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PORTLAND, Ore. (June 7, 2017) — The 2017 Portland Rose Festival Spirit Mountain Casino Grand Floral Parade will feature marching bands from three states plus Taiwan, dozens of equestrians, and floral-covered floats including a creative section of "mini floats." The parade begins at 10:00 AM (Pacific) on Saturday, June 10.

To reflect the 2017 Rose Festival theme "Brilliant," the Grand Floral Parade will be a colorful reflection of the local, regional and international communities that have enjoyed the Portland Rose Festival for more than 100 years. In addition to 13 marching bands, the parade will feature colorful dancing groups, flag-waving marching groups, and the festival's mascot: the Clown Prince.

The Grand Floral Parade will be broadcast live on Fox 12 and PDX TV beginning at 10:00 AM (watch live online at www.kptv.com), with pre-parade coverage beginning at 6:00 AM. Curbside viewing is free of charge and available on a first-come, first-served basis. Reserved seating is available in Memorial Coliseum and in premium chairs and bleachers along the television area outside the Coliseum.

The complete 2017 Grand Floral Parade lineup in order of appearance is shown below.



2017 Portland Rose Festival Spirit Mountain Casino Grand Floral Parade Order

1. Portland Police Bureau
2. Portland Mounted Patrol
3. Official Parade Pace Car
   Official Parade Banner
4. Boy Scouts of America 2017 National Jamboree Contingent
5. Clown Prince, Angel Ocasio
6. Rose Festival Circus Corps
7. Mark Morris High School Marching Band, Longview, WA
8. Spirit Mountain Casino Float
9. Masked Rider and Cloud
10. Miss Rodeo Oregon, Kayla Vincent
11. St. Paul Rodeo Court
12. Rose Festival Court presented by Unitus Community Credit Union Float
13. Rose Festival President, Brett Baker
14. Reser's Fine Foods Float
15. One More Time Around Again Marching Band presented by Standard TV & Appliance
    
    Brilliant Adventure Section
    
    
16. Fred Meyer Float
17. Roosevelt High School Marching Band, Seattle, WA
18. University of Oregon Duck Truck, Pep Band, Cheerleaders and Duck
19. The Oregonian Float
20. Miss Northwest Pro Rodeo Assn., Samantha Henricks
21. Cancelled
22. Trafalgar Farms of Walla Walla, Washington
    Park Bureau Scooper - Brilliant Theme
23. The Red Hot Mamas, Post Falls, ID
24. Portland General Electric Float
25. Sunset High School Marching Band, Beaverton, OR
26. Clark County Fair Court
27. Clark County Fair Mounted Patrol
28. Vancouver Rodeo, Queen Ali Diegel
    Vancouver Rodeo Scooper - DJ Glenn Hadduck
29. Battle Ground Rose Float
30. Battle Ground High School Marching Band, Battle Ground, WA
    
    Brilliant Heritage Section
    
    
31. Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon Float
32. Heritage High School Marching Band, Vancouver, WA
33. Portland Rose Festival Foundation Float featuring the 1977 NBA World Champion Portland Trailblazers, Grand Marshals
34. Double Decker PDX featuring the 50-year Court from 1967
35. Royal Court of the Happy Canyon Indian Pageant, Princesses Gabriella Lewis and Virginia Conner
36. Pendleton Round-Up Court
37. Pendleton Round-Up Board of Directors Stagecoach
    Park Bureau Scooper - Mad Science
38. Royal Rosarian Prime Minister, Jim Stahl
39. Royal Rosarian Marching Group
40. Royal Rosarian Foundation Float featuring Harry Landers, curator of the Washington Park International Rose Test Garden
41. Royal Rosarian Green Machine
42. Tualatin High School Marching Band, Tualatin, OR
43. Cambia Portland Classic Float
44. Mayor Harry Lane, Rose Festival Living History Character
45. Sons & Daughters of Oregon Pioneers (driven by Teresa Ritchey of Special T Carriage Co.)
46. Miss SW Washington Rodeo Association, Shaylee Dipo
47. Thunder Mountain Pro Rodeo, Queen Samantha Kline
48. Klickitat County Fair & Rodeo, Queen Shania Weifenbach
    Park Bureau Scooper - Brilliant Team
49. Heritage Mini-Float featuring Living History Characters from Oregon City
50. The Vintage Tour Bus Co. featuring Living History Characters from Oregon City
51. Oregon City High School Marching Band, Oregon City, OR
52. Rose Society President, Mike Humphrey
53. Cancelled
    
