New FIRST Promotional Idea

[JVN]

So... Thanksgiving morning, I had to drag my butt out of bed and trek to NH to visit with some relatives. Before we left, I turned on my TV and (of course) watched some of the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.

As I stuffed my mouth with an apple cider donut, and watched some crazy dancy troupe twirling scarves (as Al Roker described the HUGE number of viewers tuning in to watch) it hit me...

How cool would it be for FIRST to have a float in the parade?
Instant national attention. Millions of sleepy turkey eaters hearing Katie Couric and Matt Lauer oooo and ahhhh in faux excitement.

Ya figure, SOMEBODY would take notice.

What if there was a "float"ing FIRST field.
On top, several robots could play out matches over and over for spectactors.
Some of the Macy's floats approach FIRST field-sized proportions.

Or possibly, the National Champions could present their machines, and walk the parade route. Better yet... with a quick donation from our generous founder... we could have the national champions SEGWAY the parade route.
That might turn a few heads!

Lots of possibilities here.
So... I have no idea how we could make this happen.
If we wanted to do this for Turkey-day 2005, how would we go about it?

Anyone have insight? Thoughts? Comments?

John