Gloria Ferris

Our friends from Broadway and East 55th, Dennis and Georgia, have invited all of us to join them for a parade Monday evening with a show and concert to follow at the Dan Kane Park near East 65th and Broadway. We’ve been by to see the landscaping at the park, and it’s fabulous.

Here’s a copy of the handbill:

Help us create the

“Parade of Cultures”

Monday evening, June 5th

East 65^th Street

The Warszawa Historic District

Broadway/Slavic Village in Cleveland, Ohio

Production Schedule

• 11-1 p.m.:  Build the stage at the Warszawa Music Festival at Dan Kane Park
• 1-1:30 p.m.: Install signage at the Festival
• 1:30-3:30 p.m.: Decorate East 65 from Lansing to Heisley
• 3:30-4 p.m.: mark the sidewalk at Polish Cultural Center to set up the order of the units
• 4-5 p.m.: construct banners, signs, streamers that we will carry in the parade
• 5-6 p.m.: greet parade units; marshall parade units into position
• 6:15 p.m.:  step-off into E 65 at Lansing (Police want this time strictly observed)
  6:40: escort units into the Music Festival
• Recognize units and witness stage performances by  certain parade units at the Music Festival
• Hear remarks by officials
• Enjoy the featured performers of the Music Festival: the Polish Band Ptaki and a performance dance group from Valley View (I can’t find the name!)
• Clean up the Festival site; clean up East 65

Parade units (as of 9 a.m. June 2; not in order)

• 1.       University Settlement
• 2.       Jones Road Church
• 3.       Boys and Girls Club
• 4.       Morgana Little League
• 5.       Broadway United Methodist Church
• 6.       Holy Name School
• 7.       Distinguished Men of Excellence
• 8.       South High School Band
• 9.       St. Ignatius Circus Company

Not in a parade unit?

We have banners, flags, streamers for you, your family, and friends to carry!  Or make your own; be creative!

We will follow the Cleveland Museum of Art’s rules for Parade the Circle:  Big, Noisy, Colorful   (not perfect—especially not the first year)

Parking: street parking + the Polish Cultural Center has kindly offered us their parking lot

Forecast:  sunny and 75  (Parade will occur rain or shine)