My Special Events PowerPoint

By: D. C.

What Event Would I Choose?I would like to go to see The Phantom

of the Opera on Broadway. I would like to go to the International Comic Con in San Diego. I would rather go see the Macy’s Day Parade on Thanksgiving because I always wanted to see the different balloons and floats in the parade.

How I’m Going to Get There

I am going to drive to Little Rock.

Buy a plane ticket to New York, all round trip.

It will be about a three hour flight.

The Hotel I’m Going to Stay In

First Choice: I’m going to stay at the Courtyard New York Manhattan/Herald Square in a room that looks over the parade, the room is $344 dollars per night.

Second Choice: I’m going to stay at the New York Hilton Midtown in the Thanksgiving Premium View Room which a person could see the whole parade from their room, but it is $1,129 per night.

What the Parade Will Have

Balloons Marching Bands Musical Performances Clowns Performing Groups Novelty Balloons Floats Balloonicles

History of the Macy’s Parade The Macy’s Day Parade started in 1924 and was called

the Macy’s Christmas Parade.

The Macy’s Day Parade was started by Macy’s workers, and the parade exhibited animals from the Central Park Zoo.

The parade did not have huge, inflatable balloons until 1927 and the first balloon was of Felix the Cat.

The parade was televised locally in 1946 and nationally in 1947.

In 1946, falloons were created. “Falloon” is a term that the Macy’s Parade Studio uses that means a balloon figure on a float.

Facts About the Macy’s Parade In 1957, during a downpour, the Popeye balloon’s hat started

to fill with water and pour water on spectators.

Out of all the times the parade broadcasted on TV, the event won 12 Emmys for Outstanding Achievement since 1972.

The balloons are 40 feet tall and 28 feet wide, but they can fold up into a 12-by-8 foot box to get to their places the day before the parade through the Lincoln Tunnel.

The most occurring balloon in the Macy’s parade is the Snoopy balloon which has been in 37 Macy’s parades and has had 7 different balloon versions.

The parade is little over 2 miles and stretches from 7th street to the Macy’s Herald Square and has a wide range of exciting floats to balloons.

Parade Balloons

References

http://social.macys.com/parade/?cm_mmc=VanityUrl-_-parade-_-n-_-n

http://cititour.com/NYC_Events/Macys-Thanksgiving-Day-Parade-2013/7564

http://www3.hilton.com/en/hotels/new-york/new-york-hilton-midtown-NYCNHHH/offers/100032690.htm

http://www.travelmath.com/flying-time/from/New+York,+NY/to/Little+Rock,+AR

http://www.marriott.com/hotels/fact-sheet/travel/nycms-courtyard-new-york-manhattan-herald-square/

http://www.marriott.com/reservation/rateListMenu.mi#