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The summer of 1997 saw the world premier of Disney's Hercules animated motion picture in New York City. As part of the extravaganza, Disney imported the world famous Main Street Electrical Parade from California and had it perform across 42nd Street from the Amsterdam Theater, and then up New York's 5th Avenue until it reached Central Park.

The event included a live TV special from in front of the Amsterdam Theater, a special stage show in the theater for the invited guests and the custom performance of the Electrical Parade alone the 3 mile parade route of Manhattan.  I heard numbers as high as 2 million people lines the parade route that evening to see a once in a lifetime performance.  A custom sound system was developed and installed along the 3 miles parade route to recreate the same conditions as those at Disneyland as the parade floats passed by.

Kerry, standing in the white t-shirt on the left, has the single distinction as being the only person in the entire 25 year history of the Main Street Electrical Parade to have driven a float in each of the years that it has been performed.  For me (standing behind the camera) being able to take part was a huge honor to reprise my role as the leader of a very special parade.