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Chicago Pride Parade line of march released

Mon. June 18, 2012

Chicago, IL - The organizers of the 43rd Annual Chicago Pride Parade have released the parade line-up, which includes entries from Chicago Public Schools, sailors from Great Lakes representing their new on-base LGBT group and close to 200 other business and organizations.



The parade is scheduled for Sunday, June 24 at noon stepping off from a new location at Broadway and Montrose in Chicago's Uptown neighborhood. The parade will then travel south on Broadway; then south on Halsted; then east on Belmont; then south on Broadway; then east on Diversey to Cannon Drive.

The parade is organized by PRIDEChicago under the direction of parade coordinator Richard Pfeiffer.

2012 PRIDE PARADE LINE OF MARCH

1. Intro (banner/grand marshal/governor)

2. Chgo G/L Hall of Fame - float

2A HOFw/D.C.Netsch - car



3. Nettelhorst - walkers

3A Ogden Int. School/Chgo - walkers

4. Chicago Waldorf School - bus & walkers

5. Lakeview High School - float & walkers

5A Links Pride Youth Program - walkers

5B Trevor Project - walkers

6. About Face Theatre - truck & walkers

7. American Veterans - car & flag & walkers

7A Gay/Lesbian & Supporting Sailors - walkers

8. Lakeside Pride Band - van & walkers



9. Police Superintendent (rep.) - car.

9A L/G Police/GOAL - float

10. Elected Officials & Departments - walkers only including (City: Aldermen Tunney, Waguespack & Smith; Chicago Public Library. County: Board President Preckwinkle, Commissioner Tobolski & Clerk of Circuit Court Brown; State: Sen. President Cullerton, Alliance of Illinois Judges; Federal: Congressman Quigley, Wade for Congress, Stein for President, Obama for America, Peace Corps)

