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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