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| EAST LONGMEADOW - The annual East Longmeadow 4th of July Parade will kick off at 10 a.m. at Birchland Park Middle School, winding its way through the town and ending at East Longmeadow High School. The parade, which fosters community pride and patriotism in our country, draws many participants and spectators as an annual tribute to our country's independence. The following units are in the parade: ADVANCE UNITS 9:40 Exchange Club of Greater Springfield 9th Mass Light Artillery Re-enactment Unit of Western Mass. 9:50 East Longmeadow Fire Dept. followed by all out of town Fire Companies 10:00 Start of Parade Marshals - Brian Falk/Mike Gordon/Moss Granfield MILITARY UNIT Music - Windsor Fife & Drum Western Mass Vietnam Vets Ch. 111 Honor Guard Korean War Vets of Western Mass Ch. 2000 Korean War Vets of Conn. Ch. 1 Sgt. Mark Ecker (car to follow) VFW Post 3236 Honor Guard for Sgt. Ecker Police Pace Car & E. Long. Police Chief Florida Highway Patrol Mustang 4C's Auto Body Patriotic Corvette Music - Yankee Doodle Band (from Rensselear, NY) Grand Marshal Bob Hildreth (car) Float - So. Hadley St. Patrick's Committee Float VFW Post 70 with Ladies Aux. VFW Post 277 with Color Guard American Legion Post 293 (marching/tractor trailer truck) American Legion Womens Post 463 WWII Veteran & Stephen Houle (Antique Corvette) WW II Jeep (Harvey Boudreau) WW II Jeep (Bill Howard) WWII Re-Enactment Unit marchers USS ESSEX aircraft carrier (truck with model) Polish Artillery Cavalry Squadron US Coast Guard Recruiting (van) Music - Italian American Band (Springfield, MA) UNIT 1 Town of East Longmeadow marshal - John Stearns Music - East Longmeadow High School Band East Longmeadow High School Cheerleaders Town Officials East Long. Board of Selectmen East Long. School Committee East Long. Republican Town Committee State Dignitaries State Sen. Gale Candaras State Rep. Mary Rogeness State Rep. Angelo Puppolo Jr. State Rep. Sean Curran Out of Town Officials Spfld. Clerk of Courts - Brian Lees & Nancy Spfld. City Councilors Domenic J. Sarno & Jim Ferrera Hampden Board of Selectmen Longmeadow Democratic Town Committee Float - Spfld. Lodge Of Elks #61/Float & Marchers E. Long. Council on Aging (Sr. Friendship Club Officers) - (car) (Sr. Center Building Study Comm.) - (car) (Morning Glory Walkers) Western Mass Relics Softball Team Acres Power Equipment Co. Music - Sprit of America Marching Band (Orleans, MA) Remax Realty Cub Scouts Pack 27 Girl Scouts of E. Long. Troop 124 Float - Lenox/American Saw Music - TC's DJ and Karaoke All Amer. Gymnastics & All Star Titan Cheerleaders Redstone Rehabilitation & Nursing Center East Long. DPW UNIT 2 Marshal - Rick Avezi Children's International Summer Village Reminder Publications/car Hampden County Sheriff's Dept. (marchers/van) Wingate At East Longmeadow Music - Spfld. Kilties Pipe Band Float - St. Michael's Players Ms. Senior Mass Fran Owens Esoteric Sherwood Lodge & Rainbow Girls of E.Long. Body Works/flat bed trailer & 4 cars Pioneer Gymnastics (marchers) Float - Antique Miniature Horse Drawn Fire Wagon Music - Westbrook Fife and Drum (from Westbrook, Ct.) Charlie Serafin (unicycle) Desert Odessy Dancers/truck Big Y Corp. (car & marchers) Music - Hartford Steel Symphony (Hartford, CT) Wilbraham Twin Meadows Youth Hockey Whispering Horse Therapeutic Riding Center UNIT 3 Marshals - Randy Demarest/Paul Federici Music - Marquis of Granby (Granby, CT) E. Long. Unico/car E. Long. Rotary/car E. Long. Lions Club (eye mobile/ car/marchers) Donavan's Pub (double decker bus) Red Hat Society Spfld. Falcons Hockey & Mascot (Screech) Just Like Home Early Learning Ctr. Appaloosa Horse Group US Academy of Martial Arts New Alliance Bank (marchers) Music- Spfld. Steel Drum Band & Dancers Teddy Bear Pools & Spas (VW Bug) Float - Opa Opa Steakhouse & Brewery WAQY 102 Radio/Lazer 99.3 with 2 vehicles Float - Spfld. Colleen Committee Celtic Dimensions Dancers Lady Warriors' Semi-Pro Cheer & Dance Team Spfld. Rescue Mission (2 cars & van) Spfld. Chapter Order of the Eastern Star UNIT 4 Marshals - John O'Heir/Greg Thompson Music - Black River Fife & Drum (Benson, Vt.) Majestic Theater (Corvette & Motorcycle) Float - Chicopee Colleen Float Dog Days & Nights (van) Environmental Design & Landscaping Marx Entertainment New England Canine Rehabilitation & Fitness Ctr. Music - Faith Tabernacle Church Group (flat bed truck) Mercy Medical Ctr. Blood Mobile Han's Olympic Tae Kwan Do Colorful Creations Bead Co. Interstate Towing Back to the 50's (2 56 Fords) Cheryl Arcand (56 T-Bird) Lou Santinello (56 T-Bird) 94 Mustang Pace Car Parade of Corvettes "Old to New" Meadows Driving School Music - Eclairs Drum & Bugle Corps (Canada) Float Holyoke Medical Center MELHA UNIT American Medical Response Vehicle Banner carriers are urgently needed to assist in carrying musical sponsors banners and to date we are have very few banner carriers who have signed on to help. Anyone who can assist is asked to call Carl Ohlin at 525-2952 for information. |