ChicagoPride.com News June 22, 2011
PRIDEChicago announces over 250 entries, releases line-up By GoPride.com News Staff June 22, 2011 https://chicago.gopride.com/news/article.cfm/articleid/19803600
42nd annual Chicago Pride Parade, Sunday, June 26 at Noon
CHICAGO, IL -- PRIDEChicago, organizer of the Chicago Pride Parade, says there are over 250 registered entries including floats, decorated vehicles, performance groups and marching bands. One of the most notable entries will be the Chicago Cubs, participating for the second year.
Earlier this week, the Cubs became the second professional sports team to record an "It Gets Better" video. (Watch the video)
The 42nd annual Chicago Pride Parade, which is expected to draw over half a million people, steps off at Noon on Sunday, June 26, from Belmont and Halsted St. in Boystown.
Fernanda Rocha, from Bravo's "Real Housewives of Orange County," will serve as the Grand Marshal.
2011 Pride Parade Line of March:
1. Mayor Emanuel - car 2. Mayor's LGBT Advisory Council - car 3. Hall of Fame - float 4. Commission on Human Relations - van 5. Governor Quinn - car 5A Nettelhorst - walkers 6. Chicago Waldorf School - bus 7. American Veterans for Equal Rights - car & flags 8. Lakeside Pride Freedom Band - band 9. Police Supt. Rep. - car 10. L/G Police/GOAL - float 11. Tom Tunney and Scott Waguespack - car 12. James Cappelman - car 13. Steans/Harris/Pawar/Cassidy - float 14. Sara Feigenholtz - car 15. Mike Quigley - walkers 15A John Cullerton - walkers 16. Chicago Teachers Union - walkers 17. Dykes on Bikes - motorcycles 18. Equality Illinois - float 19. Pride Youth Program - walkers 20. Civil Rights Agenda - float 21. Folia Brasil/Chicago Samba - walkers 22. Harry Osterman - float 23. Chicago Gay Hockey Assn. - car 24. Alliance of Illinois Judges - car 24. Alliance of Illinois Judges - car 25. ABC7 Chicago - float 26. Deb Mell - truck 27. Consulate General of Israel to the Midwest - float 28. Congregation Or Chadash - flatbed 29. Temple Sholom of Chicago - float 30. Jan Schakowsky - van 31. United States Peace Corps - walkers 32. Chicago Cubs - van 33. Center on Halsted - float 34. S.A.G.E. - trolley 35. Chicago Prime Timers - car 36. PFLAG - trolley 36A Actors' Equity/Season of Concern - car 37. Baton Show Lounge - float 38. Miss Foozie - car 39. R.O.T.C. - truck 39A Human Rights Campaign - float 40. Chicago Public Library - walkers 41. Chicago Theological Seminary/LGBTQ Religious Studies Center - walkers 41A About Face Theatre - walkers 42. Gerber/Hart Library - walkers 42A Rush Pride - walkers 43. Family Institute at Northwestern University - walkers 44. Affinity Community Services & Amigas Latinas - SUV 45. Chicago Area Gay and Lesbian Chamber of Commerce - float 46. MB Financial - car 47. Joe Moore - truck 48. David Orr - truck 49. Lakeview East Chamber of Commerce - float 50. United Airlines and Continental Airlines GLBT - float & flag 51. Windy City Cowboys - truck 52. Lambda Legal - float 53. TPA Network - car & bicycles 54. Lisa Madigan - car 55. Anita Alvarez - float 56. Cook County Democratic Party - float 57. Tom Dart - float 58. Susan Mendoza - float 59. Debra Shore - float 60. Michele Smith - walkers 61. Chicago House (& bakery) - truck 62. Robert Jeffrey Salon - float 63. Asians & Friends of Chicago - trailer 64. Sidetrack - float 65. Chicago Spirit Brigade - truck 66. Common Ground - Columbia College - walkers 67. Chipotle Mexican Grill - DD bus 68. FINC (Filipino Pride) - float 69. Eternal Youth Spa - float 70. WGN-TV - float 71. Dance for Life - walkers 72. Macy's and Chicago Gay Men's Chorus - float 73. Kit Kat Lounge - float 73A LA Boxing - truck 74. Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center - trolley 75. Chicago History Museum - float 75A Edgewater Historical Society/Edgewater Community Council - car 76. Telemundo/NBC - car 77. Amtrak (Images USA) - DD bus 78. Roscoe's Tavern & Cafe - flatbed 79. WCIU, The U - double-decker bus 80. Doll House - trolley 81. Evanston Subaru - car 82. Chicago Department of Public Health - float 83. Chicago Dragons Rugby Football Club - walkers 84. Chicago Gender Society - float 85. Unitarian Universalists of Chicago Area - float 86. Night Ministry - car 87. SEIU Illinois Council - float 88. Holy Covenant United Methodist Church - trailer 89. Howard Brown Health Center - truck 89A Walgreen's - wrangler 90. Ruth M. Rothstein CORE Center - double-decker bus 91. Wheeler & Patel LLP - van w/dancers 91A Barely Standing (Rock Band) sponsored by Dr. Mark Zukowski - float 92. Horizon Hospice and Palliative Care - trolley 93. United Here Local 1 - float 94. Steamworks - float 95. Mercy for Animals - walkers 96. Trevor Project - walkers 97. Theatre Hikes - walkers 98. Orbitz Worldwide - car 99. Chicago Botanic Garden - trolley 100. Miller Lite - float 101. Chicago Force/Miller - float 102. Broadway In Chicago - float 103. Miller/Coors (Coors Light) - float 104. National Organization of Restoring Men - car 105. Howard Area Community Center - car 106. Gay McHenry - float 107. Puerto Rican Cultural Center - VIDA/SIDA - float 108. Spin Nightclub - float 109. Chicago Transit Authority - train 109A Illinois State Bar Association - float 110. Crown Imports - float 110A RedEye & Crew - float 111. Charlie's - float 112. WCPT AM & FM Chicago's Progressive Talk Radio - van 113. B96 Radio - float 114. Chicago Boyz - double-decker bus 115. WLEY Spanish Broadcasting Systems - float 116. New Town Alano Club, Inc. - car 116A Grab Magazine - float 117. Paula Basta - car 118. Chicago Smelts - truck 119. James Shapiro - car 120. Chicago Apartment Finders - car 121. Chicago Housing Authority - float 122. Friends of Don Harmon & Camille Y. Lilly - truck 123. Dorothy Brown - float 124. Jeff Schoenberg & Robyn Gabel - car 125. Chicago City Colleges - float 126. Illinois Green Party - walkers 126A Dank Haus German American Cultural Center - float 127. Gene Moore - van 128. Laura Liu Committee - walkers 129. Ann Williams - car 130. Team Chicago Athletics - truck 131. Dick's Last Resort - float 132. Google/Edge Alliance - float 133. WXRT-FM - float 133A Athletic Alliance of Chicago. - SUV 134. Chicago Northside Toyota - double-decker bus 135. WBEZ 91.5 FM - car 136. Harrington College of Design - float 137. Illinois Psychological Association - float 138. Treehouse Humane Society - van 139. Chicago Lake Shore Hospital - walkers 140. Roosevelt University - car 141. Bank of America - walkers 142. Chicago North Shore Women?s Rugby - flatbed 143. Busy Bee Promotions, Inc. - float 143A Brotherhood of the Phoenix - walkers 144. Ful - walkers 145. Gay Liberation Network - truck 146. Sona Clark Tan, Inc. - float 147. Mi Tierra Cocina Mexicana - float 148. Share Your Soles Foundation, Inc. - flatbed 148A Igor Suza - car 149. Hyde Park Neighborhood Club (Chicago Riots Roller Derby) - bus 150. Chicago Outfit Roller Derby - SUV 151. I-Go Car Sharing - car 