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“I almost lost it,” said Spillari, who was born in Guatemala. “I’m on a walkie and I just stopped and was like ‘whoa, if this is the kind of impact that this is having, you just can’t put a price on that. You can’t put a value on that’.”on June 8 and 9. The parade is in its 54th year, so we decided to take a look at what goes into keeping theThis year will be Spillari’s fourth parade. She and her team spend about six months planning, starting in the beginning of the year.
The day-of-production team is about 25 people, made up of mostly women and queer people, Spillari said. They fly in from places like New York, Atlanta, Texas, and San Francisco. Their job is to keep track of everyone and communicate with Spillari about what’s happening on the route.
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