11/28/11

Making It There: New Orleans' 610 Stompers at Herald Square

Blame it on the Olympics: During its broadcast of the Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade, NBC was running a promo about its coverage of next summers' games just as New Orleans’ 610 Stompers were approaching the coverage site at Herald Square in front of Macy's. Thusly was the national TV audience deprived of being properly introduced to this testosteronic group and of knowing its motto, “ordinary Men with extraordinary Moves.”

At the same spot where within the hour the Rockettes and then the cast of Spiderman had...

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11/21/11

Thanksgiving 2005: When Salvation Stopped By