at one point in the parade, I went up on a balcony in one of the downtown hotels and I wanted to catch what was going on from a bird's eye view when our float came through. It was amazing. Our float was crawling so slowly because the kids wanted to be engaging with the crowds so much. Our festival board members were doing what they did. They showed up. They were very organized. They're handing out stickers and they were holding the banner but the kids were the one that connected with the crowd and brought smiles and cheers and just had a really great heartwarming feel.