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Something You Should Know - July 03 Aaron from Sioux Falls Independence Day Parade · Something You Should Know!

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  Speaker 1: Excited to visit right now with Aaron Levissa and he
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  Speaker 1: is the gentleman in charge of the Sioux Falls Independence
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  Speaker 1: Day Parade. And Aaron, first of all, thank you for
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  Speaker 1: stepping up when the parade was going to go away.
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  Speaker 1: You stepped up to make sure that did not happen.
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  Speaker 1: It not only is back, it's back and bigger and
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  Speaker 1: maybe better than ever. I think we've got more floats
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  Speaker 1: in this parade, I think than they've ever had in
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  Speaker 1: the Independence Day parade.
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  Speaker 2: Oh, thank you so much. John. Well, as you know,
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  Speaker 2: I wasn't the only one. I want to tell you.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you and everybody with the committee that stepped up
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  Speaker 2: and we're all doing it together as a team effort. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: it's going to be big. It's going to be a
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  Speaker 2: big deal.
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  Speaker 1: It has been a lot of fun to work with
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  Speaker 1: the people on this team as well, and some of
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  Speaker 1: them I have known for years, and others I have
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  Speaker 1: just met because of this, but I can tell you
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  Speaker 1: each and every one of them amazing people. And it's
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  Speaker 1: been a lot of fun to get to know you
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  Speaker 1: a little bit better too, because we've known each other
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  Speaker 1: for years. But you know, we didn't hang out as
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  Speaker 1: much as we have in the last six months working
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  Speaker 1: on a parade.
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  Speaker 2: It's right, and it's been really wonderful and I really
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  Speaker 2: enjoyed it too, John, And again, people are going to
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  Speaker 2: love this parade, and then after that, of course they're
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  Speaker 2: going to love the Two Falls fireworks. Maybe you've heard
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  Speaker 2: of that.
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  Speaker 1: I have heard of that, and that's where I'm going
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  Speaker 1: to be most of the day today is getting the
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  Speaker 1: stage set and ready at the wh Line Fairgrounds. But
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  Speaker 1: I wanted to spend some time right now talking to
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  Speaker 1: you about the parade because we've got a bunch of
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  Speaker 1: people that are asking questions, where can I go to
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  Speaker 1: watch it? What time do we need to be there.
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  Speaker 1: We've got all the floats are done, so if you
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  Speaker 1: didn't get your float entered, you missed it. There was
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  Speaker 1: a deadline, and again I think there were a couple
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  Speaker 1: of people that snuck in at the very end, but again,
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  Speaker 1: we appreciate everybody, and there's a limit that the city
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  Speaker 1: will allow us to have. We can have no more
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  Speaker 1: than one hundred floats, and we are right up bumping
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  Speaker 1: our head on that number. So it's going to be
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  Speaker 1: a big, big, big parade tomorrow. What time does the
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  Speaker 1: parade start and where should I go if I want
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  Speaker 1: to be a really good spectator?
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  Speaker 2: Well, first off, the parade is downtown Phillips Avenue ten
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  Speaker 2: am it begins, and so if you want to be
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  Speaker 2: a good spectator and enjoy it, you want to get
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  Speaker 2: there maybe a little early, and also make sure that
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  Speaker 2: you've got sunscreen, a hat if you've got it, or
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  Speaker 2: in any kind of protection, because you know, it could
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  Speaker 2: be very very warm, and we just want to make
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  Speaker 2: sure everybody enjoys it, but it is also safe. But
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  Speaker 2: it's going to be a great time. It's going to
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  Speaker 2: go from ten am to noon and it's just going
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  Speaker 2: to be a fun, wonderful advance.
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  Speaker 1: In the parade. Again, Downtown Seo falls mainly on Phillips Avenue,
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  Speaker 1: and if you get down anywhere on Phillips Avenue and
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  Speaker 1: the main heart of downtown Seo falls, you'll be in
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  Speaker 1: a good place. There's some kind of hotspots that might
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  Speaker 1: be kind of a neat place to be. I know,
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  Speaker 1: the courthouse, the Federal Courthouse courtyard that is where the
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  Speaker 1: mayor is going to do a proclamation kind of in
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  Speaker 1: that area, right at the beginning of the parade. So
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  Speaker 1: that wouldn't be a bad place to hang out because
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  Speaker 1: then you could hear what he has to say and
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  Speaker 1: that proclamation that's kind of a neat thing that you
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  Speaker 1: would had a chance to put together.
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  Speaker 2: To Aaron, yes, I did, and it was it's going
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  Speaker 2: to be wonderful. Yeah, So the mayor is going to
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  Speaker 2: go ahead and read that at about nine point fifty.
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  Speaker 2: I might start and have some introductory remarks just a
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  Speaker 2: few minutes before that. So we're really okay. Yes, the
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  Speaker 2: prey begins, it's at ten o'clock, but maryton Aken will
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  Speaker 2: be right in front of the Federal Courthouse building and
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  Speaker 2: he'll be basically reading the proclamation that I wrote for it,
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  Speaker 2: and he's very excited because he's going to be in
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  Speaker 2: it as well, and it's going to be just it's
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  Speaker 2: it's just going to be great. Yeah.
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  Speaker 1: And again, we've got just under one hundred floats. It'll
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  Speaker 1: be going through and folks cannot throw candy, but they
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  Speaker 1: can hand candy out.