152. Chi-Town Squares - truck 153. Intelligentsia Tea & Coffee - walkers 154. Velvet Rope Ultra Lounge - trailer 155. Chicago Coalition of Welcoming Churches - van 156. Dignity/Chicago - jeep 157. Metropolitan Community Churches of Greater Chicago - car 158. McGrath Lexus of Chicago - car 159. Molitor Financial Group - float 160. Bodhi Spiritual Center - car 161. Grossinger City Autoplex - car 162. KPMG LLP - trolley 163. PepsiCo Chicago - float164. Frito Lay - float 165. Exelon - truck 166. River North Sales & Service - car 167. Blue Cross Blue Shield of Illinois - float 168. Window World of Chicagoland - trailer 169. Unity Church Chicago - float 169A Wellington Avenue United Church of Christ - truck 169B St. James Episcopal Cathedral - truck 170. Sears Holdings - float 171. William Wrigley, Jr. Company (Skittles Brand) - float 172. Cricket Communications, Inc. - float 173. Campit Outdoor Resort - flatbed 174. Downtown Bar & Lounge - float 175. SGI-USA (Soka Gakkai International USA) - float 176. KISS-FM 103.5 FM - float 177. Fairmont Hotel Chicago at Millennium Park - float 178. Threadless - trailer 179. JPMorgan Chase - trolley 180. Wells Fargo Bank N.A. - float 181. Sara Lee - double-decker bus 182. Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants - float 183. Northrop Grumman Corp. - trolley 184. Astellas Pharma US - float 185. domu.com - double-decker bus 186. BMW of Schererville - float 187. ACLU of Illinois - float 187A LC Chicago - vehicle 188. Trikone Chicago - truck 189. Heal Veterinary Clinic - float 190. Animal Ark Veterinary Clinic - float 191. Maneuvers - float 191A Hammond Development Corporation d/b/a Towle Community Theater - flatbed 192. Newell-Rubbermaid - truck 193. Old Town School of Folk Music - truck 193A John Baethke & Son Plumbing - float 194. Youswoop.com - truck 195. Puppy Mill Project - trailer 196. Strictly Dance Radio - flatbed 197. Closet Works - float 197A Domicile Furniture - truck 198. Fields Infiniti - car 199. Fields Fiat of Highland Park - car 200. Mini of Chicago - car 201. LITE-FM 93.9 - float 202. Chicago Bisexual/Queer Community - truck 203. Chicago National Organization for Women - car 204. United Way of Metropolitan Chicago - float 205. VW Credit, Inc. - car 206. Hope United Church of Christ - truck 207. Out & About NWI - car 208. Neo-Futurists - car 209. K-HITS 104.3 FM - float 210. Countryside Church Unitarian Universalist - trailer 211. PAWS Chicago - float 212. WNUA-Mega - float 213. Ram/Leather/Cupid/Banana - float 214. DePaw University, Canine Campus, Inc. - bus 215. Radio GLBT/Divas Productions - float 216. OfficeMax (Innova Marketing) - float 217. LAID, LLC (Last Stop Films)/Pie Hole - truck 218. Balloons by Tommy - SUV 219. Illinois Gender Advocates - car 220. Triton College - van 221. Gender & Sexuality Center, University of Illinois Chicago - float 222. UIC: HIV/AIDS Community Clinic Network and Project WISH - walkers 223. aParent IVF - SUV 224. GAYCO - truck 225. Club Escape - limo 226. Second City - truck 227. Berlin Corporation - float 228. Royal Service Realty - truck 229. Windy City Movers - truck 230. Tapas Bar & After Dark - float 231. Tease Salon - float 232. Windy City Rollers - walkers 233. Chicago Leather Pride - trailer 234. Jones Soda - RV 235. E-Z Movers, Inc. - truck 236. Techno-Sx/Chicago - float 237. Lincoln Park Boat Club - truck 238. Flash Cab - car 239. Republic Waste Services - truck 240. Done Right Moving and Storage - truck