Unlike most Disney parades, Block Party Bash is an upbeat show that makes heavy use of dance music with an energetic, driving beat.

Ms. Espinosa's first job, at 17, was as a Christmas caroler in a Disney parade called Christmas Fantasy.

The Disney parade was fine commentary on the times, as parades no longer celebrate important people or events but only their own, increasingly cartoonish participants.

While she attended high school, she worked at Walt Disney World as a parking lot attendant, watercraft attendant, and in costume in Disney parades.

Parkway South's band has been recognized all over the country, as they perform in Tulsa, Oklahoma, and in the Disney parade in Orlando, Florida.

But in the city that on Saturday closed 42d Street for a nighttime Disney parade, the cultural moment has turned.

If Nancy Kerrigan thinks Disney parades are corny, wait until she sees herself on this.

Together with some talented LA singers, she has sung on the new Disney parade "Soundsational" that premiered May 26th 2011 at Disneyland California.

Then, during her ride in a Disney parade, she made remarks that were interpreted as scoffing at the event she was part of.

(Originally named "Mickey Track") This system controls all audio in Disney parades and live atmosphere shows in Disney theme parks around the globe.