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Speaker 1: We might spot a few finally decorated cars and trucks

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Speaker 1: and tractors and no doubt trailers at the NBS Ashburton

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Speaker 1: Center Parade, which returns next set today the sixth of December.

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Speaker 1: Head Elf pulling it all together is Christmas Carol John's morning,

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Speaker 1: Morning Luke. How are you very good? So we're back

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Speaker 1: down warnut have, Yes.

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Speaker 2: We are. Actually, it's actually turned out to be a

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Speaker 2: fantastic place for it.

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Speaker 1: I reckon the best thing to happen to the parade.

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Speaker 1: I know there's some that would still like to see

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Speaker 1: it down East Street for nostalgia's sake, but it's perfect

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Speaker 1: with the trees that provide all the shade and the

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Speaker 1: big wide street road.

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Speaker 2: Yeah there. And we couldn't have it down East Street now,

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Speaker 2: and if we did, it would only about to go

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Speaker 2: one way.

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Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, So I think that's why I've been able

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Speaker 1: to get the double take when they come back to

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Speaker 1: the other side.

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Speaker 2: But you wouldn't vow to do it now, not down

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Speaker 2: East Street. So and the feedback of head Luke is,

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Speaker 2: you know, like you say, with the trees, the access

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Speaker 2: for mothers with prams and the elderly with their scooters,

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Speaker 2: so it's a lot more user friendly down there.

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Speaker 1: I'm pretty sure you said last year was the biggest.

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Speaker 1: Yet have you grown again? Yes? How many are rented?

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Speaker 2: Well, I'm on my second page. I've got eight new

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Speaker 2: people that went in it last year plus all last year.

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Speaker 2: So last year it ran for an hour and twenty minutes,

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Speaker 2: so I think this year were possibly looking at about

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Speaker 2: two hours.

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Speaker 1: Bring a chair.

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Speaker 2: So my biggest concern was that I'm not going to

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Speaker 2: have enough room. We're you. I was thinking, I'm not

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Speaker 2: going to have to shift again, am I?

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Speaker 1: But we were gather at the start.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, but good old ashburt In College. I approached Charlie

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Speaker 2: and he said, Carol, it's a community event. We can

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Speaker 2: use the grass area beside the Netwill Corps to get

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Speaker 2: everyone organized before they come into Willnut Abb So what

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Speaker 2: a huge weight off my shoulders not to you know,

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Speaker 2: it's just getting like Luke, it's the community. It's our

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Speaker 2: community that pull this together.

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Speaker 1: Can you give us heads up on some of the floats.

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Speaker 2: We've got some new ones or some of.

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Speaker 1: The some of your pecks.

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Speaker 2: Well, I never know what we're getting, you see, I

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Speaker 2: know who's entering, I don't know what they're actually doing

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Speaker 2: so yeah, so it's a bit of a surprise for

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Speaker 2: me too. But some of the new ones. We've got

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Speaker 2: this Manhunt College Super lou so that could be quite interesting.

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Speaker 2: I'm hoping to see a gritch or someone sitting on

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Speaker 2: a toilet in there. And yeah, so hopefully this traction

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Speaker 2: engine might be joining in us this year. They haven't

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Speaker 2: been able to join us for a week while because

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Speaker 2: of you know, they've got to be work safe and

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Speaker 2: all the rest of it. But yeah, look it's it's

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Speaker 2: just grows and grows. The cabs and coffee people that

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Speaker 2: came last year overheated. So we're going to do a

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Speaker 2: bit of a They're going to run off first before

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Speaker 2: the actual parade starts, so yeah, they're just desperate to

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Speaker 2: come and join us and got on them. So I'm

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Speaker 2: just going to set them off first so they can

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Speaker 2: go at their pace, and then we'll let the pipe

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Speaker 2: being go and the parade will start, so they're still

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Speaker 2: part of the parade, but they're just outfront so they

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Speaker 2: don't overheat.

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Speaker 1: It could be the first scene to parade in the

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Speaker 1: country that starts with a quarter mile drag.

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Speaker 2: I can imagine that couldn't you.

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Speaker 1: Get under twelve thirty.

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Speaker 2: And so what you got? What do you got happening?

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Speaker 1: Luke oh is in the radio station. Yeah, I'm working

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Speaker 1: on something.

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Speaker 2: Well.

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Speaker 1: The theme is picked by last year's float when it's

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Speaker 1: Phoenix Preschool. I love this unwrapping the joy of Christmas,

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Speaker 1: So it's along those lines. It's going to be something

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Speaker 1: to do with presents and unwrapping and dressing ourselves up.

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Speaker 2: It kind of leaves it pretty open. Yeah, but you know,

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Speaker 2: to me, I can kind of envisage, you know, like

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Speaker 2: for different people, it's different things like barbecue, fishing, camping.

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Speaker 2: You know, that's the joy of Christmas. So kind of

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Speaker 2: leaves it pretty open, really, doesn't it.

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Speaker 1: You're rappling off all the stuff that's on my Center

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Speaker 1: wish list. Bring it on next Saturday, down Warner to

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Speaker 1: have the return of the NBS Ashput and Center Parade.

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Speaker 1: Cheers Carrol