The Mangoheads met on Monday night in Coral Gables. A proposed rough draft of a proposed license agreement was made between Glenn Terry and the Strut corporation (Coconut Players, Inc.), allowing them to use the King Mango Strut name and logo for the next 33 years.
A resolution was made, which would allow the Strut to move if the City does not give them a permit this year, the resolution goes like this: "If Coconut Players, Inc. is unable to get the City of Miami's permission to put on a 2009 parade on the streets of Coconut Grove we will consider producing our parade at another site or in another city."
The Mangoheads agreed that if they do have a parade this year, "Balloon Boy" or something prominent in this year's news should be the grand marshall. Michael Jackson?
Someone volunteered their 7-year-old son as Balloon Boy, as long as he is is not forced to go aloft. They told him that popping out of a box repeatedly, would do.
Meanwhile, back at the ranch, actually, at the BID Special Events and Marketing meeting yesterday, Antoinette Baldwin explained that there are two applications in for the same event, they are under the names King Mango Strut, Inc. (the original) and Coconut Players, Inc. (the new group). Glenn Terry is apparently director of both.
According to City laws, the preference for each event date goes to the event that has the status quo, in other words, the original event gets first dibs on the date in question. So the original King Mango Strut, Inc. has first rights to the last Sunday of the year, which is December 27.
As of now, the City refuses to make a decision on who gets the date and who gets the application approved, even though the law is clear. The city needs to secure the date and the BID will then give funding for the event. It's all up in the air right now.
It's a parody of itself. Is there a marching unit ready for this?
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