King Mango Strut

The King Mango Strut is an annual satirical parade held in Coconut Grove, Florida.

[1] The parade, which uses the motto "Putting the 'nut' in Coconut Grove", is composed of floats mocking local and national stories from the previous year.

After Terry and Dobson's group, the Mango Marching Band, was denied entry into the King Orange Jamboree Parade due to their use of kazoos, conch shells, and garbage can drums as instruments, the pair held their own parade, with an initially by simply marking the ends of a street with signs.

In 1986, the parade included a group of people dressed as members of the sex and drug trades, calling themselves the "Biscayne Boulevard Chamber of Commerce".

In 1997 and 2000, floats mocked the area's history of voting irregularities, with the latter year focusing on the issues the state faced during the 2000 presidential election.

A group calling themselves the "Narcissistic Selfie Association (NSA)", one of the floats in the 2013 parade. Members of the float frequently ran into audience to take selfies with them. [ 4 ]