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He claimed: 'Good News, New York City: the winds are holding and the #MacysThanksgivingDayParade balloons will FLY!.' The parade, which got underway at 9am, began at the corner of West 77th Street and Central Park West in New York City as it made its way down Sixth Avenue to Macy's Herald Square location. SARAH VINE: Royal biographer Omid Scobie may be a leech... but the treachery of Harry was so much worse

In 2017, a gust on an otherwise calm day sent a smaller balloon into a tree branch. That one popped and fell harmlessly onto the crowd. Joanna Mammen and her family came from Bradford County in northern Pennsylvania to revisit the parade she attended every year — rain, shine or wind — as a girl growing up in the Bronx. Parade officials announced that the balloons would fly despite fears that high winds would scupper plans This started 93 years ago with a group of colleagues who wanted to do something for family and their community. 'It is a very proud moment for the Macy's family.' Parade officials and the New York Police Department had been keeping an eye on wind gauges along the 2.5-mile route that snakes through Manhattan. The balloons aren't allowed to fly if it's too windy.

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The NYPD's highway patrol department provided a cavalcade and sounded their sirens as they signaled the beginning of the parade, with Tom the giant turkey leading the route. Just Stop Oil protestors spared from road obstruction charges - as police arrested them while the green man was showing To be a part of the parade, Macy's staff have to audition. Genette said they hold 'thousands' of auditions throughout the year. The balloon lands beside the puppet theatre. Dancers from all over the world come to life and leap out of the theatre. The Mouse King is finally vanquished by the heroic nephew and a magnificent celebration begins. The dancers perform divertissements. The puppet theatre disappears to reveal a beautiful garden, amongst which dancers perform the Waltz of the Flowers. Finally, Clara dances a glorious pas de deux as the Sugar Plum Fairy with the Nephew as the Prince. They are joined by all the characters from around the world. The people handling the balloons are all Macy's employees or Macy's friends and family, Gennette added.

However the balloon became so deflated, with handlers dragging it along by the time it reached Upper West Side to 42nd Street it had to exit the parade. As his Ministers ponder whether to intervene in sale of Telegraph to group part-funded by UAE ruling family... Rishi Sunak insists a free press and competitive media sector is important to our democracyTax cuts are just the beginning! Rishi Sunak says last week's 2p off National Insurance is the 'start of a journey' now he's 'got inflation under control' Macy's CEO Jeffrey Gennette promised a great parade with the balloons 'at half mast or not,' he said.

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I’m a surgeon who’s survived breast cancer - here’s what women need to know about having a mastectomy and how ops to rebuild breasts can leave them looking and feeling natural,' writes DR LIZ O'RIORDAN But Macy's Vice President Susan Tercero had good news a half-hour before the parade's start. 'We're going to start, and they're going to fly a little lower,' she said on NBC. Mayor Bill de Blasio also tweeted the 'good news.' Spectators lined up a half-dozen deep along the route on a breezy but beautiful fall day, with leaves and confetti swirling in the wind.