LeAnn Rimes Remember When NBC Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (2005)

The 79th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was held on November 24th, 2005, in New York City, and shown to viewers live on NBC that same day from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. It was hosted by Katie Couric, Matt Lauer and Al Roker. Participating celebrities included The Beach Boys, Carrie Underwood, Kristin Chenoweth, Puffy AmiYumi, Aly & AJ, The Cheetah Girls, Natasha Bedingfield, Rihanna, Rita Coolidge, and Michael Feinstein. This would be the last time that Couric would host the parade, due to her retirement from NBC News in May 2006.





ABOUT
Margaret LeAnn Rimes Cibrian (born August 28, 1982) is an American singer, songwriter, actress, and author. Rimes rose to stardom at age 13 following the release of her version of the Bill Mack song "Blue", becoming the youngest country music star since Tanya Tucker in 1972.

Rimes made her breakthrough into country music in 1996 with her debut album, Blue, which reached No. 1 on the Top Country Albums chart and was certified multi-platinum in sales by the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA). The album's eponymous leadoff single, "Blue", became a Top 10 hit and Rimes gained national acclaim for her similarity to Patsy Cline's vocal style. When she released her second studio album in 1997, You Light Up My Life: Inspirational Songs, she moved towards country pop material, which set the trend for a string of albums released into the next decade.

Rimes has won many awards, including two Grammys, three ACMs, a CMA, 12 Billboard Music Awards, and one American Music award. She has released ten studio albums and three compilation albums and two greatest hits albums, one released in the U.S. and the other released internationally, through her record label of 13 years, Curb Records, and placed over 40 singles on American and international charts since 1996. She has sold over 37 million records worldwide, with 20.8 million album sales in the United States according to Nielsen SoundScan. Billboard ranked her 17th artist of the 1990–2000 decade. Rimes has also written four books: two novels and two children's books. Her hit song "How Do I Live" was ranked as the most successful song of the 1990s by Billboard magazine.

Disney Parks and Resorts
The "Happiest Homecoming on Earth" was an eighteen-month-long celebration (held through 2005 and 2006) of the fiftieth anniversary of the Disneyland Park, also celebrating Disneyland's milestone throughout Disney parks worldwide. In 2004, the park underwent major renovations in preparation, restoring many attractions, notably Space Mountain, Jungle Cruise, the Haunted Mansion, Pirates of the Caribbean, and Walt Disney's Enchanted Tiki Room. Attractions that had been in the park on opening day had one ride vehicle painted gold, and the park was decorated with fifty Golden Mickey Ears. The celebration started on May 5, 2005, and ended on September 30, 2006, and was followed by the "Year of a Million Dreams" celebration, lasting twenty-seven months and ending on December 31, 2008.

2005 -
Fireworks Show - Remember... Dreams Come True
Annual attendance at Disneyland Park - 14.26M
One-day, one-park, adult admission - $53 - $56
According to a March 2005 Disney report, 65,700 jobs are supported by the Disneyland Resort.
Magic Kingdom Park Attendance - 16.10M ~ Wikipedia.org

(Ship of Dreams)

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