ONE
ONE DAY
ONE DAY I
ONE DAY I WILL SAY I KNEW HIM WHEN AND IT'S ALREADY
HAPPENING.
HAPPENING. SO YEAH.
SO YEAH.
SO YEAH. SO THANK YOU SO MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>>> WE ARE TALKING ABOUT THE
LOUISVILLE ZOO RIGHT HERE ON
WHAS11 AND GREAT DAY LIVE.
I AM TONY VANETTI WITH MY
FRIEND JOHN.
FRIEND JOHN. HOW ARE YOU DOING BUDDY?
>> I'M DOING GREAT.
I GOT MY FIRST VACCINATION LAST
WEEK AND I'M THRILLED.
I'M ELATED.
I'M ELATED. IT WAS WONDERFUL AND IT WE ARE
DOING GREAT.
DOING GREAT. >> AND ALL THE ANIMALS ARE
JEALOUS, THEY DIDN'T GET THEIR
VACCINE YET.
VACCINE YET. >> WE ARE KEEPING THEM SAFE,
TRYING TO KEEP THE STAFF ALL
SAFE.
SAFE.
SAFE. WITH ALL OF OUR SAFETY
PROTOCOLS AND OUR SNOW LEOPARDS
ACTUALLY DID COME DOWN WITH
COVID IN DECEMBER.
BUT THEY ARE DOING WELL NOW.
THEY GOT OVER THAT, THEY TESTED
NEGATIVE BY MID-JANUARY, AND THE
OTHER ONES, THE DAY WE PUT THEM
BACK OUT TOGETHER, THE FEMALE
WAS IN AN AMOROUS MOOD.
SO WE ARE HOPING THAT MAYBE THE
NEXT TIME SHE IS AMOROUS, WE
WILL HAVE SNOW LEOPARD CUBS.
>> YOU KNOW HOW MUCH I LOVE THE
SOUP.
SOUP.
SOUP. MY
SOUP. MY FAMILY, SO MUCH OF MY
IMMEDIATE FAMILY AND EVERYONE
ELSE, NOW, IT'S WARMER, YOU
LOOK OUTSIDE AND YOU'RE LIKE OH
MY GOSH, THIS IS FANTASTIC.
BUT WE ARE STILL UNDER SOME
DIFFERENT RULES.
DIFFERENT RULES. PLEASE GO OVER, FOR EVERYONE
THAT WANTS TO GO TO THE ZOO IN
THIS NICE WEATHER, WHAT THE
PROTOCOLS ARE.
PROTOCOLS ARE. >> SO WE STILL HAVE CAPACITY
LIMITS.
LIMITS.
LIMITS. IT IS 4500 PEOPLE A DAY.
THERE'S LOTS OF OPPORTUNITIES.
IF YOU COULD COME ON MONDAY TO
FRIDAY, YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE A
MUCH BETTER CHANCE AT HAVING A
THOUGHT THEN SATURDAY OR
SUNDAY.
SUNDAY.
SUNDAY. IT'S HALF MEMBERS AND
PAID
PAID ADMISSION.
ADMISSION. WE MIGHT HAVE SOME PAID
ADMISSION SLOTS THAT WE CAN
SLIDE YOU INTO.
WE DO REQUIRE MASKS.
GUESTS ARE REQUIRED TO WEAR
MASKS.
MASKS.
MASKS. EVERYWHERE THROUGHOUT THE ZOO
WHERE THEY CANNOT SOCIAL
DISTANCE.
DISTANCE.
DISTANCE. SO IF THEY ARE AT A PICNIC
TABLE AND OTHER PEOPLE ARE GOOD
DISTANCE AWAY, THEY CAN TAKE
THEIR MASKS OFF.
BUT FOR EVERYONE'S SAFETY, WE
ARE REQUIRING MASKS THROUGHOUT
THE PARK.
THE PARK.
THE PARK. >> THE SPECIAL THING GOING ON
NOW IS THE LIGHTS.
