Join Fred Meyer and thousands of kids at the parade!
Date:
Wednesday, June 3
Location:
Hollywood District
NE Sandy and 52nd
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Time:
1:00 p.m.
Admission:
Free
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Portland Community Media will be broadcasting the 2009 Fred Meyer Junior Parade on Channel 29 at the following times:
Friday, June 12, 6:00 p.m. (Channel 29)
Sunday, June 14, 8:00 p.m. (Channel 29)
Monday, June 15, 10:00 a.m. (Channel 29)
For more information, contact Portland Community Media: 503.288.1515
From the very beginning, the Portland Rose Festival has celebrated our community's children. Portland's very first Rose Festival in 1907 included a children's parade of 2000 boys and girls representing 23 schools! In 1936, the Junior Parade became an official Rose Festival event. Since that time, the parade has become a beloved tradition for many Portland families.
Bands, school groups, scout troops, children's organizations, youth clubs, dance teams and families join in the parade. For many years, the parade featured members of the Junior Court. Today, children dress in costume, build colorful floats towed on wagons, or ride on bikes decorated with flowers, crepe paper, streamers and balloons—some of them future court members themselves!
Here's how you can be a part of the oldest and largest children's parade in the nation:
- Be in the parade! Children middle school age and younger (and their chaperones!) are welcome to march in the parade. For parade rules and information, visit Join the Parade.
- Cheer the parade! Find a spot on the sidewalk and enjoy. The parade begins at 1:00 p.m. in the Hollywood District of NE Portland, along Sandy BLVD. Parking can be difficult, so plan ahead or take public transit.
Kids, be sure to watch for Tillie the Cow (the Tillamook Cheese mascot) in the parade -- along with many other friendly characters, like the Geico Gecko!
Buy a family treat for the Junior Parade and Support the Rose Festival!
Paradise Bakery & Café is teaming up with the Portland Rose Festival Foundation and you can help support the Festival by purchasing an official Rose Festival cookie box of chipper cookies for ONLY $2.95! Paradise Bakery & Café will give the Portland Rose Festival Foundation 50% of all proceeds during the festival, May 22 - June 7, 2009. All of Paradise products are made from scratch, using only the finest quality ingredients & baked fresh daily. Visit one of four local Oregon stores (Bridgeport Village, Essex House, Lloyd Center and Pioneer Place) today and pick up a delicious box of our famous chipper cookies! Working together, we can support our community. If supporting the Festival in a sweet way isn't enough, Paradise Bakery will give a 2-for-1 admission coupon for the Waterfront Village for each chipper box sold! Visit their website to learn more.
