{"id":18552,"date":"2026-03-02T16:09:34","date_gmt":"2026-03-02T16:09:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/?p=18552"},"modified":"2026-03-02T16:09:34","modified_gmt":"2026-03-02T16:09:34","slug":"wheetv-covers-asheville-mardi-gras-parade","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/blog\/2026\/03\/02\/wheetv-covers-asheville-mardi-gras-parade\/","title":{"rendered":"WheeTV Covers Asheville Mardi Gras Parade"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18555 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/187\/2026\/03\/InShot_20260227_111840980-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/>February marked the first off-campus WheeTV production of the semester.<br \/>WheeTV was invited to cover Asheville\u2019s Mardi Gras parade on Sunday, February 15.<br \/>Despite the rainy weather, the team of 12 students was eager to participate in the event.<br \/>Hours before the start of the parade, the crew loaded gear into vehicles and traveled to L.A. Pizza Party, the chosen location for the shoot.<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18556 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/187\/2026\/03\/InShot_20260227_112057384-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/>Cameras were placed alongside the parade route, while talent and other crew members observed the parade from the balcony on-site.<br \/>This year\u2019s parade theme was \u201cLife is a Carnival\u201d and featured many colorful floats, decorations and costumes.<br \/>\u201cThe crew did an excellent job overcoming technical difficulties and weather complications,\u201d said Jacob Pendergraph, WheeTV\u2019s general manager. \u201cI\u2019m very proud of how they rose to the occasion and made a great product for Asheville Mardi Gras.\u201d<\/p>\r\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-18557 alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/187\/2026\/03\/1000023631-300x169.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" \/>The <a href=\"https:\/\/youtu.be\/i_kVrL9vqC0?si=5TJv-kQm-VMDsyK8\">finished product<\/a> was uploaded to WheeTV\u2019s YouTube channel on February 17.<br \/>Coverage of the parade marked the second time WheeTV has filmed a production in Asheville.<br \/>Last semester WheeTV covered the annual Asheville Holiday Parade. <br \/>Follow WheeTV on <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/wheetv_wcu?utm_source=ig_web_button_share_sheet&amp;igsh=ZDNlZDc0MzIxNw==\">Instagram<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/youtube.com\/@whee-tv?si=us3m69zKsSi-2v0b\">YouTube<\/a> for more information on future events and broadcasts.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>February marked the first off-campus WheeTV production of the semester.WheeTV was invited to cover Asheville\u2019s Mardi Gras parade on Sunday, February 15.Despite the rainy weather, the team of 12 students [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3417,"featured_media":9648,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[97],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18552","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-student"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18552","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3417"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18552"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18552\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18558,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18552\/revisions\/18558"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9648"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18552"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18552"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/affiliate.wcu.edu\/comm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18552"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}