10A Dykes on Bikes - motorcycles

10B L Stop - vehicle & walkers

11. Lambda Legal - float

11A ACLU of Illinois - truck & walkers

12. Steans/Harris/Cassidy/Pawar - float/walkers

13. S. Feigenholtz/A. Williams - car/walkers

14. Dignity Chicago - car & walkers

15. Chgo Coalition/Welcoming Churches - truck/walkers

16. a Church 4 Me? MCC - walkers

17. Episcopal Diocese/Chgo - van & walkers

18. Unitarian Universalists/Chgo - car & walkers

19 Heyward Boswell/CTS - car & walkers

20. Night Ministry - van

21. Temple Sholom Amkeshet - float/walkers

22. C.G. of Israel/Midwest - float & walkers

23. Congregation Or Chadash - truck/walkers

24. Chicago Teachers Union - float

25. ABC7 Chicago - float

26. Windy City Cowboys - truck & walkers

27. GLEAM (American Airlines) - vehicle & walkers

27A National Gay Pilots Assn. - walkers

27B United Airlines - flag & walkers

28. Chi-Town Squares - truck & walkers

29. Team/EndAIDS/AFC - float

30. Equality Illinois - float & walkers

31. First Congregational Church - truck & walkers

32. Unity in Chicago - float

33. Bodhi Spiritual Center - car & walkers

34. The Civil Rights Agenda - car & walkers

35. Folia Brazil - walkers

36. Cook Cty Democratic Party - float/walkers

37. Alderman Smith - car & walkers

38. Center on Halsted/AllState - float/walkers

39. Elmhurst College - walkers

40. Lakeview East Chamber - float & walkers

41. ILGRA & Men of Charlie's - float & walkers

42. Gay Hockey Assoc. - car & walkers

43. Baton Show Lounge - float

44. Human Rights Campaign - flag & walkers

45. PFLAG - trolley & walkers

45A Walgreen Drug Co. - vehicle

46. Chicago Prime Timers - walkers

47. Chicago Cubs - trolley & walkers

48. ROTC Chicago - truck & walkers

49. Alderman Maldonado - car & walkers

49A. Puerto RicanVIDA/SIDA - float & walkers

50. Telemundo - float

51. TPAN & Abbott Virology - car & walkers

51A Wigs/Wheels/Hamburger Marys - float walkers

52. OKGameOver - car & walkers

53. Asians & Friends Chgo - truck & walkers

54. BMW of Schererville - flatbed & walkers

55. Alderman Osterman - car & walkers

56. G/L Chamber/Commerce - float/walkers

56A. MB Financial - trolley & walkers

57. Rush Pride - float & walkers

58. Schakowsky for Congress - van & walkers

59. Lisa Madigan - car & walkers

60. Alderman Solis - float & walkers

61. RedEye - vehicle

62. WGN Television - float

63. GRAB Magazine - float

64. Circuit Night Club - flatbed

65 Trikone Chicago - truck & walkers

66. Prologue, Inc. - float

67. Cook Cty States Atty A. Alvarez - float/walkers

68. Advocate IL Med Cntr. - trolley & walkers

69. Cook Cty Sheriff Tom Dart - float/walkers

69A K. Yarbrough - flatbed/walkers

70. Debra Shore - car & walkers

71. Alderman Joe Moore - truck & walkers

72. Robert Jeffrey Salon - float & walkers

73. Illinois Nurses Association - walkers

74. Gerber/Hart Library - walkers

75. Roscoe Tavern/Cafe - flatbed & walkers

76. ChicagoPride.com - float & walkers

77. Derby Lite - car & rollerskaters

78. Sidetrack - float

79. Gay Chicago TV - float & walkers

79A United Way/Metro Chgo - float & walkers

80. BMOHarris/ChgSpiritBrigade - float/walkers

81 PAWS Chgo/Miss Foozie - car & walkers

82. ComEd - truck & walkers

83. Affinity Community Services - truck & walkers

84. New Baby O Club Escape - limo/walkers

85. Windy City Black Pride - car & walkers

86. SEIU Illinois Council - float & walkers

86A Orbitz - car & walkers

87. Balloons by Tommy - SUV & walkers

88. Macy /Chgo Gay Men Chorus - float & walkers

89. Chicago House - trolley

90. Brown Elephant Resale Shops - truck

90A. Howard Brown Health Center - float

91. Columbia College/Chgo students - vehicle

91A Horizon Hospice - trolley & walkers

92. Windy City Sisters - float & walkers

93. Miller Lite - float

93A. Broadway in Chicago - float & walkers

93B MillerCoors - truck & walkers

93C. Corona Beer/Crown Imports - truck & walkers

93D. Diageo Guinness - trolley

94. KISS FM 103.5 - float

95. Chicago Boyz - DD bus

96. Velvet Rope & Bonsai Bar - trailer

97. Doll House Lesbian Night - trolley

98. Chgo Dept. Public Health - float & walkers

99. NewTown Alano Club - flatbed & walkers

100. MEGA 95.5 - float

101. CORE Center - float & walkers

102. Gender & Sexuality Cntr. - float & walkers

103. WCIU, The U - DD bus & walkers

104. LITE FM 93.9 - float

105. IL State Bar Assn. - mobile billboard & walkers

106. Chgo Gender Society - float

107. Illinois Gender Advocates - car

108. Evanston Subaru in Skokie - truck

109. PepsiCo - float & walkers

109A PepsiCo Frito Lay - truck & walkers

110. New 104.3 K-HITS - float & walkers

111. ChgoMetro Sports Assn. - trolley/walkers

111A Athletic Alliance of Chicago - float

111B Team Chicago Athletics - float & walkers

111C Chicago Smelts - truck & walkers

111D Chicago Dragons Rugby - walkers

112. Chgo Bi/Queer Community - truck

113 Second City & GayCo - car & walkers

114. John Baethke & Son - float & walkers

115. Chgo Outfit Roller Derby - SUV & walkers

116. Barely Standing (band) - float

117. Neo-Futurist Theater - truck & walkers

118. KPMG LLC - bus

119. Roosevelt University - car & walkers

120. Campit Outdoor Resort - flatbed/walkers

121. LA Tan - float & walkers

122. Gay McHenry - float

123. Steve Quick Jewelers - float & walkers

124. Nuns4Fun Entertainment - float

125. Gay Liberation Network - truck & walkers

126. WBBM-FM B96 - float

127. Unite Here Local 1 - float & walkers

128. WXRT-FM - float & walkers

129. Lesbian Space Invaders - truck & walkers

130. Puppy Mill Project - float & walkers

131. Chipotle Mexican Grill - float & walkers

132. Old Town School of Folk Music - truck & walkers

133. Downtown Bar & Lounge - float

134. (blank)

135. Blum Animal Hospital - car

136. Astellas Pharma US - float & walkers

137. Mi Tierra Mexicana Restaurant - float

138. JPMorgan Chase - float & walkers

139. Blue Cross Blue Shield - float & walkers

140. Google - trolley & walkers

141. DRAFT FCB - float & walkers

142. Chicago Lakeshore Hospital - walkers

143. Bank of America - float & walkers

144. Sears Holdings Mgmt. Corp. - float

145. Newell Rubbermaid - float

146. Northrop Grumman - trolley

147. ATT LEAGUE Chgo - truck & walkers

148. (blank)

149. SGI-USA - truck & walkers

150 (blank)

151. WCPT AM/FM - van & walkers

152. Threadless.com - truck & walkers

153. Chicago Northside Toyota - trolley

154. Congress Candy Land - flatbed

155. Chgo Wedding Alliance - truck & walkers

156. Royal Service Realty - truck

157. Mini of Chicago - car

157A Fields Fiat - car

157B Fields Infiniti - car

157C Fields Volvo - car

158. Chicago Assoc. of Realtors - float & walkers

159. Chgo Apartment Finders - car & walkers

160. Office Max - truck & walkers

161. Harrington College - float & walkers

162. Tapas Bar & B Club - float & walkers

163. Anti-Cruelty Society - van & walkers

164. Mercy for Animals - truck & walkers

165. Tree House Humane Society - van & walkers

166. Chgo North Shore Women Rugby - vehicle

167. IL School/Professional Psychology/Argosy - walkers

168. Automatic Data Processing - car & walkers

169. Nat Org./Restoring Men - car & walkers

170. Gerber Collision/Glass - Firetruck & walkers

171 Q87.7 Underground Alternative - float

172. IL Psychological Assoc. - float & walkers

173. (blank)

174 Phusion Projects LLC - float

175. Westward Management - van & walkers

176. Akira Chicago - van & walkers

177. Chgo Nat Org for Women - car/walkers

178. McGrath Lexus - float & walkers

179. Fletcher Jones Volkswagan - car

180. Flash Cab - car & walkers

181. Redmoon Theater - truck & walkers

182. I-Go Car Sharing - car & walkers

183. River North Sales - car & walkers

184. Intelligentsia Tea & Coffee - float & walkers

185. LA Boxing - truck & walkers

186. Bikram Yoga Chicago - walkers

187. Chicago Leather Pride - flatbed & walkers

188. Busy Bee Promotions - float & walkers

189. Animal Emergency &Treatment Center - car & walkers

190. Log Cabin Republicans IL - flatbed & walkers

191. Badoo - bicycle

192. Carr Honda - float

193. Dick's Last Resort - float

194. Ram/Cupids/Leather/Banana - float

195. Campers Inn Factory RV Outlet - RV/walkers

196. Republic Waste Services. - truck

Related: Online Pride Guide, tips and information about the Chicago Pride Parade, Sunday, June 24

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