The contingent of revelers includes buck jumpers, dancers engaging in a full-body release to the music.
When the running was finished, however, dozens of police officers were needed to disperse the revelers from the north side of the campus.
The two-and-a-half hour event is expected to attract some 50,000 revelers which, at $15 apiece, will gross an estimated $750,000 for the multi-millionaire preacher's ministry.
Theatergoers poured into the streets, now filled with thousands of revelers.
But the survival of the parades -- and the neighborhoods the revelers called home -- is far from assured.
But for one day, at least, revelers would celebrate this critical milestone.
He's hopeful revelers lost because of the changes will be replaced by families and other travelers.
About 100,000 spring break revelers come to the beach community every year.
