Best of Rome New Year's Day Parade 2025
Special | 56m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
American students welcome in the New Year in the eternal city - Rome.
American students welcome in the New Year in the eternal city - Rome. With marching bands, cheerleaders and a host of local participants this is a colourful and joyful parade through the historic streets of one of the most beautiful cities in the world. We'll see the famous Spanish Steps and many of Rome's famous landmarks as Rome welcomes in 2025.
Best of Rome New Year's Day Parade 2025
Special | 56m 45sVideo has Closed Captions
American students welcome in the New Year in the eternal city - Rome. With marching bands, cheerleaders and a host of local participants this is a colourful and joyful parade through the historic streets of one of the most beautiful cities in the world. We'll see the famous Spanish Steps and many of Rome's famous landmarks as Rome welcomes in 2025.
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>>> HELLO AND HAPPY NEW YEAR FROM THE STREETS OF ROME.
>> WELCOME TO ROME’S NEW YEAR’S DAY PARADE, 2025.
>> AND HERE WE GO, THE ETERNAL CITY CONFIRMS ITSELF AGAIN AS THE CAPITOL OF OPENNESS AND CELEBRATION, READY TO OFFER UNFORGETTABLE EMOTIONS TO ITS VISITORS AND CITIZENS ON SUCH A SPECIAL DAY.
>> HERE WE GO.
AT THE START OF THE ROME NEW YEAR’S DAY PARADE.
WE ARE UP HERE AND WE ARE GOING TO BE GOING DOWN THE HILL, ALL THE WAY DOWN PAST THE END INTO THE , WE WILL WHEEL AROUND , THESE BANDS, THE TRAINING.
AND WRITES DOWN WE WILL END .
>> WE WILL BE ABLE TO SEE EVERYBODY PERFORM.
>> ABSOLUTELY.
>> THERE IS THE HAMILTON MARCHING BAND.
>> SUSSEX, WISCONSIN .
YOU CAN SEE THE FANTASTIC RED AND WHITE COLORS .
>> THEY LOOK MARVELOUS AND THEIR MUSICAL DIRECTOR, WILL SEE HIM IN JUST A SECOND.
>> HE HAS BEEN LEADING THEM, WHILE HE HAS BEEN.
>> THERE HE IS.
SO, THEY HAVE JUST DONE THEIR FORM UP AND WARM-UP.
SO THEY WILL BE GETTING THEIR MARCHING ORDERS SOON.
>> FANTASTIC.
>> WE HAVE THE REENACTING IF YOU JUST JOINED US.
>> TUCKED IN BEHIND WE CAN SEE THE ROME PARADE BALLOON AND SENATE BALLOONS.
THERE THEY ARE.
>> WITH THE COLORS OF ROME.
>> WE HAVE GOT IN THE SHOT HERE.
WHICH IS A FANTASTIC LOOK AT THIS.
>> SO, THESE ARE REALLY INTERESTING.
THEY DATE BACK TO 1752 IN HISTORICAL RECORDS.
>> THEY ARE REALLY AMAZING.
>> THANK YOU TYLER.
>> FABULOUS, LOOK AT THE DISCIPLINE AND THE TRAINING THAT HAS GONE INTO THIS.
>> CONSISTING 50 MUSICIANS AND OVER 25 MAJOR PERFORMING A REPERTOIRE SPANNING CLASSICAL AND MODERN GENRES AND HAS ITS OWN MUSICAL SCHOOL.
THIS WEATHER IS PERFECT FOR TODAY.
>> THIS IS AN AWARD-WINNING GROUP, THEY WON ACCOLADES OVER THE YEARS, THEY’VE DONE INCREDIBLY WELL PERFORMING AT INTERNATIONAL FESTIVALS .
>> AND THEIR DIRECTOR IS .
>> IS AMAZING.
GRADUATED THROUGH THE FOOD AND WORK THROUGH ALL THE DIFFERENT INSTRUMENTS.
HE IS INCREDIBLE.
HE HAS BROUGHT THIS GROUP ALL THE WAY AROUND DIFFERENT PLACES, HE HAS TAKEN THEM TO BRAZIL, ARGENTINA, IRELAND, FRANCE.
