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November 21 - 27, 2020—23 The Greeneville Sun, Greeneville, TN The Greeneville Sun, Greeneville, TN November 21 - 27, 2020 — 23 "For the large balloons, we usually have about 100 people staffed under them walking through the streets," reports Tercero. "We knew we had to reduce participation by 75 percent, and the only way to do that with the balloons was to have a different configuration. "Doing a parade in a rime of a pandemic certainly is dif- ferent," Tercero notes, "but we have new balloons — Boss Baby and Red Titan from 'Ryan's World,' which has been a YouTube sensation — and new floats that we're showcas- ing. And we've replaced the bands that won't be here with By Jay Bobbin This year's Macy's Thanks- giving Day Parade will have such traditional trademarks as balloons, bands and Broadway — but some things will be dif- ferent, too. The coronavirus pandemic has necessitated changes to the procession that signals the start of the holiday season ... and for the first time, it will be a television-only event as NBC broadcasts the 94th annual edi- tion of the New York parade Thursday, Nov. 26. Many tradi- tions will continue, though, including the participation of regulars from NBC's weekday edition of "Today." Susan Tercero, Macy's vice president of production, ex- plains that the plan to do the 2020 parade began by consider- ing "the most iconic elements of the parade that everyone expects. We started from a place of what would be the safest way would be for us to go about presenting that. We will have a couple of bands, but not ones coming in from out of state. We really thought that would not be the best decision from a health and safety standpoint. "A lot of those students really didn't know where they'd be at in their own situations," Terce- ro adds. "Would they even have marching bands performing in the fall? Dealing with that was the easiest thing in a lot of ways, since they needed to make their plans pretty quickly; deferring to the 2021 parade was going to be the best op- tion for them. Then, we moved down the line from there." With social distancing a prime concern, a substantial reduction of participants in the parade became paramount. Those handling the character balloons will be much fewer, with the inflatables towed by special vehicles instead. CroSSWord Solution Puzzle on Page 17 Sudoku Solution Puzzle on Page 25 filled by client some beautiful performances from different cultural parades that haven't had the chance to go down their traditional routes. It's going to be an excit- ing year." For those who typically watch the parade on television, Tercero forecasts that "it's not going to be too different. You'll still see the balloons floating in the sky, performers dressed in costumes, Broadway numbers ... overall, the essence of the parade will feel the same, and the beauty of it is that we'll be doing a lot of it live." Editor's Pick A pandemic won't stop the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Santa Claus will make his featured appearance in The 94th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade Thursday on NBC. A F H E T Y E S O R D K U Q R L D R T O M S E S E F N E A E O S U W T B P C D H E S R V C P A N I E A U H F O B V I A L E A H U S Y P A Q O R J G D X Z A R C N S M I G G O U G O W Y R A N Y I S Z I T D A M A C A U L A L D D S P V D B I X Z L B V I V E L P A I M G L O P A U A X Z A B N S P A N O E K U R U H T U B R V J N Z N G Y R S B E D G I A O V U A U L I E Z R G V H I G G I N S A O Z N B E A O M C L R V Y P N T F M T D O G F A X C F R G V A H Bingo Solution Puzzle on Page 29 SearCh Solution Puzzle on Page 9

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