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LADIES AND GENTLEMEN.JEFFERSON PARISH RECREATION DEPARTMENT WELCOMES YOU TO THE PINNACLES MARDI GRAS BALL.
OUR THEME THIS YEAR IS MIDNIGHT MASQUERADE.
AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD LIKE TO INTRODUCE OUR CAPTAINS, KENNETH, ME AND ANNETTE BANAL.
OUR CAPTAINS WILL NOW SOUND THEIR WHISTLES TO SIGN SIGNAL THE BEGINNING OF THE BALL.
WE NOW WELCOME OUR ROYAL COURT PRESENTING OUR DUKE THOMAS ROBERTS, PRESENTING OUR MAID MELANIE BATISTA, PRESENTING OUR DUKE ALEX BERTUCCI, PRESENTING OUR MAID JANELLE AIRE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, PLEASE STAND AS WE REPRESENT THE KING OF THE PINNACLES MARDI GRAS BALL, KING RANDALL BUCKLEY SANTOS, AS ESCORTED BY MS. LESLIE.
LADIES AND GENTLEMEN, WE PRESENT THE QUEEN OF THE PINNACLES BALL, QUEEN DEBBIE MOORE.
AT THIS TIME, WE WOULD LIKE TO HAVE OUR COUNCIL PERSONS, UH, MR. SCOTT WALKER AND MR. HANDS OF BERG.
UH, JOIN US ALONG WITH ANYBODY FROM THE UH, JEFFERSON PARISH RECREATION DEPARTMENT.
PLEASE COME FORWARD AND, UH, BE A PART OF OUR TOAST TO THE COURT.
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RAISE YOUR GLASSES.LET'S TOAST TO JOY, TRADITION AND REALLY THE KICKOFF TOWER MARDI GRAS SEASON IN JEFFERSON PARISH.
RIGHT, CONGRATULATIONS, HAIL PINNACLES.
I'D LIKE TO SAY ON BEHALF OF THE PARISH PRESIDENT WHO WASN'T ABLE TO BE HERE TODAY, BECAUSE SHE'S A LITTLE BIT UNDER THE WEATHER, UM, SHE WOULD'VE LOVED TO BE HERE TO CELEBRATE WITH YOU, BUT COUNCILMAN BERG IS HERE AND, UH, MANY OTHERS FROM JEFFERSON PARISH, UH, PARKS AND RECREATION.
SO THANK YOU ALL FOR BEING HERE.
AND, AND BEST OF LUCK, THE ROYAL COURT WILL NOW BE ENTERTAINED BY OUR PINNACLES LINE LIEUTENANTS IN LIKE A,
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OUR CAPTAINS MR. KENNETH MEDA AND MS. ANNETTE ESPINAL WILL NOW PRESENT THEIR FAMILIES TO THE ROYAL COURT.OUR CAPTAINS WILL NOW PRESENT THE FAMILY OF OUR QUEEN DEBBIE MOORE.
OUR CAPTAINS WILL NOW PRESENT THE FAMILY OF OUR KING RANDALL BUCKLEY SANTOS.
OUR CAPTAINS WILL NOW PRESENT THE FAMILIES OF MADE MELANIE BATISTA AND DUKE THOMAS ROBERTS.
AND FINALLY, OUR CAPTAINS WILL NOW PRESENT THE FAMILIES OF MADE JANELLE NER AND DUKE ALEX UCH.
WE WILL NOW HAVE THE GRAND MARCH LED BY OUR CAPTAINS,
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AS WE DO EVERY YEAR.UH, IF YOU TAKE YOUR PROGRAM AND IN THE INSIDE COVER, UH, YOU'LL FIND THE LYRICS TO SOMEWHERE OVER THE RAINBOW.
AND PLEASE JOIN IN, UH, THE SINGING OF THIS, THIS GREAT SONG WHICH HAS BECOME TRADITION SONG, THE THAT I HEARD, AND THE DREAMS THAT YOU DARE TO DREAM REALLY DO COME TRUE SOMEDAY I WISH UPON A STAR.
AND WAKE UP WHERE THE CLOUDS ARE FAR HARD, WHERE TROUBLES MELT LIKE LEMON DROPS AWAY ABOVE THE CHIMNEY TOPS.
THAT'S WHERE YOU FALL SOME THE DIRT.
FLY THE, AND LIKE WOO CAPTAINS, PLEASE SAY ON YOUR WHISTLES TO MARK THE END OF THIS FALL.