Picking theme hardest part of organizing parade
Sometimes the toughest part of planning the annual Athens Christmas parade is coming up with a theme that celebrates an abstract concept like holiday spirit without wandering into sappy greeting-card territory.
Announcing New York City's 25th Annual April Fools' Day Parade, “Up, Up and Away!”
The 25th Annual April Fools' Day Parade will begin at Fifth Avenue and 59th Street at 12 noon, Thursday, April 1st, 2010. Rain or shine, the parade will march down to Washington Square Park for post-parade festivities and selection of the King or Queen of Fools from the costumed marching look-alikes. The New York April Fools' Day Parade was created by artist and satirist Joey Skaggs in 1986 to commemorate the perennial folly of mankind. Says Skaggs, "The public is encouraged to participate, in or out of costume, with or without floats, and may join the procession at any point along the parade route." Led by a Ben Bernanke look-alike as Grand Marshall, the parade will kick off with the Where’s-the-Money Marching Ban ...