>> HE HAS BEEN IN CHARGE SINCE 2001.
>> AND IT HAS PAID OFF, LOOK AT THAT.
>> HERE WE ARE.
VARSITY, THIS IS VARSITY SPIRIT ALL-AMERICAN.
>> THIS IS A TREMENDOUS GROUP, THEY LIGHT UP EVERY PARADE.
I HAVE SEEN THEM IN LONDON, ALL OVER DIFFERENT PLACES IN EUROPE, THEY ARE FANTASTIC.
>> I BELIEVE WE HAVE SO MANY THEY HAVE BEEN SPLIT INTO TWO GROUPS TODAY.
I BELIEVE THIS IS OUR FIRST GROUP.
THEY HAVE BEEN GOING SINCE 1974 AND THEY HAVE BEEN A DRIVING FORCE IN MAKING CHEERLEADING THE DYNAMIC AND HOPE I’LL FILE ACTIVITY THAT IT IS TODAY.
>> WHILE IT LOOKS SUCH FUN THERE IS ALSO A TREMENDOUS DISCIPLINE AND SAFETY AND EVERYTHING.
THEY DO SO MUCH.
>> THE ATHLETICISM AND SKILL.
YOU KNOW VARSITY SPIRIT ALL-AMERICANS ALSO INCLUDE HIGH SCHOOL CHEERLEADERS, DANCERS, SPIRIT PERFORMERS AND USUALLY THEY QUALIFY AT A VARSITY SPIRIT SUMMER CAMP.
>> DID YOU EVER GO TO THE VARSITY SPIRIT CAMP?
>> NO.
NOT MY SPORT BUT I REALLY ADMIRE WHAT THEY DO.
>> I DO, TOO.
>> I KNOW WE KEEP SAYING, BUT WHAT A GLORIOUS DAY.
LOOK AT THAT.
>> ALONG THE ROUTE, BY THE STEPS.
>> I THINK WE SAID THIS BEFORE, BUT THIS, ROME’S NEW YEAR’S DAY PARADE HAS BEEN GOING SINCE 2008.
>> 17 YEARS.
STILL GOING STRONG.
FANTASTIC.
BETTER THAN EVER.
>> WHO WOULDN’T WANT TO BE THERE ON NEW YEAR’S DAY.
>> 17 YEARS NOW.
>> THEY ARE RARING TO GO.
>> INTERESTING, AS THEY ARE HEADED OFF.
>> AND THEY ARE OFF.
>> WE ARE BACK WITH THE HAMILTON CHARGING WATCHING BAND.
>> FROM SUSSEX, WISCONSIN.
>> THERE IS JOHN, THE MUSICAL DIRECTOR ON THE LEFT.
LOOK AT THESE MANEUVERS.
EVERYTHING THAT THEY DO IS DESIGNED TO MAKE YOU WATCH THEM OR HEAR THEM, THEY ARE BRILLIANT.
>> LOOK AT THAT, ROME.
THAT’S WONDERFUL.
THE WALLS AND THE BACKGROUND.
>> OH, DO YOU RECOGNIZE THIS GROUP?
THE DETROIT CATHOLIC CENTRAL MARCHING BAND.
>> TELL YOU A LITTLE ABOUT THEM.
>> GREAT UNIFORMS, GREAT COSTUMES .
AND THE BAND DIRECTOR IS LOGAN.
HE WILL BE, I THINK I SAW LOGAN RIGHT IN THE FRONT.
AND THERE IN THE BACKGROUND YOU CAN SEE , WITH THE CROWDS ALREADY FORMING .
AND AGAIN, LOOK AT THE WORK THAT HAS GONE INTO THE MARCHING.
THE WHEELING, THIS TIGHT PINWHEEL AROUND AND THEY CAN STILL KEEP THE WIDTH.
FOUR ACROSS.
YES, LOOK AT THAT AND THERE IS THE FAMOUS SQUARE IN THE BACKGROUND.
THEY HAVE ONE MORE CORNER TO GO BEFORE THEY END UP DOWN IN THE SQUARE AND THEN THEY ARE HEADED OFF DOWN .
