Mariah Carey to attend "Move that bus!" moment Sunday
"Extreme Makeover: Home Edition" announced today that hit singer Mariah Carey will be in Pensacola on Sunday to welcome home Finis Gaston and his family and that the public is invited to attend the "Move that bus!" moment when the family gets to see the new home for the first time.
Carey was on hand on Monday to give Gaston the news that he and his niece and her children would be the latest recipients of an "Extreme Makeover" home. She will be there again Sunday for "the reveal", as it's known.
The home has been being built this week by Heritage Homes of Mobile, which also built an "Extreme Makeover" home for the Gaudet family of Mobile in 2008. Because the show will air December 12 as the "Extreme Makeover" holiday show, the build has had a holiday theme and people who come out on Sunday to watch the house be unveiled are asked to wear holiday garb.
The reveal is schedule to take place at 2 p.m. Sunday and members of the public are asked to check ExtremeHeritageHomes.com for updates. The home is being constructed at 1301 Rainbow Ave. in Pensacola, but producers of the ABC show say spectators should park at a shuttle pickup site at W Street and Beverly Parkway. From there, buses will shuttle spectators to the homesite from 8 a.m. until spectators have cleared.
Spectators should plan to spend several hours onsite and should prepare by bringing plenty of fluids, such as water and sports drinks, and by wearing sunscreen. In advance of the family's return from Disney World, the show's star, Ty Pennington, is heading up a raffle and fund-raiser to help welcome the family home.
Gaston is a former male cheerleader at the Alabama A&M who left the Huntsville university to take care of his niece and 2 nephews after his mother's untimely death. He has been teaching and coaching cheerleading in the Pensacola area. (Alabama Live)
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