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The Radio City Christmas Spectacular at Radio City Music Hall and numerous other American cities is the most-watched live show in the USA, with more than 2.1 million spectators annually. The Rockettes performed annually at the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade (since 1957), The Columbus Day Parade , and America's Thanksgiving Parade in Detroit . The NBC Rockefeller Center Tree-Lighting Ceremony also traditionally includes a performance by the dance troop. The Rockettes have also kicked off the announcements for new product lines launched by such diverse companies as McDonald's , Coca-Cola , Oldsmobile , L'eggs Hosiery , Mannington Floors , and Honda 's 50th Anniversary show. Their famous Kick Line started with 16 women and now has 36. They are all between 5′6″ and 5′10 1/2″ and are arranged tallest in the middle and shortest on the ends. HISTORY The group was started by Russell Markert in 1925 in St. Louis, Missouri , as the "Missouri Rockets." Samuel "Roxy" Rothafel discovered them and brought them to New York City. They in many ways took over what the Ziegfeld Follies had been before Flo Ziegfeld's death. Their NYC debut was in Rothafel's own Roxy Theater on 50th and 7th, and under the name "Roxyettes." Rothafel moved them to their current stead, opening of the Radio City Music Hall on December 27 , 1932 . In 1936, the troupe won the grand prize at the " Paris Exposition De Dance ." During World War II , the troupe was a mainstay of the USO Tours . During the halftime show of Super Bowl XXII in 1988 , the Rockettes were seen by a television audience of 150 million viewers. President Bush's 2001 Presidential Inauguration Ceremony featured the leggy performers prancing down the steps of the Lincoln Memorial . In November 2005 , the Christmas Spectacular's musicians and stagehands went on strike, although the show decided to go on, with the Rockettes' dancing to recorded music. The strike was eventually settled, and everybody went back to work. QUOTES ON THE ROCKETTES
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