‘Today Show’ broadcasts from Campus Martius; MLK high school band plays
NBC’s “Today Show” broadcasted live from Campus Martius Thursday morning. The show came out as part of its four city “Battleground State” tour, which had already made stops in Philly, Tampa, and Williamsburg, Va. Co-host Ann Curry said the Detroit crowd was by far the largest out of the four cities.Excerpt:Weatherman Al Roker wandered around, introducing the Martin Luther
King High School marching band doing, appropriately, the Temptations’
Smokey Robinson-written hit “Get Ready.” Roker also judged a coney dog
contest between American Coney Island and Lafayette Coney Island, and
fell in love with the ham sandwiches from Lile’s Sandwich Shop in
Dearborn. “What’s not to like about downtown Detroit?” Roker
said, sweeping his arm around the park as the morning sun peeked
through Detroit’s skyscrapers. “It’s clean, it’s bright, you’ve got
flames!” He waved over at the park’s two towers with flame-lit torches.
Read the entire article here.
NBC’s “Today Show” broadcasted live from Campus Martius Thursday
morning. The show came out as part of its four city “Battleground
State” tour, which had already made stops in Philly, Tampa, and
Williamsburg, Va. Co-host Ann Curry said the Detroit crowd was by far
the largest out of the four cities.
Excerpt:
Weatherman Al Roker wandered around, introducing the Martin Luther
King High School marching band doing, appropriately, the Temptations’
Smokey Robinson-written hit “Get Ready.” Roker also judged a coney dog
contest between American Coney Island and Lafayette Coney Island, and
fell in love with the ham sandwiches from Lile’s Sandwich Shop in
Dearborn.
“What’s not to like about downtown Detroit?” Roker
said, sweeping his arm around the park as the morning sun peeked
through Detroit’s skyscrapers. “It’s clean, it’s bright, you’ve got
flames!” He waved over at the park’s two towers with flame-lit torches.
Read the entire article here.
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