LET'S GO OVER THE DISPLAYS THAT
WE CAN SEE, AND OBVIOUSLY WE
HAVE TO GO LATER TO THE ZOO TO
SEE THIS.
SEE THIS.
SEE THIS. TELL ME WHAT'S GOING ON.
>> IT'S OUR WILD LIGHTS.
OUR FESTIVAL, WITH OUR PARTNER
WHO DOES ABOUT 40 OF THESE
EVENTS AROUND THE WORLD.
MORE THAN 3 MILLION PEOPLE A
YEAR AGO TO THESE EVENTS IN
VARIOUS STATES AND WE ARE LUCKY
TO HAVE THE LARGEST ONE RIGHT
NOW IN LOUISVILLE.
THERE'S GOING TO BE OVER 70
MAJOR SILK SCULPTURES.
WHAT THESE ARE OUR METAL FRAMES
THAT ARE COVERED WITH BEAUTIFUL
COLORED SILK AND THEY ARE
BACKLIT WITH L.E.D.
ENERGY EFFICIENT LIGHTS, SO IT
MEETS OUR CONSERVATION MISSION.
REALLY, REALLY EXCITING.
THERE'S WONDERFUL BACKGROUND
MUSIC THAT HELPS SET THE TONE.
AND WITHIN THESE THOUSANDS OF
SCULPTURES, THERE WILL BE A
COUPLE OF THEMES.
ONE OF COURSE IS GOING TO BE
ZOO ANIMALS.
ZOO ANIMALS. úTHERE WILL BE ANOTHER ONE THAT
IS OCEANIC ANIMALS, AND THEN
MYTHICAL ANIMALS, SO WE HOPE
EVERYONE CAN DETERMINE WHICH
ONES ARE WHICH, AND THEN
DINOSAURS.
DINOSAURS. IT IS 6:30 TO 10:30 EVERY
NIGHT.
NIGHT.
NIGHT. IT
NIGHT. IT WILL START MARCH 19th TO MAY
30th.
30th.
30th. THE
30th. THE BEST ADVICE I COULD GIVE IS
BOOK EARLY, THAT WAY YOU HAVE
MORE OPPORTUNITY DURING THE
DARK TIME OF DAY. AS WE GET
INTO MAY IT WILL BE A LITTLE
LIGHTER.
LIGHTER.
LIGHTER. >> AND I SEE THEM DURING THE
DAY?
DAY?
DAY? IF
DAY? IF I
DAY? IF I GO, WE ARE DOING SPRAYING
FORWARDS WITH TO BE LIGHTER
LATER.
LATER.
LATER. CAN I SEE THEM DURING THE DAY OR
THE IMPACT IS AT NIGHT?
>> YOU CAN SEE THEM DURING THE
DAY BUT THEY WON'T BE BACKLIT
AND THE MUSIC WILL NOT BE ON.
IT'S HARD TO EXPLAIN, BUT IT'S
REALLY A MAGICAL TRANSITION.
THE MUSIC IS SUCH A POWERFUL
ELEMENT IN SETTING THE MOOD,
WHEN YOU GET IN THEIR TWILIGHT,
IF YOU CAN BUY YOUR TICKETS AND
BE THERE WHEN IT'S DARK, IT'S
JUST PHENOMENAL.
JUST PHENOMENAL. IT'S TRANSCENDING.
IT'S TRANSCENDING. >> IT SOUNDS LIKE SOMETHING
THAT DISNEY WOULD DO AND YOU
CAN ONLY GET THAT AT A MAGICAL
PLACE.
PLACE.
PLACE. SO
PLACE. SO THIS SEEMS LIKE IT'S A
MAGICAL NIGHT AT THE ZOO.
SO I'M EXCITED ABOUT THAT.
THAT'S AWESOME.
THAT'S AWESOME. HOW LONG WILL THAT RUN?
HOW LONG WILL THE EXHIBIT BE
HERE IN