Sun. June 22, 2008
Chicago, IL -
The 39th Annual Chicago Pride Parade steps off from the corner of Belmont and Halsted at Noon on Sunday, June 29. The parade proceeds north on Halsted from Belmont Avenue, passing the Center on Halsted at Waveland; south on Broadway Avenue (at Grace) to Diversey Avenue and east on Diversey Avenue to Cannon Drive.
Eric Alva, openly gay ex-Marine, and activist, the Grand Marshal of this year's parade will be riding in a classic car near the front of this year's Chicago Annual Pride Parade.
(2008 Online Pride Guide)
PRIDE PARADE LINE OF MARCH
A. Lead banner – walkers
1. Mayor's Advisory Council - car
2. Commission Human Rel. – car
3. L/G Hall of Fame – float
4. Grand Marshal – car
5. American Veterans – flag & car
5A.Veterans w/LCI - float
6. Human Rights C. – car
7. Lakeside Pride – band & car
8. Police/Lori – car
9. L/G Police – float
10.Tunney/Flores/Wagu. – walkers
11.L/G Judges – trolley
12. Steans/Harris/Osterman –float
13. Mike Quigley – walkers
14. Sara Feigenholtz – car
15. Guest - walkers
16. John Cullerton – car
17. Helen Shiller – car
18. Don Nowotny – truck
19. Tom Sharpe – walkers
20. Equality Illinois – float
21. Deborah Shore – float
22. GLAAD – car
23. G/L Chamber – float
24. Deborah Mell – car
25. Center on Halsted – float
26. Center on Halsted/Youth – float
27. Chgo Task Force/Aging – truck
28. ABC7 Chicago – float
28A Dykes on Bikes – motorcycles
29. Whole Foods – float
29A Steaz – mini van
29B. Chgo Dept. Pub. Health - float
30. ROTC – twirling corps/truck
31. TPA Network – float
32. Roberto Maldonado – car
32A. Retention Judges – car
33. NBC5 Chicago – float
33A. Resnick – auto
34. Windy City Rodeo/Charlies – float
35. S.S. Drill Team
36. WTTW Chicago – car
37. Jane Addams H.H. – float
38. Windy City Cowboys – truck
39. Lambda Legal – float
40. Obama/America – flatbed
41. IL. Lottery – float
42. IL Dept. Hum. Rights – walkers
43. Robert Jeffrey – float
44. Folia Brasil – walkers
45. Roosevelt Univ. – van
46. WGN-TV – float
46A. Red Eye – float
47. Miss Foozie – car
47A. Gerber Hart – walkers
47B. Wa Mu – walkers
48. Adv. IL Masonic Hosp. – trolley
48A. CBS2 Chicago – float
48B. Chicago Sky WNBA – car
49. Bayard Rustin A.C. – float
50. Lakeview E. Chamber – float
51. National City Bank – float
52. Richard Devine – Lawmobile
53. John Fritchey/Vi Daley – car
54. Baton Show Lounge – float
55. Filipinos & Friends – float
56. Jan Schakowsky – van
57. 1035 KISSFM ChicagoPride.com Smirnoff – float
58. Anita Alvarez – car
59. PFLAG – float
59A Michele Smith – walkers
59B IL Green Party – walkers
60. G.K. Drill Team
60A Chgo Transit Auth. – train
60B Time Out Chicago – float
61. Jesse White – car
61A Imperial W.E. Court – float
62. Barely Standing R.E. – float
63. Lisa Madigan – float
64. Be-HIV – trolley
65. Amigas Latinas/Wickerwell – float
66. Assoc. of Latino Men/Mi Tierra – float
67. Alex Giannoulias – car
68. Cook Cty Dem. Party - float
69. Asians & Friends Chgo – truck
70. Howard Brown H.C. – float
71. Howard Brown Youth – float
72. Brown Elephant – truck
73. Minibar – float
73A Chicago Spirit Brigade – truck
74. Macys – float
74A HolyCovMCC/a ch 4 me – walkers
75. Soka-Gaki/SGI – float
76. Met-Life – walkers
77. Evanston Subaru – car
78. AIDS Foundation – float
79. WCIU-TV/Me-TV/Me Too – truck
80. Circuit Night Club – float
81. Dan Hynes – car
81A Metromix/LVB - float
82. Tom Dart – float
82A Pride Youth Links - walkers
83. Stephanie Neely – car
84. Miller Lite – float
85. Chicago Force – float
86. Broadway in Chicago – float
87. Boston Beer/Sam Adams – truck
87A T. Hanson – car
88. Chi-Town Squares – car
88A Beta Phi Omega – car
89. Gay Lib Net/BB/IVaW/AC – truck
90. Jim Houlihan – car
91. Joe Moore – car
91A Gene Moore – car
92. Chicago 2016 – float
93. Hydrate/ChgHs/Cirque du Sol-float
94. Halsted's Restaurant – float
94A ACLU – car
95. Dorothy Brown – car
96. Julie Hamos – car
97. Jeff Schoenberg – car
98. Sidetrack – float
99. Team Chicago Athletics – truck
100. Chgo Gay Hockey – sk & car
101. ChgoFrontr/TrWom./wccycle-car
102. Chgo Dragons Rugby – suv
103. Chicago Smelts – DD Bus
104. Chgo Women in Trades – float
104A Natl. U. Health/GS Al.-walkers
105. Chicago N.O.W. – firetruck
106. Chgo Out. Roller Derby – truck
106A U. of IL. Pride – walkers
107. Chgo Women's Health Centr– car
