Wally Goose ‘cooked’ in Wawa dance battle
Wally Goose took a gander over at a group of Lehigh Senior High School students.
What followed was an impromptu dance battle on the mascot’s newest home turf: a Wawa on Colonial Boulevard, near State Road 82. The store is in Fort Myers, just outside Lehigh Acres, and employs 45.
Thursday was the grand opening of the Wawa store, the convenience store chain’s 89th in Florida.
Wally was quick to spread his wings, and other faux-feather appendages, doing splits in his finest moment.
A few students strutted their stuff, but it was sophomore Skylar St. John who seemed to take flight, jumping high into the air in the Wawa parking lot and sending the crowd into a frenzy.
Not one to cry “fowl,” Wally took it all in stride. After all, this was a celebration.
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The high school band played and the cheerleading squad shouted on this sweltering morning as dignitaries gathered to mark the occasion.
Employees of the Fort Myers Police Department and the Fort Myers Fire Department waged their own battle in a “Hoagies for Heroes” competition.
In the end, everyone came out a winner, and Wawa donated to at least three charities.
Customers win too, with the Wawa location offering free coffee to keep good times going through June 11.
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