PRESS RELEASE-August 2010
THEME ANNOUNCED FOR 50TH ANNIVERSARY DOWNTOWN GARDEN CITY SANTALAND PARADE!
The theme for the 2010 Downtown Garden City Santaland Parade has been announced
and in recognition of this very special milestone the theme is "50 Golden Years of Santaland Memories." Participants will be encouraged to incorporate this theme into their entries and a number of 50th anniversary promotions will be planned to help celebrate this historic event.
The participant package is already available to download at www.santalandparade.com or by contacting Pat Squires via e-mail at Csquires2sell@aol.com or by phone at 734-748-0514. The package includes rules and regulations, participant information and the entry form for this year's parade.
The Santaland Parade Committee is working on bringing some great entries to this year's event and residents are encouraged to send any suggestions they have for special entries to the parade committee by contacting Dan York at danyork@danyork.net. “If someone has access to an unusual or unique entry that they think would benefit the parade, we would welcome the help. Of course want as many of the entries from the community as we can get also,” said York one of the parade spokesperson.
Once again the title sponsor of the parade is the Garden City Downtown Development Authority. The DDA is again committed to a contribution of $7,000 in exchange for the title sponsorship. According to DDA Chairperson John Prosch, “This is such a great fit between the parade and the DDA. The parade brings so many people into the downtown and being the 50th anniversary we are thrilled to be involved again.” For the second consecutive year, the DDA plans to host “Santaland” at the site of the Farmers Market were the parade concludes in the Town Center parking lot.
The Downtown Garden City Santaland Parade is put on exclusively by a volunteer committee that falls under the umbrella of the Garden City Community Coalition which is 501c3 charity. The parade can also be found on Facebook.
GRAND MARSHALS SET FOR 50TH ANNUAL DOWNTOWN
GARDEN CITY SANTALAND PARADE
Garden City’s Golden anniversary parade will have two very recognizable high profile Grand Marshals to help celebrate the event. Miss Michigan, Katie LaRoche, and WNIC radio drive time personality Kristin Burns have both agreed to serve as Grand Marshals for the 50th Anniversary Downtown Garden City Santaland Parade Saturday, November 27 at 10am.
Katie is the second consecutive Miss Michigan to appear in the parade. A Bay City resident, she is a graduate of Michigan State University and was crowned Miss Michigan in June. She will represent Michigan at the Miss American Pageant in Las Vegas in January
Miss Michigan’s media kit can be found at:
http://www.missmichigan.org/mediakit/MissMichigan2010_MediaKit.pdf .
Kristin is a Garden City native who can be heard from 3-7 pm weekdays on 100.3 WNIC. She has been heard in Lansing, Knoxville, Tennessee, New Hampshire and Connecticut before returning to Michigan. “I grew up watching the parade with my family and marched in it as a Camp Fire Girl in elementary school and then as a Majorette for Garden City High School. My parents and brother's family still live in Garden City, so it's a thrill for all of us.”
Find out more about Kristin Burns at http://www.wnic.com/pages/kristinburns.html .
“Since this is our 50th Anniversary parade we’re going to try and pull out all of the stops,” said Santaland Parade committee member Kevin Kramis. “Having Katie LaRoche and Kristin Burns is quite an honor and we hope the folks who come out to see the parade will be as thrilled to see them as we are to have them in the parade.”
The theme of this year’s parade is "50 Golden Years of Santaland Memories." Participants will be encouraged to incorporate this theme into their entries and a number of 50th anniversary promotions will be planned to help celebrate this historic event.
Along with the entries that are returning, new to this year’s parade will be the Redford Jaycees Lawn Mower Brigade and the Great Lakes Garrison Star Wars Storm Troopers. More information on those groups will follow.
The Downtown Garden City Santaland Parade is part of the Garden City Community Coalition which is a 501c3 charity whose mission is to promote a lifestyle free from the abuse of alcohol, tobacco and other drugs. The title sponsor of the event is the Garden City Downtown Development Authority.
The parade’s website is www.santalandparade.com.