>> WE ARE BACK AT THE STARTING POINT OF THE NEW YEAR’S DAY PARADE IN ROME.
>> NOW ARE WE LOOKING AT WITH THEIR FABULOUS COSTUMES?
THE GOLDEN STARS?
>> OH, THIS IS THE BAND FOUNDED IN 1972?
>> YEAH.
>> THEY HAVE PARTICIPATED IN NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL MUSIC FESTIVALS IN ITALY, BELGIUM, FRANCE, CROATIA AND AUSTRIA.
>> THERE WELL KNOWN THROUGHOUT ROME APPEARING ON NUMEROUS BROADCASTS, TELEVISION, NATIONAL TELEVISION.
AND, JUST RECENTLY HEARING THAT THEY PERFORMED BEFORE THE LAST THREE POPES.
>> KNOW WE HAVE THE COTTON CANDIES.
LOOK FORWARD TO THEM.
THE COTTON CANDIES MARCHING CREW .
THEY ALL MAKE THEIR OWN COSTUMES.
ALWAYS PINK WITH WHITE BOOTS.
THEY ARE A ALL-FEMALE MARCHING CREW.
>> ORIGINALLY FOUND IN 2014.
>> IN HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA.
THEY HAVE A WONDERFUL ETHOS.
ALL ABOUT EMPOWERMENT AND SELF CONFIDENCE THROUGH PERFORMING AND INTERESTINGLY THE MINIMUM AGE IS 25 YEARS OLD.
>> AND THEY LOOK FANTASTIC.
>> THEY REALLY DO, LOOK AT THAT RANGE OF COSTUMES.
THEY ALL MAKE THEIR OWN.
>> I LOVE IT.
AS LONG AS IT’S PINK.
>> PINK AND WHITE BOOTS.
>> MAKING THEIR WAY TOWARD THE SPANISH STEPS.
>> AND WE ARE BACK ON THE COTTON CANDIES MARCHING CREW.
THEY ARE FABULOUS.
>> HERE WE ARE.
>> WE HAVE SOME STREET PERFORMERS.
>> THERE THEREBY THE STARTING ARCH.
>> THE CANDY LANE PERFORMERS DOING ALL THAT , ALL THE WAY DOWN.
>> AND THEY ARE GREAT AT PARTICIPATION.
>> AND HERE WE GO BACK WITH THE GIRLS FROM VARSITY.
>> MEN AND WOMEN.
>> THIS IS THE VARSITY SPIRIT GREATEST SHOW GROUP, TYLER.
>> I REMEMBER THE OTHER ONES WORKING THEIR WAY FURTHER DOWN THE ROUTE BY NOW.
WILL THESE GIRLS HAVE A CHANCE TO PERFORM HERE?
THIS IS, YES, THIS IS THEM.
AND THE CANDY LANE PERFORMERS JUST KEEP GOING.
>> WANT THEM TO DO THAT INCREDIBLE GYMNASTICS NUMBER AGAIN.
>> THEY END UP .
>> THEY MUST BE SO EXCITED TO BE HERE.
IS THIS THEIR FIRST YEAR?
>> YES, I BELIEVE IT IS.
BRINGING ALL THESE PEOPLE OVER.
HE WAS SAYING VERY FEW OF THEM HAVE TRAVELED THIS FAR BEFORE AND IT WAS EXCITING FOR HIM AND FOR THEM.
TO BE BRINGING.
>> HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL, THE INCOMPARABLE MARCHING STORM.
>> THEY HAVE PERFORMED ALL OVER AMERICA.
THEY UP INTO THE WASHINGTON WIZARDS NBA TEAM, THE NEW ORLEANS PELICANS NBA TEAM, MISSY ELLIOTT AND NBA HALL OF FAMER ALAN IVERSEN.
>> THE BAND CONSISTS OF ABOUT 80 STUDENTS FROM ALL OVER NEWPORT NEWS VIRGINIA.
FANTASTIC.
>> THEY HAVE WON 30 TROPHIES IN THE PAST THREE YEARS.
FABULOUS.
>> LISTEN TO THE SOUND, LOVE IT.
>> THREE CHEERS FOR GETTING IT TOGETHER AND BRINGING EVERYONE OVER FANTASTIC.
