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2000 Community Homecoming Script 1 Police Vehicle The sighting of the City of Fort Collins Police car means the parade has officially started! So sit back and enjoy watching parade entries from the business community, municipal government, school district and Colorado State University! This should be great fun! 2 Banner Carriers Today's parade begins with a banner carried by junior girl scouts from Dunn Elementary, Julie Brokish and Renee Wanger continue the tradition of having girl scouts carry the banner announcing the parade theme: Bring!11g the World Horne. 3 Combined Foot Color Guard We learned that it is not only traditional, but a statute that the parade is led by a color guard of active duty military personnel. Today's color guard is comprised of local recruiters from the United States Navy, United States Marine Corps, United States Army and the United States Air Force. 4 Wing Walker Honor Guard The Wing Walker Honor Guard is commanded by Cadet and Lieutenant James Rosner. They are national champions in four-rnan exhibition drill and 2nd and 3'ct in the nation in inspection and overall competition. This year they will be competing in the Southern California Invitational Drill meet and at the National Invitation Drill meet at the Air Force Academy. The Wing Walker Drill Team is an elite group of cadets who provide color-guard support at most Ram athletic events as well as university events. They have consistently been ranked in the top three units in national drill competition for the past several years. The Wing Walkers represent the pride and honor of CSU's Air Force ROTC. 5 Mounted Color Guard A new feature of today's parade is a mounted color guard which certainly adds a patriotic touch to see our country's flag displayed atop these beautiful horses. 6 Street Sweeper Looks like the parade organizers are being kind this year and doing a little in-progress clean-up before the CSU Band has to dodge any road apples! 7 CSU Cheerleaders The CSU cheerleaders represent the university at athletic events, and many community events. These student-athletes bring enthusiasm, spirit and tremendous athletic ability as they perform their routines that include incredible acrobatics. Go Rams! 8 CSU Golden Porns The CSU Golden Porns work on their dance routines for many weeks and months and perform at CSU football and basketball games. Their dance routines are choreographed to music performed by the CSU Marching Band. 9 CSU Flag Team The CSU Flag Team is part of the CSU Marching Band. These young ladies audition for membership on the Flag Team and travel with the Band to perform at CSU football games. 10 CSU Marching Band With 158 members in the CSU marching band, the Golden Porns, Cheerleaders and Flag Team perform at football games and other community events. 11 CAM the Ram CAM the Ram, official Colorado State University mascot since 1949 and 17th in succession is pulled by a 2000 Chevrolet Suburban donated to the CAM the Ram program by Mike Shaw Chevrolet of Denver and Colorado Springs. CAM is a three-year-old Rambouillet ram that lives at the CSU College of Agricultural Sciences Animal Sciences Department research farm. The Ram handlers are full-time CSU students who are selected annually following competitive tryouts. They are responsible for delivering CAM to athletic, alumni, agricultural and community events. 12 CSU Alumni Marching Band Dust off your instruments and practice your tunes as we welcome the CSU Alumni Marching Band celebrating their 7th year in the homecoming parade. Graduates from 1957 to 1999 are "Bringing the World Home" as they play familiar tunes and demonstrate their marching techniques. You can see more of the Alumni Marching band as they join the CSU Marching band in pre-game field performances at tonight's homecoming game. 13 1950 Fire Engine Here's a 1950 American LaFrance Pumper, which used to be the Longmont Engine #3. This vehicle is owned by Roger and Nancy Rogers of Fort Collins, who are carrying members of the local Elks Lodge. 14 Northern Colorado New Horizons Band Northern Colorado New Horizons band was formed in 1997 to give adults 50 and older an opportunity to learn to play a band instrument, or to renew skills of those who may have played many years ago. The band performs in many parades and events throughout Northern Colorado. Join the band by calling Boomer Music Company. 15 Egg & I The Egg & I Restaurants presents the famous Wienermobile! This 27-foot long futuristic "wiener" is really a state of the art vehicle with great video equipment inside. There are six wienermobiles on the road throughout the U.S. The Egg & I proudly serves Oscar Mayer products at their local restaurants. Tyler Zander, riding in a Saab donated by Tynans, would like to say thank you to Fort Collins and Colorado for all the love, prayers and donations that are being sent his way. Thank you everyone! 