John Bolton - Mr. Al Bertan Saves The Parade - See You In Sundre On Saturday

00:00:00.000 hi it's john and welcome to the channel my third video today i don't often do three videos in one

00:00:08.800 day but the people i've got with me as you can see on the screen very important people here

00:00:12.800 and we've got a guy we've got a guy who saved a parade this weekend great to have you along today

00:00:18.220 with the big blue mug of coffee mr and mrs alberton so nice to see you again you're at the

00:00:23.440 house last week it was so nice to have you here and you've been making the news uh over the last

00:00:29.860 three or four you i make i make the ribs you make the news a big news let me just kind of run over

00:00:37.460 what's been happening over the last several days uh there was supposed to be a parade in sundry

00:00:42.120 on saturday uh for the rodeo and then we found out that there wasn't going to be a that uh we

00:00:48.440 weren't invited to be at the parade in sundry on saturday for reasons that we won't talk about here

00:00:53.500 which really don't matter at all so we're going to go we were going to go to the parade anyway

00:00:57.880 Then we found out the parade was canceled, but we were going to go and have a parade anyway.

00:01:01.600 And now we find out there's actually a parade coming back.

00:01:05.160 If people can follow what's going on here.

00:01:08.060 You've been on the phone today, and I guess there's going to be a parade in Sundry officially on Saturday.

00:01:14.180 Tell us about it.

00:01:15.620 Yeah, we've been working together with the people that organized the original Sundry parade, the rodeo parade,

00:01:21.720 and also with the RCs in Sundry to make sure that everything's legit.

00:01:26.460 it uh this isn't just just for the record this isn't a reboot of the original parade this is our

00:01:32.060 own parade we're creating a parade in sundry uh we've got a ton load of cars coming to sundry

00:01:38.340 so we've gone from maybe one alberta float driving down the streets of sundry to god knows how many

00:01:45.400 cars with alberta flagged on and cruising the streets of sundry not once but twice because

00:01:50.060 we'll be coming in from the east from olds with a bunch of cars from red deer and calgary where

00:01:55.500 we meet in olds and come down and then then we're going to the west side of sundry and then we're

00:01:59.440 doing the original parade route from there after 10 o'clock so we've got uh i've been in contact

00:02:05.840 with the organizer of the sundry parade and she's going to uh allow us to do it she's not involved

00:02:14.820 the city of sundry is not involved they they're they have to keep their hands clean of this because

00:02:19.660 of course their permitting and stuff has all been put on hold or or otherwise removed but they've

00:02:27.580 given us full authorization to come in do our thing and be peaceful and and respectful and come

00:02:35.580 in and just show sundry what our movement's about and how how honest and and polite our people

00:02:42.620 really are showing that blue love yeah she has yeah she said that a number of the original floats

00:02:50.540 that were going to be in the parade have been dismantled or otherwise disposed of but we're

00:02:55.900 we can't put the word out and if there's anybody in sundry that hasn't disposed of your float yet

00:03:01.420 by all means join our our crews you can come along and drag your float through through the streets

00:03:07.580 with us there's nothing stopping you from doing that so we've got full authorization for anybody

00:03:12.300 that's got a float that wants to bring it and uh be a part of this please do that as long as it's

00:03:17.660 not political and long it doesn't it doesn't uh send a wrong message right like it's it's not

00:03:22.780 this isn't what we're trying to do yeah well so i just want to say this i have a car that's the

00:03:27.740 same color as our flag i'm gonna have my flag i can drive my car in a parade on saturday is

00:03:33.100 that what you're telling me absolutely yeah you should flag that puppy up yeah yeah well

00:03:38.940 that but we even get a police escort so the police will be uh definitely they know that they're going

00:03:45.020 to be there and they're they're nurturing or they will be assisting assisting is a good word to make

00:03:51.340 sure that we have clear passage right they are totally on board with this uh so is the organizer

00:03:57.260 everybody is completely on board with everything that's going here so this is this is legit this

00:04:01.900 isn't just us invading the town no we are reviving the town the town was so disappointed that this

00:04:08.300 had all been cancelled yeah and we're as soon as the the organizer saw my poster that we'd sent out

00:04:14.700 to her it's like a spark lit that town back up and she spread it immediately and and and even town

00:04:20.860 council all of them are like like life is back in town and honestly listening to her voice like she

00:04:26.460 She was so excited.

00:04:27.640 She said, you guys literally just lifted the black cloud off of Sundry.

00:04:34.040 Well, you know, there was, let's just say, there's been some misunderstandings over the last couple of days.