>> THE HAMILTON CHARGER MARCHING BAND, ONE OF THE FIRST BANDS THAT WE SAW.
MAKING THEIR WAY .
AND THEY’RE GOING TO BE MAKING THEIR WAY UP TO THE PIAZZA DEL POPOLO.
>> THIS AND I HAVE NOTICED INCORPORATE PHYSICAL MOVES AS WELL AS THE MUSIC.
SPINNING AND TURNING AS THEY CAME DOWN THE HILL AND HERE THEY ARE, LITTLE SKIP STEPS.
>> THIS IS TRUE.
>> SO, THE VARSITY ALL-AMERICANS HAVE MADE THEIR WAY TO THE SPANISH STEPS.
FIRST GROUP OF VARSITY ALL-AMERICAN.
THIS IS THE DON’T STOP ME NOW GROUP.
>> THEY WILL PROBABLY BE STOPPING HERE AND DOING A SHORT NUMBER FOR THE CROWD.
LET’S SEE.
>> THAT WAS LOVELY, SO THEY MOVE ON NOW.
INTO FORMATION.
READY TO DO THEIR NUMBER.
INTRODUCTORY MOUNTAIN GEORGIA YOU BACK.
BLUE AND ORANGE FUMES.
>> AND THE DIRECTORS.
WELL:.
AS BUILDINGS.
IN THAT HAVE TODAY.
THE FACES ON EVERYBODY.
>> JUST A GREAT WAY TO SPEND YOUR NEW YEAR’S DAY.
>> A GREAT WAY AND A GREAT PLACE, THIS BEAUTIFUL CITY.
IN THE STREET ECHOING TO THE MUSIC AND THE CHEERING.
I HAVE NEVER SEEN THE STEP SO BUSY, NOT EVEN IN THE SUMMER.
>> BACK TO THE COTTON CANDY’S MARCHING CREW FROM HUNTSVILLE, ALABAMA.
THEY MAKE THEIR OWN COSTUMES AND BACK COSTUMES HAVE TO BE PINK WITH WHITE BOOTS.
THAT’S WHY YOU SEE SUCH A DIVERSITY.
OF PINK AND WHITE BOOTS.
CONFIDENCE EMANATING EVERYWHERE FROM THESE WONDERFUL WOMEN.
>> JUST SUCH A GREAT TEAM.
>> THE STILT WALKERS.
THIS IS THE FIRST TIME WE HAVE SEEN THEM.
HERE WE GO.
FATHER CHRISTMAS.
OH.
>> THAT TAKES SUCH SKILL TO DO THAT.
>> YEAH.
OH, THERE’S LOGAN.
>> SO WE ARE BACK ON THE DETROIT CENTRAL CATHOLIC MARCHING BAND FROM MICHIGAN.
OH, THEY SOUND FANTASTIC.
AND MAKING THEIR WAY ALONG HERE IN THE PIAZZA DI SPAGNA, THE SPANISH STEPS ON THE LEFT.
THE PRECISION FLAG MANEUVERS .
THEY BROUGHT THEM DOWN HERE NOW IN FRONT OF THE SPANISH STEPS.
LET’S JUST WATCH.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
REVIVING THIS OLD TRADITION.
AND THEY ALWAYS CATCH THEM.
>> WILL -- WHOA AND THE CROWD LOVES IT .
LISTEN TO THAT APPLAUSE.
THERE THEY GO.
ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL WORK.
AND THE BAND, WE CAN HEAR THEM.
WE CAN HEAR THE BAND PLAYING.
>> BEHIND THEM, WE CAN SEE THE CATHOLIC CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND FROM NOVY, MICHIGAN.
>> THIS IS THE., WHITE WORKS SO WELL.
WE’VE GOT THIS TRADITIONAL DISPLAY HERE.
WE HAVE THE HIGH SCHOOL BAND WAITING IN THE BACKGROUND.
AS SOON AS THEY MOVE IN, THE CROWD GETS YET ANOTHER TREAT.
JUST BY STANDING IN ONE PLACE, YOU ARE TREATED TO SO MANY DIFFERENT ACTS.
>> THAT’S TRUE.
