1982
Bill Dobson King Mango Strut Co-Founder |
A
funny thing happened on the way to the Orange Bowl Parade.
Well, for one thing, they wanted a lot of money just to get
in. Then there was a limit to how many units could be in the
parade and a design committee to approve your design.
Bill and Glenn wanted to enter
as the Merry Mango Marching Band, wearing conch shells on
their heads, playing kazoos and banging on garbage cans. The
committee rejected them!
"That's
o.k. - we don't want to be in your snooty parade anyway,"
Glenn said. "We
should start our own parade," Bill said. "Who
needs King Orange - we've got King Mango!," Glenn said.
And so, the King Mango
Strut was born. The rest, is history.
By the way, King Orange parades
no more. Long Live King Mango!
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