16 Dr. Don Unger Dr. Don Unger joins us for today's parade. Dr. Unger is the Superintendent of Schools for Poudre School District. The school district covers a geographical area of over 1,850 miles, and has 45 schools pre-kindergarten through 12th grade which serve the educational needs of over 23,800 students. 17 Board of Education The Poudre School District Board of Education are the elected leaders of the school district. This seven-member board meets twice each month to carry out the vision of PSD, to promote a safe environment while leading an accountable learning community which challenges all students to achieve, to their highest potential, the knowledge, skills and commitment needed to be fulfilled, productive members of society in a changing world. 18 FCHS Student Council And here comes Fort Collins High School Student Council with their float titled "Bringing Fort Collins Home." They have created their own baseball field and are sliding horne in the own creative way! The students are appropriately dressed in FCHS baseball uniforms and they are very excited to be here today! 19 FCHS Faculty /Staff Corning horne to a quality education. The Fort Collins faculty and staff are celebrating the great things that are happening in our classrooms every day. 20 FCHS National Honor Society Fort Collins High School National Honor Society is a group of juniors and seniors who work hard to maintain a high grade point average, establish good relations with the community and volunteer many hours for community service. 21 FCHS Boosters "Bringing the World Horne" is a common phrase at Fort Collins High School as we welcome many international students to our school. Students from Brazil, Yugoslavia, Sweden, Japan and other distant places add richness and variety to our student body. We hope they reap many benefits from their time with us. Boosters is the oldest club at Fort Collins High School and promotes school spirit for all activities at the school. Fort Collins High School Boosters sends a big HELLO to all. 22 Fort Collins High School Band The Fort Collins High School Band is directed by Mike Smith. The 160 band members call themselves the Purple Regiment. 23 Bishop Michael Bergman of the Old Catholic Church of Antioch Bishop Michael Bergman is the Bishop for the State of Colorado archdioceses. We welcome him as a dignitary in today's parade. Many of the dignitaries today are riding in vintage cars donated and driven by members of the Fort Collins Antique Car Club. 24 Lincoln Junior High The Lincoln Junior High float was made by the students in Dave Schlehuber's class. His students contributed all the decorations and beds. Li8ncoln Junior High has an undefeated 8th grade football team coached by former Denver Bronco Vance Johnson and the school boasts one of the best peer rnediationprograrns in the district. Veterans/Patriotic Division 25 The next portion of this year's Community Homecoming Parade is a contingent of our nation's military, veterans and Air Force ROTC. Our veterans, who are serving and have served the people of this great country in their quest for freedom and peace, proudly carry the Flag of the United States of America. 25a Stanley Steemer Carpet Cleaner Vehicle and Boy Scouts of America Stanley Steemer graciously provided the vehicle that carries the Boy Scouts who are now distributing the American flag to the spectators. Please wave your flag with pride! These American flags were donated through the generosity of several organizations and individuals, all of which believe that our nation's flag should be respected and carried proudly. 25b Rocky Mountain Chapter- 82nd Airborne Division Association Our Airborne Veterans are here today from all over Colorado and Wyoming to display proudly the colors and guidons of Airborne units of our nation. Three generations of paratroopers, glidermen, Ranger and Special Forces represent the "All Airborne" Rocky Mountain Chapter of the 82nd Airborne Division Association. They are a brotherhood of veterans of many wars for freedom: WWII, Korea, VietNam, Granada and Desert Storm. This chapter includes veterans from all Airborne units past and present. Today's 82nd Airborne, the contingency division for the United States, is ready at a moment's notice to jump directly into combat anywhere in the world and to fight until reinforced. They are "America's Guard of Honor." Banner-"All Served. Some Gave All." Their first float is a reminder of the price paid by many American soldiers for "A Small Piece Of Real Estate". This is just a reminder of what was done to ensure that those of us today could continue to live in a free country, the greatest country in the world.