>> AND THE FABULOUS BACKDROP OF THE SPANISH STEPS.
>> THAT’S RIGHT.
YOU CAN WATCH THEM THERE OR AT PIAZZA DEL POPOLO.
THAT’S RIGHT.
>> AS THEY COME UP, THEY COME UP IN FRONT OF THE SPANISH STEPS.
>> THE DETROIT CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND FOR A LITTLE BIT.
>> SO THAT’S THE JOLLY GIANTS IN THE BACKGROUND.
AND WE KNOW WHO THEY ARE.
>> AND NOW WE HAVE GOT PARK VIEW.
>> HERE THEY ARE.
PARK VIEW HYBRID >> PARK VIEW MARCHING BAND FROM STONE MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA.
THESE FANTASTIC COSTUMES.
OR LILBURN, GEORGIA.
LOOK AT THE ARRAY OF INSTRUMENTS.
WONDERFUL.
>> THEY HAVE TO BE SO ON IT, YOU KNOW, ALL THE WAY DOWN BECAUSE THE PARADE MIGHT STOP IT MIGHT START.
EVERYBODY HAS JUST GOT TO BE AWARE OF BEING READY TO MOVE OR BEING READY TO STOP AND PLAY.
>> HERE WE GO, GREAT.
>> LOVELY TO HEAR.
>> WE HAVE THE HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL CHARGER MARCHING BAND FROM SUSSEX, WISCONSIN COMING INTO THE PIAZZA DEL POPOLO.
>> UNDER THE WONDERFUL DIRECTION OF JOHN WADE.
AND THEY WILL BE MAKING THEIR WAY FORWARD NOW TO A PERFORMANCE AREA, WHERE THEY ARE GOING TO BE PERFORMING FOR THE WORLD’S TELEVISION CAMERAS, FOR US, FOR EVERYONE IN ROME, EVERYONE IN THE STATES.
SO THEY WILL BE MOVED INTO THIS SPECIAL AREA NOW, AND THEN THEY GET THE CHANCE.
>> FANTASTIC, SO WE ARE GOING TO HEAR THEIR PERFORMANCE.
>> THEY ARE.
IT WILL BE LOVELY TO DO THAT.
>> JONES SORTING EVERYBODY OUT THERE.
>> DISTINCTIVE UNIFORMS.
BEAUTIFUL RED AND WHITE, THOSE HATS.
>> GOING TO BE WORTH WAITING FOR HERE.
>> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> FANTASTIC.
>> WONDERFUL.
THE HAMILTON HIGH SCHOOL CHARGER MARCHING BAND.
BEAUTIFUL, LOOK AT THESE COSTUMES.
>> WONDERFUL DANCERS.
SO, WE ARE BACK ON PIAZZA DEL POPOLO .
>> WHO THEY ARE.
THERE IS EDUARDO MANSONI.
>> DATING BACK TO 1752 ACCORDING TO HISTORICAL RECORDS.
CAN WE ARE GOING TO LISTEN TO THE BAND.
>> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
[ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] THANK YOU VERY MUCH.
>> [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] >> [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] >> THE MUSICAL DIRECTOR, THE BAND DIRECTOR.
>> [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> THERE’S PARK VIEW HIGH SCHOOL MAKING THEIR WAY DOWN GRADUALLY.
>> FROM GEORGIA.
>> THE DISTINCTIVE ORANGE, WHITE AND NAVY UNIFORMS.
>> OUT IN THE STREET.
>> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> HERE IS THE CANDY LANE PERFORMERS COMING INTO THE PIAZZA DEL POPOLO.
THEY HAVE BEEN JUGGLING AND SWIRLING.
>> ENTERTAINING THE CROWDS ALL THE WAY THROUGH.
>> FOR THE LAST THREE HOURS.
HOW AMAZING, AND HERE THEY ARE.
>> OH.
>> OH, HE DID IT AGAIN.
EXCELLENT.
>> [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] >> [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] >> I THINK THERE’S GOING TO BE SOME GYMNASTICS IN THE MIDDLE.
>> [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] >> [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] >> [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] >> QUIBBLING >> REFEREE: >> AND THERE GO THE CANDY LANE PERFORMERS, BRINGING SMILES TO EVERYONE, I IMAGINE.
