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Bands Hit The Streets in West Indian Parade
Aired September 01, 2003 - 10:34 ET
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HEIDI COLLINS, CNN ANCHOR: It's billed as the biggest parade in North America and it is certainly the biggest one this Labor Day. The West Indian American Day Parade steps off at 11:00 Eastern in Brooklyn. Thirty marching bands, hundreds of corporate VIPs, scores of politicians, and our own CNN Deborah Feyerick, she is reporting live this morning from Brooklyn. Hello to you, Deborah.
DEBORAH FEYERICK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hey, there Heidi.
Well, dozens of bands are going to be making their way up Eastern Parkway. This is one of the most festive parades here in New York, a lot of reggae, a lot of calypso, and I can tell you it smells great.
Bella (ph) over here at this stand was cooking since yesterday afternoon. They've got curry goat, jerk chicken, rice peas, everything you can imagine. Over here you can see a lot of folks gathering. There are some flags, people representing their country and many countries are going to be here today, Trinidad, Tobago, St. Lucia, Barbados, Bermuda.
One of the people who has come is Veronica Miller (ph) from the Bronx. Tell me what is the best thing about this parade?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We get to stand as one nation. A lot of us come together. There's a lot of ancestors here. Everybody is welcome. I look forward to seeing the different costumes.
FEYERICK: The costumes are great. I mean they're colorful. They're elaborate and the music, tell me about the music.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The music is beautiful, you know. It goes back to (UNINTELLIGIBLE) You know. He brought light to (UNINTELLIGIBLE).
FEYERICK: This is just the parade to be here, especially if it's a rainy day here in Brooklyn but it doesn't matter. You're going to sit through the whole parade?
MILLER: Yes. For the last four years it's been raining so I wouldn't miss it for the world.
FEYERICK: All right, and Mike (ph) are you there, you're all ready too aren't you?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) FEYERICK: So, Mike and Veronica, thank you very much. Again, just a lot of great people here just celebrating the culture, the heritage, really coming together for this wonderfully festive parade -- Heidi.
COLLINS: Deborah Feyerick live from Brooklyn this morning. Yes, who cares if it rains huh? Thanks so much Deborah.
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Aired September 1, 2003 - 10:34 ET
THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.
HEIDI COLLINS, CNN ANCHOR: It's billed as the biggest parade in North America and it is certainly the biggest one this Labor Day. The West Indian American Day Parade steps off at 11:00 Eastern in Brooklyn. Thirty marching bands, hundreds of corporate VIPs, scores of politicians, and our own CNN Deborah Feyerick, she is reporting live this morning from Brooklyn. Hello to you, Deborah.
DEBORAH FEYERICK, CNN CORRESPONDENT: Hey, there Heidi.
Well, dozens of bands are going to be making their way up Eastern Parkway. This is one of the most festive parades here in New York, a lot of reggae, a lot of calypso, and I can tell you it smells great.
Bella (ph) over here at this stand was cooking since yesterday afternoon. They've got curry goat, jerk chicken, rice peas, everything you can imagine. Over here you can see a lot of folks gathering. There are some flags, people representing their country and many countries are going to be here today, Trinidad, Tobago, St. Lucia, Barbados, Bermuda.
One of the people who has come is Veronica Miller (ph) from the Bronx. Tell me what is the best thing about this parade?
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: We get to stand as one nation. A lot of us come together. There's a lot of ancestors here. Everybody is welcome. I look forward to seeing the different costumes.
FEYERICK: The costumes are great. I mean they're colorful. They're elaborate and the music, tell me about the music.
UNIDENTIFIED FEMALE: The music is beautiful, you know. It goes back to (UNINTELLIGIBLE) You know. He brought light to (UNINTELLIGIBLE).
FEYERICK: This is just the parade to be here, especially if it's a rainy day here in Brooklyn but it doesn't matter. You're going to sit through the whole parade?
MILLER: Yes. For the last four years it's been raining so I wouldn't miss it for the world.
FEYERICK: All right, and Mike (ph) are you there, you're all ready too aren't you?
UNIDENTIFIED MALE: (UNINTELLIGIBLE) FEYERICK: So, Mike and Veronica, thank you very much. Again, just a lot of great people here just celebrating the culture, the heritage, really coming together for this wonderfully festive parade -- Heidi.
COLLINS: Deborah Feyerick live from Brooklyn this morning. Yes, who cares if it rains huh? Thanks so much Deborah.
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