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2000  - the 19th Annual King Mango Strut
2001: A Spaced-Out Oddyssey

Prologue:
An MIA runway/airport employee (in jumper and the ear muff on) using two bananas will direct traffic at the corner of Grand/Main/MacFarlane. He will make sure that we turn left.

2001 Spaced-Out Oddyssey/Dropping the Banana/Gorilla/Bone/Elian/INS Predawn Raiders/Janet Reno/Castro/Marisleysis

The Marching Disorder as best we can recall:

Our Sign: Welcome to the King Mango Strut
Carried by The Gay Scouts of America  Troupe 43

Who wants to be a Little Miss Mango?
Buzz will be Master of Ceremony

Former Miss Mangos: Miss Understood, Miss Judged, Miss Opportunity, Miss Demeanor, Miss Fortune, Miss Giving, Miss Handled, Miss Aligned, Miss Cellaneous, and last but not least Miss Count and Miss Recount.

“Have a Ball at the Barnacle”

The Million Mutt March – A real dog for a president

The Florida Panthers Booster Club will be a human snowdrift

The Billy Bass Brigade
We'll carry the Bass Fish plaques ands sing the song with them with as much synchronization as we've got, but, of course, we'll be Bass Ackwards!

T-shirt Vehicles Coral Gables High School Cheerleaders will sell t-shirts and cheer

We dedicate this Strut to the World Greatest Strutter, Wayne Brehm, May he Strut in Peace

St. Agnes Progressive Marching Band

Wayne Brehmn, Grand Marshall Dead of Alive
“Wayne’s made an ash of himself one more time”

Wayne’s World, Wayne’s World, Excellent, Party On Dude
A tribute to a groovy Grovite, Wayne Brehm, jeweler, cartoonist, civic leader, a one of the sikest brains in the Mango Strut

The Chia Pet Car

Tillie Tooter and the blind, deaf and dumb FHP Trooper Or the Tellie Tooter Driving School
They can’t find Tillie but they can find the closest Dunkin Donuts, Trooper showing a pic of an upside down car saying, “Have you seen this car?” Signs: “Where in hell is Tillie?” “I’ve fallen and I can’t get out”

The Firestone Rollover and Over and Over
Band: Road Kill
People dance the new dance, "The Rollover," where you peel off your cloths as you rollover to the music. Slogan for Firestone “Invite us to your next blowout." “have you rolled with a Ford lately?”

Spankin Group (Wants to be behind a band)
Butch Warren is working on this one

The Great Banana Republic
Nicky, Jacqui & Ingrid throw bananas at people. The new republic’s food program “Let them eat Bananas!” “Live Longer – Eat Bananas”

“Who Let the Dogs Out! Woof! Woof!”
Dogs, music, a vehicle the Rug Rat, and they will all have pooper scoopers.

Token Politician: South Miami Super Mayor Robaina “You poop, we scoop”

King Orange pulls the last orange tree in So. Florida

Citrus Canker Nazis
Spray Cologne King Canker

Chain Saw Choir
Glenn will conduct.

Manny Diaz Phantom Trees

Demetrio Perez, Jr. "Parade of Homes "
Skool Board Member, Papa Perez dressed as a Bandolero with 2 pistols saying, “Your kids are safe with me.” Or OJ’s ultimate houseguest “Let’s take nepotism to a new depth”
Houses: Ted Shed, Dog house, Barbie Malibu House, Out House, Chicken Coop, Bird house

Miami’s New Baseball Park: Penelas Park

Jay Love demands a recount! “All you need is Love””

The One Ear Society Canvassing Board’s “Your Stroke Counts”
Members will dress in white overalls and carry canvasses and throughout the parade children will be encouraged to stroke the canvass with a paint brush and by the end it will be a work of art of the people…for the people…by the people…of the future. After the canvassing board inspects

The Palm Beach Pokey
Sign “We thought it was James Buchanan!"

Jews for Buchanan

The Oral Majority “No More Bush It”

Green Party – The Ultimate Green Machine
“5% or Bust” & “America: Unsafe at any speed”

Ryder Truck with ballots and chads dangling from bumper.
Tallahasse or Bust, D.C. or Bust,

Sonny & Chad singing their greatest new hit “They’ve Got Your Chad”

The Million Chad March/hanging, swinging, dimpled, pregnant, etc…
What if during the Million Chad March, a pregnant chad goes into labor (their ballot broke) and all the chads surround the expecting chad breathing in unison (bush, bush, bush, its coming, keep going,) and then voila! a chad is born - this one with a dimple (after the canvassing board checks it out.)  Who let the Chads out! Woof! Chadfellas! Mary had a Little Chad, Chads in the Hoods

BUSH (DUBYA) and DICK driving away with uncounted ballot boxes in the trunk, drinking beer and getting DUI’s
Maybe this car can follow them yelling at bubba to wait for them the got the beer. They are listening to Eminen’s song “Who’s the real slim shady, please stand up “

The Butterfly Ballot Blues Band
Butterfly Ballots will fly with Bush and Gore trying to catch a few extra votes.

Katherine Harris Voodoo Doll

Santa Claus “Guess where the missing ballots are?”

Ladies & Gentlemen The Supremes with their hit single "Stop - in the name of Bush, we won't recount the vote, it is over..." and B side "Ain't no recount high enough"  

Briefcase Brigade & Constitutional Guardians of America “Are Lawyers Human?

President Bush’s New Ambassador to Chad, will certifiy anything with an Elephant on it and tear up anything with a donkey on it.

“I’m a party girl”

Clinton retired in Florida talks to Senator Hillary on the phone about the important work of an ex-president, playing golf with the hooter girls, her $8 mil. book deal with Simon & Schuster, Monica drops by (on her knees),

Battle of the Bulged, men suffering from Viagra abuse in a 12-step program

Martin Burgers or the Bongo Boys

NOT-SO-GRAND MARSHALL Do the Right Thing – Steal! Warshaw AMEX Receipts: flowers4U, Victoria Secret, Executive Motel. Sponsored by Police Pension Fund

“Marching under mother earth’s sheild & standards – all mothers of the earth or earth mothers – allowing for tastelessness in so where it’s possible.

You be the Fisherman
A lifesize picture of the famous picture during the Elian seize. Fishin Boat “Fishin’ for Fame & Fortune” Fishing pole

Sailing Club

Ellen wants to know if she is the still the Queen

Bobby Deresz, a.k.a. Bobby the Clean Up Clown

Hare Krishnas are back all 500 of them and their hydraulic wagon

The Mocko Jumbie