WONDERFUL.
HERE COMES THE ALL-AMERICAN TEAM, READY TO SHOW.
>> THE JOY TO BE ALIVE THIS 2025, AND IT’S A RIDE.
>> JOINED BY THE MAJOR RATS, ONE OF THE OTHER BANDS.
THE DRUM MAJORS, THE MAJORETTES.
>> [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> MAKE SOME NOISE FOR THIS BEAUTIFUL GROUP.
>> [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] >> THANK YOU.
THANK YOU, THANK YOU, THANK YOU.
>> WONDERFUL ENERGY.
EXCITEMENT.
DIVERSITY ALL-AMERICAN.
>> AND HERE ARE HEADING DOWN INTO THE SQUARE, WE HAVE BROWN’S HERITAGE HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING IN STORE.
>> FROM NEWPORT NEWS, VIRGINIA.
THEIR FIRST TIME HERE AT THE NEW YEAR’S DAY PARADE IN ROME.
>> A GREAT, POPULAR BAND.
THEY HAVE WON OVER 30 TROPHIES IN THE PAST THREE YEARS.
THEY HAVE THE HIGHEST HONORS IN VIRGINIA.
>> FANTASTIC.
ABOUT 80 STUDENTS IN THE BAND FROM ALL OVER NEWPORT NEWS.
>> WHAT A GREAT MOMENT HERE WE ARE IN ROME.
AND WHAT A GREAT MOMENT FOR US TO BE ABLE TO HEAR.
>> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> HOW ABOUT A ROUND OF APPLAUSE FOR THEM.
[ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] OH, SPLENDID.
>> [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] >> [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] >> [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> WE HAVE THE MAJORETTES .
WE SEE THE BAND THERE FORMED IN 1902.
THIS IS A LONG AND HIGHLY RESPECTED TRADITION THAT’S BEEN GOING ALL THAT TIME.
HERE THEY ARE.
>> A ROUND OF APPLAUSE.
[ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] >> THAT WAS A LOVELY CHRISTMAS NUMBER.
>> HERE COMES PARK VIEW.
>> PARK VIEW HIGH SCHOOL BAND.
>> UNDER THE DIRECTORSHIP OF CARLOS FRANCO.
>> LILBURN, GEORGIA.
THEY ARE KNOWN FOR DISTINCTIVE UNIFORMS.
THEY ARE ALMOST GOING TO FINISH THE DAY.
IN STONE MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA.
>> WHAT A MOMENT HERE.
>> [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] >> [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] >> ARE YOU READY, OKAY?
WHAT’S GO.
LET’S GO.
>> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] FROM USA IN ROME, 2025.
>> [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] >> AGAIN, WAITING FOR THEM TO COME ON AND WRAP UP THE PARADE, REALLY.
>> FOUNDED IN 1993 IN SOLARIA, ITALY.
THEY HAVE PERFORMED AT NATIONAL AND INTERNATIONAL EVENTS INCLUDING THE COLUMBUS DAY PARADE IN NEW YORK CITY.
>> I THINK OUR LEADER HAS CHANGED FROM EARLIER.
HAS HE NOT CHANGED HIS COSTUME?
FANTASTIC.
>> YOU CAN SEE THEM SINGING THE SONG IN THE CROWD.
>> [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] >> WELL, THIS IS THE LAST BAND.
>> WHAT A WONDERFUL ROME NEW YEAR’S DAY 2025 PARADE IT HAS BEEN.
>> A GREAT BAND TOO AND THIS WONDERFUL DAY -- TO AN END THIS WONDERFUL DAY.
>> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> [ SPEAKING IN A GLOBAL LANGUAGE ] >> ♪ ♪ ♪ ♪ >> ROME NEW YEAR’S DAY PARADE COMES TO A CLOSE.
FOR ME, TYLER, IT ONLY REMAINS FOR ME TO SAY WHAT A FABULOUS TIME WE HAVE HAD.
>> AND FOR ME, LAURA, THANK YOU FOR YOUR COMPANY.
IT ONLY REMAINS TO US TO WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY 2025.
THANK YOU FOR JOINING US TODAY.