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  Speaker 2: Is that right? Correct? And they and our pary does
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  Speaker 2: folks know this? And the you know, suit Ball's police
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  Speaker 2: as you know, has already you know, kind of told
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  Speaker 2: everybody make sure that happens to the city ordinance and everything.
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  Speaker 2: But you know, even beyond that, we've got you know,
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  Speaker 2: the food truck madness down at the end over in
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  Speaker 2: the Ravens parking lot there to John just want to
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  Speaker 2: mention that because that's going to be amazing food trucks.
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  Speaker 1: And music, absolutely, And I wanted to let folks know
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  Speaker 1: about the candy because you know, again there are some
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  Speaker 1: people who go, well they can't throw candy anymore, but
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  Speaker 1: they can still hand it out. So if you got
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  Speaker 1: kiddo's and they want candy, be sure to bring them.
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  Speaker 1: I guarantee there's going to be quite a bit of
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  Speaker 1: candy there. And then I do want to make sure
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  Speaker 1: we talk about the food truck man and this afterwards,
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  Speaker 1: and that is in is it the raven parking lot?
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  Speaker 1: Is that right?
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  Speaker 2: That's correct, It's going to be down there and our
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  Speaker 2: committee members on is taking care of that. It's going
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  Speaker 2: to be a bunch of food trucks and live music. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: and it's just going to be a neat place that's
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  Speaker 2: going to actually go on till one thirty, so that'll
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  Speaker 2: be after the parade itself is done. And there's going
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  Speaker 2: to be some face painting down by the food trucks
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  Speaker 2: as well as over by ferns and brewing on the
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  Speaker 2: main parade route during the parade. Yeah, so face painting
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  Speaker 2: for the kids or adults. I guess that they want it.
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  Speaker 1: There you go, and they use a really nice, long
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  Speaker 1: lasting paint that won't come off till fall. No, it'll
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  Speaker 1: come off right away. No, come out and have some
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  Speaker 1: fun with us tomorrow. It is going to be a
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  Speaker 1: really good time. Again, Aaron, thank you for all the
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  Speaker 1: time and effort you put into this. It makes a
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  Speaker 1: big difference when you've got a group of people who
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  Speaker 1: care about this type of thing being in charge of it.
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  Speaker 1: And again you're going to be able to tell a
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  Speaker 1: difference at this parade tomorrow, I guarantee it.
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  Speaker 2: Well, Thank you, John, and thank you so much for
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  Speaker 2: all your leadership and all the rest of the committee.
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  Speaker 2: And yes, two falls, come on out and enjoy and
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  Speaker 2: celebrate America. Sooner and fiftieth birthday, and.
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  Speaker 1: We couldn't do any of this without sponsors. So I
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  Speaker 1: want to say a big, huge thank you to the
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  Speaker 1: Mary Chilton Chapter of the DAR, the Daughters of the
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  Speaker 1: American Revolution, that was one of the first groups that
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  Speaker 1: stepped up in a big way to say, hey, we
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  Speaker 1: want to make sure this continues. So big thank you
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  Speaker 1: to them, and also Premier Bank Card and Premieer Bank.
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  Speaker 1: Big thank you to them for stepping up in a
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  Speaker 1: big way. And I know there's many other sponsors as well,
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  Speaker 1: but those are kind of the two big ones, and
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  Speaker 1: we couldn't do it without the financial support. Because these parades,
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  Speaker 1: you'd think, oh, it's just a parade, there's no expense.
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  Speaker 1: Oh there's a lot of expense. The insurance people get involved,
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  Speaker 1: the city make sure we have everything nights and safe
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  Speaker 1: with roadblocks, and that's an expense. So again, it all
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  Speaker 1: adds up. And a huge thank you all the sponsors
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  Speaker 1: for stepping up. And were you surprised how how many
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  Speaker 1: people stepped up because it was a big deal.
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  Speaker 2: I was. And I also want to say thank you
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  Speaker 2: to all of our two fifty for two fifty club members,
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  Speaker 2: just regular citizens, some of them won't even be able
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  Speaker 2: to watch the parade, but they believed in it enough
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  Speaker 2: just financially support it. But thank thank them.
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  Speaker 1: Is there still room if somebody wants to become a
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  Speaker 1: two to fifty club member, It's.
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  Speaker 2: Always room for that. We'll always take that because again,
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  Speaker 2: all the money is going to go towards next year's parade.
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  Speaker 2: We're not making a dime off of it, and we
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  Speaker 2: wouldn't want to.
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  Speaker 1: Absolutely, And if you would like to join the two
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  Speaker 1: fifty for two to fifty club, you can do that
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  Speaker 1: right on the website SF Independence Parade dot Com And Aaron,
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  Speaker 1: I have typed that wrong about a dozen times. Google
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  Speaker 1: always gets me to the right place. So the good
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  Speaker 1: news is, folks, if you don't remember that, if you
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  Speaker 1: type in something close, even a monkey can do it,
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  Speaker 1: because I've done that and I always get to the
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  Speaker 1: right place. But SF Independence Parade dot Com. Aaron, thank
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  Speaker 1: you for your time today. I will see you tomorrow
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  Speaker 1: at the parade.
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  Speaker 2: Thank you, John, thank you so much, and I hope.
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  Speaker 1: To see you tomorrow night at the fireworks. You bet
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  Speaker 1: youa right again, Aaron, in charge of the two falls
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  Speaker 1: Independence Day Parade. If you'd like to know more, SF Independenceparade.
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  Speaker 1: Dot com now