Parade Organization

Parade Director
Joseph Shumard

 

Parade Chief Marshals
Parade Chief Marshal — Robert Garbacz
Parade Chief Route Captain — Sharon Sobel

Parade Chief Volunteer Coordinator — Tom Shaw

Parade Chief Judge — Marianne McInerney

 

Parade Dignitary Coordination
Michael Oliver and Anna Jones

 

Parade Communications
Karen & Richard Bunn
Alexandria Radio Club & Mount Vernon Radio Club

 

Parade Set-up Crew Chiefs
Reviewing Stand — Bill Aramony
Start Point — Anne Haynes

 

Parade Information (Start Point)
Public Information — Kathy Kelly

Participant Information — Anne Haynes

 

Parade Procurement & Awards
William Aramony and Kristin Himes

 

Parade Reviewing Stand
Announcing — Janet Barnett and Stephanie Brown
Post-parade Reception Coordination — Kristin Himes

Please click on this text for the Parade Volunteer Plan. This shows the responsibilities of all 133 Parade Volunteers.

Officials Schedule
February 18, 2008

8-8:30 a.m. All signage put in place.

• Parking areas.
• Parade Divisions

9-10:00 a.m. Marshals Meet at American Legion (400 Cameron Street, Lower Level).

• Final Orders
• Volunteer Deployment (Individual Duty Assignments).
• Receive Hats & Badges
• Final check of patches needed for each Division
• Judging & Reviewing Stand materials.

10:00 a.m. Parking Restrictions go into effect.

• Perimeter established.
• Begin Physical set up.
• Reviewing Stand & Start Point set-up crews start their work.
• Lyles-Crouch School cafeteria area and restrooms open

10:30 a.m. Parade Physical set up completed:

• Information Booth up.
• Reviewing Stand up.
• Communications Truck up.
• Vehicle Signs delivered to Dignitary Division

11:00 a.m. All Parade Officials Brief Meeting at the Start Point

• Marshals Pick up Division Signs, clipboard, parade lists, and maps.
• Marshals Take Assigned Stations and put Division Signs in place.
• Dignitary Vehicles arrive for Dignitary Division.

11:30 a.m. Participant check-in begins

• ^{Place all Dignitary Vehicle signs on the appropriate vehicle.}
• ^{Dignitary Vehicles placed in order.}
• ^{All Division Signs should be in place.}

12 noon Marshals begin to put units in Parade Order.

12:30 p.m. Dignitaries arrive in Dignitary Division.

• All Parade Units should be at their Division sites.
• Perimeter closed; all non-Parade vehicles clear of Assembly Area
• Marshals check every unit against Parade Order.

12:45 p.m. Marshals Parade Order Report to Communications.

12:55 p.m. March Order changes sent to Reviewing Stand

• Parade Announcers in place.
• All route Captains in place.
• All end-point Marshals in place.

1:00 p.m. Parade Begins.

• Parade Units begin to pass by the Duke Street Check Point.

1:20 p.m. Parade first passes the reviewing stand.

3:00 p.m. Post-Parade & Awards Reception, American Legion Ballroom.