00:04:39.720 That's all water under the bridge now.

00:04:41.720 Who cares?

00:04:42.740 Let's go have some fun in Sundry.

00:04:44.300 You know, you get there.

00:04:45.340 We have the parade around 10 o'clock.

00:04:47.200 Hang around.

00:04:47.820 Go out for lunch.

00:04:48.740 They've got some little restaurants.

00:04:50.460 Go give them your love there and make this a big event for them.

00:04:53.740 And, you know, I understand there's about a population of 2,800 people in Sundry.

00:04:58.380 Let's double, let's triple the size of Sundry on Saturday.

00:05:01.980 Wouldn't that be great?

00:05:03.460 Yeah.

00:05:03.920 And I'd like to give a shout out to Original Tees.

00:05:07.760 That is one restaurant that has opened their doors to us.

00:05:11.440 As well, there's another one, Cedars Pub.

00:05:14.280 I think it's Cedars something.

00:05:16.580 He owns both of those establishments and he has opened, welcomed us.

00:05:21.400 Once we're done cruising, we'll be stopping there for lunch.

00:05:25.040 I think in the original parade that the Premier was supposed to be there,

00:05:31.020 have you reached out to Premier Smith to see if she wants to be in your parade in Sundry on Saturday?

00:05:37.480 Let's just say we're in the works with special guests that may join us as we roll into Sundry.

00:05:45.320 So it's not official yet, but there is a chance that somebody might join us when we're in Olds, just saying.

00:05:53.740 So I'll leave it at that for now until we know for sure.

00:05:58.480 If this person happens to be, and I'm not going to say it is, happens to be the Premier.

00:06:03.400 Premier Smith, you are welcome.

00:06:05.200 We'd love to say hi to you on Saturday.

00:06:07.480 We really would like to do that.

00:06:08.660 And again, we're going there.

00:06:10.260 Everything's all water under the bridge.

00:06:11.520 anything that's happened over the last couple of days be polite be respectful uh you know go

00:06:16.080 you know pick up after yourself leave the place cleaner than you left it and it's going to be a

00:06:20.300 fun day on saturday i want to just say to you congratulations you saved the parade and sundry

00:06:25.820 well done to you uh for getting on the phone and taking care of this well done this is this is

00:06:30.200 i just wanted to say john said leave the place better than than we found it i i highly encourage

00:06:37.580 everyone to bring garbage bags because and gloves there's nothing more appealing than watching

00:06:45.820 people lean up the town with a flag it's just heartwarming so we highly encourage that and

00:06:53.100 i was going to say this is genuinely a feel-good moment for all of alberta right like if we can get

00:07:00.620 the premier to join in this is not going to be a political statement this is just a bunch of

00:07:05.560 Albertans getting together to to revive the town's spirit and to bring things back that should have

00:07:11.680 never left and to be beautiful yeah beautiful I like that now you're cruising I want to I want to

00:07:17.520 get to this quickly but there's cruises happening I think from Red Deer Calgary is there one from

00:07:22.220 Edmonton as well as somebody there's uh I mean Jason Levine's areas in Rocky Mountain so there

00:07:30.480 is the highway 27 and uh whatever main nav i think it is yeah it is uh where we will be meeting to

00:07:38.160 start the the parade at 10 o'clock so a lot of people can come down from the north on that road

00:07:44.320 but if you are coming from edmonton or anywhere points north of red deer just meet up with red

00:07:48.880 deer before they leave montana's at 9 or 8 15 and if you're coming from the south just be at our

00:07:56.640 harvest view lot at uh eight eight o'clock yeah they're leaving at eight o'clock or 8 15 we're

00:08:04.480 leaving at eight o'clock we're meeting in olds at nine leaving olds at 9 15. so those three points

00:08:10.080 if you can be at any one of those three points at those times join our convoy and roll on into sundry

00:08:15.200 with us and like i say there may be some special guests or may not i don't know at this point but

00:08:19.120 it's in the works get to any of those points just get to sundry yeah for 10 o'clock for 10 o'clock

00:08:24.400 you'll see us. We'll be there and I'll put all the information on the screen so people know where to

00:08:29.000 go if they'd like to join up with other people. Again, well done. Thank you for doing this.

00:08:33.280 I tip the big blue mug to you guys today. Well done. We'll see you in Sundry on Saturday. Boy,

00:08:37.640 that's hard to say. Say that three times fast. Yeah, no, I can't. Okay. Thanks a lot. If you

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John Bolton - June 17, 2026

Mr. Al Bertan Saves The Parade - See You In Sundre On Saturday

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