ADRIANNA: WELCOME BACK.
I'M HERE WITH SCOTT WALKER.
WE HAVE A THIRD PERSON WITH US.
>> HOW ARE Y DOING
ADRIANNA: IT'S MARK.
SCOTT: MARK WILL BE GUIDING US
THROUGH THE REST OF THIS PARADED
ON NEW YEAR'S EVE.
>> SO GOOD TO BE WITH YOU AND
WITHLE 83RD CLASSIC TWO DAYS
AWAY.
WE HAVE TWO GREAT TEAMS.
THEY HAVEN'T M SINCE 1972.
A GOOD CROWD.
ADRIANNA: IT IS.
WE GOT LUCKY WITH THE WEATHER.
FOR A PARADE AN OVERCAST DAY --
>> I LIKE THAT.
ADRIANNA: WOULD YOU SAY LOOKING
AT THE CROWD, DO YOU SEE MORE
AUBURN OR OKLAHOMA?
>> YOU KNOW, I SEE A LOT OF
OKLAHOMA.
I HEAR A LOT OF AUBURN.
ADRIANNA: I KNOW.
I KNOW.
SCOTT: YOU GOT A LOT OF PEOPLE
FROM NEW ORLEANS WHO DROVE IN
FOR T PARADE AND THEN THE BIG
CONCERT.
IT'S A GREAT TIME TO BE IN
NEW ORLEANS.
ANY TIME IS A GREAT TIME TO BE
IN NEW ORLEANS.
ADRIANNA: ABSOLUTELY.
SCOTT: LET'S TAKE A LOOK AT
WHAT'S HAPPENING BEHIND US.
THIS IS THE WOODROW WILSON HIGH
SCHOOL MARCHING BAND, 55 MEMBERS
STRONG FROM WEST VIRGINIA.
ADRIANNA: THAT'S LOCATED IN THE
SOUTHERN PART OF THE STATE WITH
A POPULATION OF ABOUT 18,00
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
SCOTT: THE WOODROW WILSON HIGH
SCHOOL MARCH BAND, POPULATION OF
18,000 IN BECKLEY,
WEST VIRGINIA.
WELCOME TO NEW ORLEANS, WOODROW
WILSON HIGH SCHOOL.
ADRIANNA: AND THAT BAND
PERFORMED AT THE CHICK-FIL-A
BOWL AND THEY HAVE BOWL
EXPERIENCE.
SO MARK AND I ARE SPYING SOME
COFFEE.
>> THERE IS A VERY LARGE CUP OF
COFFEE COMING DOWN THE STREET.
SCOTT: DO THEY STOP AND
DELIVER?
>> FRENCH MARKET COFFEE.
WE APPRECIATE THEIR SUPPORT OF
THE PARADE.
THEY HAVE A FLOAT THAT'S
INVITING.
IT LOOKS LIKE A BRUNCH IN
ACTION.
I SEE A LARGE CUP OF COFFEE AND
I THINK THERE'S STEAM COMING OUT
OF THAT COFFEE CUP.
BUT FRENCH MARKET HAS BEEN A
LONG TIME MEMBER OF THE
COMMUNITY HERE IN NEW ORLEANS.
WE'RE SO HAPPY TO BE BACK OUT ON
THE STREET AND DO A PARADE LIKE
THIS EVE YEAR.
THIS BEING OUR SECOND ANNUAL.
IT'S A GREAT WAY WE BELIEVE TO
END THE YEAR AND START THE NEW
YEAR
IN THE TYPICAL NEW ORLEANS
FASHION, WHICH IS A PARADE.
ADRIANNA: ABSOLUTELY.
MARDI GRAS SEASON IS RIGHT
AROUND THE CORNER.
SCOTT: IT GETS DANGEROUS DOWN
HERE.
>> Y'ALL ARE VERY POPULAR.
SCOTT: THAT WAS AN ARM RIGHT
THERE.
>> THERE YOU GO.
I THINK THEY ARE THROWING SOME
COFFEE, TOO.
ADRIANNA: YES, THEY ARE.
>> THAT'S FOR BREAKFAST AND THIS
IS FOR DINNER TONIGHT.
