOK, SENT OUT TO BRING THE EXPERIENCE OF MARDI GRAS TO THE CHILDREN OF MEY.
THROW ME SOMETHING, MR. COME ON.
NEXT WE HAVE THE KENNER DISCOVERY SWAPS FROM KENNER, LOUISIANA.
KENNER DISCOVERY, DISCOVERY ON THE OUTLETS.
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OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE FLOAT NUMBER THREE.FATHER JACK SPITLER WAS A PROUD FATHER TO THREE GIRLS.
RACHEL, MELANIE GRIN, AS WELL AS SON, HIS NAMESAKE JACK JR.
NEXT WE HAVE THE GOLD DUSTERS DANCE TEAM MATTER IN LOUISIANA GOLD DUSTERS.
NEXT WE HAVE FLOOR NUMBER FOUR TITLED AUTHOR.
MR. SPRINKLER WAS THE AUTHOR OF A FEW CHILDREN'S BOOKS.
ALSO ONE OF WHICH IS THE BLACK BRICK GANG, WHICH IS AVAILABLE TO PURCHASE IF YOU WOULD LIKE TO READ IT.
I SEE YOU, STACEY
STEPHANIE, YOUR SISTER THROWS LIKE A GIRL.
OKAY, NEXT WE HAVE FLOW NUMBER FIVE, TITLED HUSBAND.
MR. SPITLER WAS HAPPILY MARRIED TO MRS. MAUREEN SPITLER FOR ALMOST 50 YEARS.
AT THE TIME OF THEIR PASSING, THEIR LOVE IS SHOWN IN THE BASE OF OUR CREW AND THE LOVE THEY SHOWED THE CHILDREN OF OUR COMMUNITY FLOW FIVE HUSBAND, COME ON, Y'ALL CAN THROW BETTER THAN THAT.
CHRISTOPHER EDS FROM MATT, LOUISIANA, ST.
CHRISTOPHER SCHOOL, CRYSTAL LATZ DANCE TEAM
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ALMOST WRECKED.NEXT WE HAVE UH, FLOAT NUMBER SIX.
MR. SPITLER WAS AN AVID CAVE EXPLORER IN HIS EARLY DAYS, HE WAS KNOWN TO BE THE ONE WHO WOULD ENTER THE CAVE FIRST EVEN WON A SONGWRITING CONTEST AND WON CAVE EXPLORING.
CONVENTION FLOOR NUMBER SIX, CAVE EXPLORER.
NEXT WE HAVE THE JOHN JAMES OTTOMAN SCHOOL FROM KENNER, LOUISIANA.
NEXT UP IS FLOAT NUMBER SEVEN TITLED GRANDDADDY.
WHEN MR. SPRINKLER SPOKE ABOUT HIS GRANDKIDS ALWAYS BEING WITH LOVE AND EXCITEMENT, MOST OF HIS EIGHT GRANDKIDS AND SEVEN GREAT-GRANDKIDS ARE ACTIVE PARTICIPANTS IN THE CREW OF LITTLE RASCAL DAVE.
SEVERAL OF THEM ARE IN DAY-TO-DAY OPERATIONS OF YOUR ORGANIZATION LIKE STEPHANIE AND STACEY.
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I HEAR YOU DENISE.THAT'S IT FOR THE KIPP SCHOOL.
LET'S LOOK FOR KEMP BELIEVE ACADEMY.
OUR NEXT FLOAT IS TITLED COSTUME DESIGNER.
MR. SPINER'S ARTISTIC GUY HAS BEEN THE FOUNDATION OF ALL OF OUR CREW COSTUMES SINCE ITS EXCEPTION INCEPTION OVER 40 YEARS AGO.
HE HAS DESIGNED, BUILT AND ADORED EVERY COSTUME WITH THE HELP OF HIS KIDS, GRANDKIDS, GREAT GRANDKIDS, AND MANY OTHER VOLUNTEERS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.
FLOAT NUMBER EIGHT, COSTUME DESIGNER.
AND NEXT WE HAVE THE JEFFERSON PARISH RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
NUMBER NINE IS COMMUNITY ADVOCATE.
MR. SPITLER HELPED THE CHILDREN OF THIS COMMUNITY CLOSE TO HIS HEART.
HE ALWAYS ME MADE SURE THAT EVERY CHILD HAD THE SAME MARDI GRAS EXPERIENCE AS ANY OTHER ADULT.
NUMBER NINE, COMMUNITY ADVOCATE.
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NEXT WE HAVE THE SCHOOL OF DANCE FEATURING THE DYNAMICS AND THE BABY DYNAMICS.OKAY, SCHOOL OF DANCE, WE SEE YOU DOWN THERE.
FLOAT NUMBER 10 IS TITLED SOCCER COACH.
ONE OF THE THINGS MR. SPITLER LOVED SO MUCH WAS BEING A SOCCER COACH FOR HIS SON JACK AND DAUGHTER RACHEL.
HIS FINGERPRINT IS STILL IN THE COMMUNITY WITH THE LAIER PARK SOCCER TOURNAMENT HE STARTED, WHICH IS STILL OPERATING TODAY.
FLOOR NUMBER 10, SOCCER COACH.
FOLLOW CLOSELY BEHIND FLOOR NUMBER 11 LEGACY.
THE LEGACY MR. SPITLER HAS BROUGHT TO THIS COMMUNITY IS ALIVE AND WE'LL SEE IT TODAY.
IT CAN BE SEEN IN THE SMILING FACES, BOTH IN THE CRUEL AND ON THE PARADE ROUTE EACH YEAR.
WE INVITE EACH AND EVERY ONE OF YOU TO COME AND JOIN US AND BE PART OF THE ONGOING LEGACY OF THE CRUEL LITTLE RUSSELLS.
THANK YOU MR. JACK FOR EVERYTHING YOU DID FOR US THROUGHOUT THE YEARS.
FOR WE LOVE AND MISS YOU AND WE WILL CONTINUE TO HONOR YOU WITH THE LEGACY YOU HAVE CREATED, THE CREW OF LITTLE RASCALS.
REMEMBER, IF YOU HAVE CHILDREN WHO WOULD LOVE LIKE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE PARADE, GO TO THE CREW OF LITTLE RASCAL'S WEBSITE AND JOIN FOR NEXT YEAR 2026.
THANK YOU AND HAPPY MARDI GRAS.