They're coming from all over - Georgia, Alabama - so they won't have to go all the way to the embassy in Washington, D.C..

You have Georgia and Alabama and Florida and you're always going to be going up against them and for the same kids year-in and year-out. And that builds the rivalry and makes the competition between them all that more fierce.

In the country, we dance for everything - the pets, the flowers. This one is a combination of every festival. We just want to show the spirit of the festival.

It was really hard for anyone to move so they were just dancing where they were standing.

It was very, very successful. On Friday alone, which is usually a very slow day, we had more than a 10 percent increase in attendance.

He should still be carrying this country's flag -- not coming out of the embassy wrapped in one,