>> MIAMI CENTRAL HIGH. THEY ARE CALLED THE ROCKETS. LET’S LISTEN IN TO THEIR
MARCHING BAND IN JUST A
MOMENT.
TAKE A LISTEN.
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♪ ♪. >> Calvin: MIAMI CENTRAL
ROCKETS.
YOU KNOW I WISH I -- THERE WAS
A DAY THAT I COULD DANCE
SOMEWHAT SIMILAR TO THIS.
>> Nicole: I DO NOT BELIEVE
YOU WHATSOEVER.
[ LAUGHTER ]
>> Calvin: THEY HAVE A GREAT
FOOTBALL TEAM AND A GREAT
ACADEMIC PROGRAM AND SO MANY
TALENTED PEOPLE GRADUATED FROM
THIS HIGH SCHOOL.
>> Nicole: JUST TO WATCH HELP
THEM IN FORMATION.
THEY ARE JUST -- THEY’RE
GREAT.
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♪. >>> MIAMI CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL HAVE A REALLY GOOD FOOTBALL
TEAM, BUT WE HAVE SOME STATE
CHAMPIONS HERE, YOU KNOW.
THEY WERE THE TRIPLE CROWN
CITY, YOU KNOW, WITH BOOKER T.
AND NORTHWESTERN.
THOSE GUYS WILL BE IN THIS
PARADE AND THEY WILL BE WELL
REPRESENTED.
THEY HAVE THAT TROPHY TOO.
>> Nicole: WE HAVE FOUR
CHAMPIONSHIP FOOTBALL TEAMS
HERE TODAY.
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[ MUSIC ]
>> RIGHT NOW THE CENTRAL
ROCKETS IS ONE OF THE BEST
MARCHING BANDS TODAY FOR THE
PARADE.
>> Nicole: WE HAVE TO LET THE
OTHER ONES PASS US BY SEE HELP
THEM BRING TO THE TABLE.
I LOVE THE COLORS, THE DARK
GREEN, THE LIGHT, THE BLACK.
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♪ ♪. >> Calvin: THE PRINCIPAL IS
GREGORY BETHUNE.
THEY HAVE STUDENTS PREPARING
OUR STUDENTS FOR COLLEGE, THE
CAREERS.
>> SO IMPORTANT FOR SO MANY
STUDENTS IN ANY SCHOOL REALLY
TO PREPARE THEMSELVES FOR THE
FUTURE.
THIS AWESOME BAND THAT YOU ARE
WATCHING RIGHT NOW IS BEING
LED BY DIRECTOR KERMIT VIGIL,
AND THEY ARE JUST KILLING IT.
>> Calvin: THEIR BAND RIVAL
IS NORTHWESTERN AND THE SCHOOL
COMPETITION WHEN IT COMES TO
FOOTBALL AS WELL.
THIS SCHOOL OPENED AT 1959 ON
NORTHWEST 95th STREET.
THE POPULATION -- THE SCHOOL
POPULATION IS 1700 STUDENTS.
THE MASCOT AND COLORS SHOWN IN
HONOR OF NASA BECAUSE THE
SCHOOL OPENED AT THE BEGINNING
OF THE SPACE-AGE.
MIAMI CENTRAL SENIOR HIGH
SCHOOL ROCKETS.
BACK IN THE DAY, NICOLE, WE COULD SAY THIS WAS A KODAK MOMENT.
BUT THIS IS THE ’GRAM MOMENT.
A TUMBLR MOMENT.
>> Nicole: TIK-TOK MOMENT.
MOMENTS ALL THROUGHOUT SOCIAL
MEDIA.
CALORIE THIS IS AWESOME.
SO GREAT.
>> Nicole: AND THEY HAVE BEEN
WORKING SO HARD FOR THIS TO
GET THIS RIGHT.
THIS IS THE LONGEST PARADE.
THE 43rd ANNUAL.
I MEAN, THEY MUST FEEL
PRIVILEGED TO BE ABLE TO
PERFORM.
>> Calvin: THIS IS OUR MOMENT
TO SIGN AND THAT IS WHAT THEY
ARE DOING SHINING IN THIS
MOMENT.