a detective descendant was a grand marshal of the parade in 1969 then chief joe dan osceola of the tribe greg over the years to become a three-day old tribe. a 9-year-old kimmi will have that honor of being the grand marshal. here with more, we have dwayne with the city and about ecky maria scrapo and the aunt of this precious little girl. dwayne, let's start off by talking about this child and how special she is and why you all selected her to be the grand marshal. >> we have the seminole powwow in the last three years is not something we take lightly. it's an important aspect of our parade. >> we have pictures of this little girl who suffers from something that a lot of people have no idea what it is. maria is the wonderful aunt of this child who is so call and so full of life. without all of the medical terms, explain what it is. >> at the core it is a respiratory illness. it starts with the lungs and from there, it goes after the brain and affects the kidneys and destroys the body, for lack of a better term. there's not a lot known about the disease because it's so rare. there's less