SCOTT: THIS IS THE MCDONALD
COUNTY HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND
FROM MCDONALD COUNTY, MISSOURI.
65 MEMBERS.
MCDONALD COUNTY HOSTING A
POPULATION OF 22,000.
ADRIANNA: THERE'S ONLY ONE HIGH
SCHOOL IN MCDONALD COUNTY, IT
HAS 1100 STUDENTS.
BUT CHECK THIS OUT -- THE
MUSTANG BAND MEMBERS HAVE AN
AVERAGE GPA OF 3.7
SCOTT: SHOWOFFS.
I KNOW.
THESE KIDS ARE SMART A
TALENTED.
SCOTT: WE'RE GOING TO HEAR "DARK
HORSE" FROM KATY PERRY.
ADRIANNA: I JUST SAW THAT.
I LIKE I
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE ]
[ CHEERS
ADRIANNA: ALL RIGHT.
THAT WAS THE MCDONALD HIGH
SCHOOL MARCHING BAND OUT OF
MCDONALD COUNTY, MISSOURI.
HEARD A LITTLE KATY PERRY RIGHT
NOW.
NOW THEY ARE CHUGGING OUT OF
HERE.
[LAUGHTER]
SCOTT: A LOT OF ENTHUSIASM.
ADRIANNA: YEAH.
SCOTT: SWOOPING IN NEXT IS THE
CONDOR AIRLINES FLOAT.
WE'RE SO EXCITED FOR CONDOR TO
BE COMING INTO THE MARKET.
THEY WILL BE FLYING NONSTOP
BEGINNING MAY 3RD.
YOU CAN GET A NONSTOP FLIGHT TO
GERMANY.
ADRIANNA: WHICH MAKES IT QUITE
CONVENIENT
SCOTT: IT WILL BE GREAT IN THE
TOURISM SEASON, PARTICULARLY IN
THE SUMMER MONTHS WHERE THEY
TAKE LON HOLIDAYS.
>> IT WORKS BOTH WAYS.
WE TALK ABOUT GOING THERE BUT
THEY CAN ALSO COME HERE
NONSTOP.
SCOTT: THE AVIATION BOARD HAS
DONE A GREAT JOB ATTRACTING
AIRLINES LIKE CONDOR.
SO MUCH AIRLINE NEWS IN 2016.
A LOT OF NEW ANNOUNCEMENTS, A
LOT OF CITIES BEI SERVICED AT
ARM STRONG INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT, A LEADING UP --
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
2018, WE CELEBRATE 300 YEARS AS
A CITY.
NEW YEAR'S EVE NEXT YEAR WILL
TAKE UP THAT MUCH MORE OF AN
IMPORTANCE.
ADRIANNA: OH, YEAH.
NOW, THAT WILL BE A PARTY.
WE HAVE ANOTHER BAND COMING UP,
95 MEMBERS.
THESE STUDENTS ARE FROM ALL OVER
THE STATE OF MARYLAND AND FROM
53 DIFFERENT ZIP CODES CAN
THERE.
IT'S A CATHOLIC COLLEGE
PREPARATORY SCHOO
SCOTT: THEY HAVE PERFORMED AT
DISNEY WORLD AND THE BCS
NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHI
HERE THEY ARE.
♪ PU
♪
ADRIANNA: THAT WAS THE CALVERT
HALL HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND.
SCOTT: THE BAND DIRECTORS BRIAN
AND AUSTIN WILSON.
ADRIANNA: AS THEY MOVE OUT, A
FLOAT MOVES IN.
THIS FLOAT IS THE NEW ORLEANS
HOTEL COLLECTION FLOAT.
SCOTT: QUITE A COLLECTION.
>> THEY REPRESENT A NUMBER OF
FINE PROPERTIES IN NEW ORLEANS
AND THEY'VE ALWAYS BEEN A BIG
MEMBER OF THE HOSPITALITY
COMMUNITY, PRESENTING A REALLY
FINE PRODUCT ON THE STREET.
I'M SURE THEY ARE VERY BUSY THIS
WEEKEND.
[LAUGHTER]
SCOTT: YOU THINK?