107A Tulip – float
108. Windy City Black Pride – car
109. Chgo Coal. Welc. Churches – car
110. Holy Covenant UMC – flatbed
111. Dignity/Chicago – truck
112. Unitarian Universalists – car
113. Sankofay Way – car
113A Christ the King Church – car
114. (Withdrew)
115. Countryside Church – walkers
116. Congregation Or Chadash – car
117. at Properties – float
118. Sodexo Pride Network – walkers
119. WXRT-FM – float
120. Campit Outdoor Res. – trailer
121. Ram/Cupid/Leather/Banana-float
122. Techno-S – handcart
123. FRESH 105.9 WCFS-AM – float
124. Newtown Alano Club – car
125. SEIU Council – float
126. KPMG Corporate Pride – trolley
127. Harris Bank NA – bus
128. PepsiCo EQUAL – float
129. Frito-Lay – truck
130. Bank of America – float
131. HealthCare /B C B S-float
132. SONA-LA Tan – limo
133. Standard Bank – float
134. EXELON/Com Ed. – truck
135. John Baethke & Son – truck
136. AT&T LEAGUE – float
137. WBBM-FM/B96 – trolley
138. Chase Bank – truck
139. Caribou Coffee – car
140. Sudler Sotheby – trolley
140A McGrath Lexus – car
141. Chgo Gender Society – float
142. DuPage Peace – walkers
143. Columbia College – float
144. PR CC/VIDA SIDA – float
145. Ketty Enterprises – float
146. Hoosier Honeys – truck
147. Wells Fargo HM – float
148. Vital Bridges – truck
149. Tree House Animal Foun. – car
150. Fusion Radio – float
151. Gay McHenry – float
152. Chgo Boiz – dd bus
153. Windy City Perform. Arts– float
154. Matthew Hollis – flatbed
155. State Farm/John Claus – float
156. Mercy for Animals – suv
157. MIX-WTMX 101.9 FM – float
158. Quest Theatre – truck
159. Maneuvers – float
160. Seasons Hospice – flatbed
161. Community Alli. (CAAN)-truck
162. JACK-FM 104.3 CBS – float
163. Greenmaker – float
164. IPAGS/IPA Section – trolley
165. Of Stuff – truck
166. Horizons Hospice – truck
167. Howard Area Com Cntr – walkers
168. Reilly C. Bush M.F. – jeep
169. Night Ministry – bus
170. Sean Turner – car
171. Animal Ark Vet. Clinic – float
172. LOVE-FM 100.3 WILV – float
173. Stylus Entertainment – truck
174. Nutro/Petsmart – car
175. Nat'l. Org. Restor. Men/TLC-car
176. Unite Here Local 1 – float
177. Stonewall Assn. of IL – trolley
178. Berlin – float
179. Floss Dental Studio – bicycles
180. Norwegian Am. Hosp. – float
181. Rockin Pride – truck
182. Roscoe's – flatbed
183. W.C. Rollers & I-GO – car
184. Pilsen L.V. CMHC – float
185. Gutenberg Chgo. – car
186. Alexian B. Bonaventure – car
187. Molitor Financial – float
188. WCPT-AM – float
188A Schaumburg Audi – car
189. Tony ‘n Tina's Wedding – suv
190. Great Lakes Bears – trolley
191. Hideaway Nite club – car
192. Nielsen Media R. – truck
193. Late Nite Catechism – float
194. City Volkswagen - car
195. Lukaba Productions – float
196. Oak Park L/G & CV – float
197. Chgo N.S.Toyota – car
198. Talents of Chgo – suv
199. Tri-Ess – car
200. Panino's Café – flatbed
201. Boris Powell – flatbed
202. Bill Jacobs Mini – car
203. SPI Marketing for Absolut – float
204. Anti-Cruelty Society – van
205. National Runaway Switchb. – suv
206. Starbucks – flatbed
207. YWCA Out & Aff. Cntr. – float
208. Bailiwick Repertory – car
209. Jeffrey Pub – suv
210. Pop Goes Gio – car
211. Arnie Salerno's Restr. – float
212. Chgo Apt. Finders – car
213. Studio Within – jeep
214. Hunter's – flatbed
215. Marani Spirits – truck
216. Happy Birthday Carrie – car
217. Club Escape – limo
218. Steppenwolf – van
219. Barking Lot – truck
220. Chgo Leather Pride – truck
221. Boom Boom Nightclub – float
222. City Cowboy – truck
223. Edible Arrangements – van
224. Green Dolphin/Bm Bm Rm – float
225. Louis Glunz/Pabst – truck
226. Phi Alpha Gamma/Fag Frat – car
227. Aesthetic Dermatology – car
228. Jewel/Osco – large shopping cart
229. Chgo Animal Control – truck
230. Guest – walkers
231. Elm Lawn C. – walkers
232. River North S&S – truck
The Annual Chicago Pride Parade organized by PRIDEChicago and held on the last Sunday of June. For more information on PRIDEChicago visit www.chicagopridecalendar.org
ABC 7 Chicago will broadcast a one hour recap of the parade at 11:35 PM on Sunday, June 29. The show, hosted by Janet Davis and Lou Canellis with special guests WXRT's Terri Hemmert and parade coordinator Richard Pfeiffer, will feature taped highlights from the parade.
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