>> WE'RE ABOUT 90% OCCUPIED
WHICH IS A GOOD, STRONG NUMBER
FOR THE WEEKEND AND THE
SUGAR BOWL NORMALLY HAS A
$200 MILLION ECONOMIC IMPACT FOR
THE COMMUNITY.
SCOTT: THAT WAS GOOD.
THEY PUT THE GUYS WITH THE ARMS
ON TOP.
>> I THINK I WAS TAUNTING THEM
AND THEN PUT EXTRA ON THAT.
HE'S GOING TO TRY TO HIT US.
[LAUGHTER]
>> A LITTLE SHORT.
YOU OKAY?
ADRIANNA: ARE YOU OKAY?
>> I THINK SO.
KEEP YOUR EYES ON THE ROUTE.
CAN'T TURN YOUR BACK TO
PARADE.
SCOTT: MARK JOINING US ALONG FOR
THIS RIDE ON NEW YEAR'S EVE AS
WE JOIN THE SECOND ANNUAL
SUGAR BOWL NEW ORLEANS PARADE.
THE FAN FEST IS HAPPENING BEHIND
US.
>> THAT'S RIGHT.
WE HAVE THE 83RD CLASSIC AT THE
MERCEDES-BENZ SUPERDOME.
ADRIANNA: AND RIGHT IN FRONT OF
US THE CAMBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL
MARCHING BAND.
THEY ARE 87 DEEP FROM MILTON,
GEORGIA.
SCOTT: THEY OPENED UP IN 2012.
HAVEN'T BEEN AROUND LONG BUT
THEY DO A GOOD JOB.
HERE THEY ARE
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[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
♪
SCOTT: CAMBRIDGE HIGH SCHOOL
MARCHING BAND, 87 MEMBERS BAND.
JACKSON HARRIS, NATALIE DESEROS,
THE MARCHING DIRECTORS.
ADRIANNA: OUR NOTES SAY THEY ARE
GOING TO PLAY "FANTASY" BY
EARTH, WIND AND FIRE.
SCOTT: MAYBE THERE IS SOMEWHERE
ELSE.
THIS BAND THAT JUST PASSED US
WAS THE FEATURED ENSEMBLE IN THE
LONDON PARADE.
QUITE AN HONOR FOR THEM.
ADRIANNA: YES IT S WE HAVE
ANOTHER FLOAT COMING UP.
THIS IS THE FRENCH QUARTER
COLLECTION.
>> ANOTHER SET OF GREAT HOTELS
LOCATED THROUGHOUT THE FRENCH
MARKET.
WE LOVE TO PUT PEOPLE IN HOTELS
LIKE THIS AND GET PEOPLE TO
SPEND THEIR MONEY IN
NEW ORLEANS.
WE WANT TO THANK THEM FOR WHAT
THEY DO AND APPRECIATE THEIR
SUPPORT IN THE PARAD THIS
YEAR.
SCOTT: THE IMPACT FOR THE CITY
AND STATE IS ABOUT $2 BILLION.
OVER THE LAST YEAR WE'VE HAD A
2.5 BILLION WITH THE VISITORS
COMING IN.
IT'S AN ORGANIZATION THAT
DOESN'T SLEEP.
IT'S 24/7.
AND THE GAMES ARE NOT TOO SHABBY
EITHER.
>> AND THE GAME IS JUST ONE OF
50 PLUS EVENTS THAT WE PRODUCE
EACH AND EVE YEAR.
SCOTT: THIS IS A GAME THAT'S
SEEN 27 NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS,
91 HALL OF FAME PLAYERS, 47
HALL OF FAME COACHES AND 17
HEISMAN TROPHY WINNERS.
YOU GET A GOOD GAME EVERY YEAR
IN THE SUGAR BOWL.
>> YOU ARE RIGHT ABOUT THAT.
ADRIANNA: COMING UP NEXT, WE
HAVE THE DELADY HIGH SCHOOL
MARCHING BAND.
75 MEMBERS.
THEY ARE FROM TAMONIA,
MARYLAND.
I HOPE I'M SAYING THAT RIGHT.
THIS IS THEIR FIRST APPEARANCE
IN THE ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL
PARADE.
BACK IN 2013, THEY PERFORMED
DURING THE ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL
HALFTIME SHO
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
ADRIANNA: THAT WAS THE DELANEY
HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND.
BARRY CHESKY AND MATTHEW BENER
ARE THE BAND DIRECTORS
SCOTT: THE TAKE 5 OIL CHANGE
FLOAT IS NEXT IN THE ALLSTATE
SUGAR BOWL NEW YEAR'S EVE
PARADE
AGAIN, WE WANT TO THANK ALL OF
THE CORPORATE SPONSORS THAT
STEPPED FORWARD TO HELP US
PRODUCE THIS PARADE.
THIS IS ANOTHER FINE MEMBER OF
THE CORPORATE COMMUNITY HERE.
TAKE 5.
WE THANK THEM FOR ALL OF THEIR
WORK.
THEY HAVE GOOD ARMS, TOO.
ADRIANNA: THEY DO.
AND WE SEE THEM EVERY YEAR FOR
THE CHILDREN'S HOSPITAL
TELETHON.
THEY ARE ALWAYS DONATING THE BIG
BUCKS FOR THEM.
SCOTT: THEY CHANGE OIL FAST AND
THEY HAVE GUNS ON THO ARMS.
ADRIANNA: THEY DO.
THEY SHOULD PLAY IN THE GAME
TOMORROW.
>> MAYBE YOU CAN TAKE THIS TO
GET AN OIL CHANGE.
ADRIANNA: YEAH.
WE CAN TRY IT.
SCOTT: THIS IS THE JAMES HUBERT
BLAKE BAND NEXT.
70 MEMBERS COMING TO US FROM
MONTGOMERY COUNTY, MARYLAND.
ADRIANNA: AND THE BLAKE HIGH
SCHOOL IS NAMED AFTER JAMES
HUBERT BLAKE.
THEY PERFORMED IN THE 71st AND
76TH ANNUAL NOKIA SUGAR BOWLS,
WALT DISNEY WORLD AND THE
NEW YORK ST. PATRICK'S DAY
PARADE.
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
[ CHEERS AND APPLAUSE
ADRIANNA: THAT WAS GOOD MUSIC
SELECTION THERE.
SCOTT: THE JAMES HUBERT BLAKE
MARCHING BAND WITH ITS 70
MEMBER
ADRIANNA: AND WE HAVE ANOTHER
BIG FLOAT MAKING ITS WAY TO THE
JAX BREWERY PARKING LOT.
SCOTT: THAT BELONGS TO THE KING
FIRM.
YOU KNOW WHO IS ON THAT FLOAT?
NORMAN ROBINSON IS UP THERE.
WATCH FOR HIM IN THE HAT LOOKING
DAPPER AND SUAVE AS ALWAYS.
>> I THINK THE CROWDS ARE
GETTING LARGER AND LARGER.
ADRIANNA: OH, YEAH.
>> THIS IS A GREAT CROWD.
SCOTT: HAVE TO CLAIM YOUR SPOT.
GET IN POSITIO
THERE'S MR. ROBINSON.
>> THE ONLY THING MISSING FROM
THAT SPOT IS HIS CIGAR.
SCOTT: I THINK THE FIRE MARSHAL
SAID HE COULDN'T DO THAT ONE.
LOOK AT THAT ARM.
THAT'S SOME STRONG ARM
[LAUGHTER]
>> INCOMING.
SCOTT: NORMAN STILL HAS AN ARM.
WITH THAT OUR COVERAGE CONTINUES
RIGHT HERE ON WDSU AT THE SECOND
ANNUAL ALLSTATE SUGAR BOWL NEW
YEAR'S EVE PARADE.
DON'T GO FAR.
>> YOU ARE WATCHING WDSU'S
PRESENTATION OF THE ALLSTATE
SUGAR BOWL NOVEMBER PARADE,
BROUGHT T
PARADE.
BROUGHT TO YOU BY MARDI GRAS
WORLD.
COME SEE WHERE MARDI GRAS IS
MADE.
THE NEW ORLEANS CONVENTION
CENTER.
CONDOR AIRLINES, NEW SERVICE
FROM NEW ORLEANS INTERNATIONAL
AIRPORT TO FRANKFURT, GERMANY,
AND THE WDSU PARADE TRACKER,
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