    Brilliant Service Section - presented by The Boeing Company
    
    
54. Alaska Airlines Float
55. Alaska Airlines Drill Team
56. Transportation Security Administration
57. VIP Marching Group
58. Portland Fire & Rescue Marchers
59. Liberty High School Marching Band, Hillsboro, OR
60. Oregon Black Chamber of Commerce Marching Group
61. Oregon Teacher of the Year, Gloria Pereyra-Robertson, Medford, OR
62. International Youth Silent Film Festival Winners
63. Clackamas County Fair & Canby Rodeo Court
64. Cancelled
65. Glenwood Ketchum Kalf Rodeo, Queen Callista Howell
66. United States Naval Sea Cadet Corps
67. Crew Members of the Rose Festival Fleet United States Navy Ships
68. Navy Band Northwest
    
    La Petite Parade Section - presented by All Classical Portland
    
    
69. All Classical Portland Vintage Automobiles & Marchers
70. Petite Clown Corps
71. Melissa Henthorne & Wee Willie - Believe in Magic Mini Therapy Horse
72. Ladybug Mini-Float
73. Penticton Peach Festival Mini-Float, Penticton, BC
74. Leavenworth Autumn Leaf Festival Mini-Float, Leavenworth, WA
75. New Westminster Hyack Festival Mini-Float, New Westminster, BC
76. Spokane Lilac Festival Mini-Float, Spokane, WA
77. Seattle Seafair Commodores Mini-Float, Seattle, WA
78. Terry O'Toole (with Elmo) and Jackie Rollock (with Tiny Dancer)
79. Travel Lincoln City Mini-Float, Lincoln City, OR
80. City of Hermiston Mini-Float, Hermiston, OR
81. City of Washougal Mini-Float, Washougal, WA
82. City of Sherwood - Sherwood Wine Festival Mini-Float, Sherwood, OR
83. Metro Mini-Float, Portland, OR
84. Official Charity Mini-Float, The Bloom Project
85. Aloha High School Marching Band, Beaverton, OR
    
    Brilliant Cultures Section
    
    
86. Ulsan Dignitaries, Ulsan, Korea
    Portland Ulsan Sister City Association Float
87. Tian Guo Marching Band, San Jose, CA, New York, NY, and Vancouver, BC
88. Canadian Horse Heritage & Preservation Society
    Park Bureau Scooper - "Benny's Apples, Pears & Blueberries"
89. City of Portland Sister Cities Coalition
90. Chen Chu, Mayor of Kaohsiung, and Yu-Chen Kang, Speaker of the Kaohsiung City Council, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
91. Portland-Kaohsiung Sister City Association Float
92. Shu-Te Home Economics & Commercial High School Marching Band, Kaohsiung, Taiwan
93. Vietnamese Community of Oregon Float
94. Northwest Chinese Alliance
95. Lee's Association Dragon & Lion Dance Team
96. Fiesta Flora Float, featuring Panama Folklore-Seattle, presented by Portland Rose Festival Foundation
97. Comparsa Orgullo Morelense Cemiac Dancers
98. Rose Festival Clowns
99. 40-Something Cowgirls
    40-Something Cowgirls Scooper - "Poo Stew Cafe"
100. Big Pink Trolley featuring local Auction Winners
101. Cleanest & Greenest Festival in the World Volunteers

View related stories: 2017 Portland Rose Festival Information, Portland's giant marching band invites adults to march "one more time", 2013 Grand Floral Parade Photos


For more than one hundred years, the Portland Rose Festival has served families and individuals from Oregon and beyond with events and programs that spotlight the riches of the Pacific Northwest heritage and environment while offering colorful examples of many international cultures. Attended by more than two million people, the festival is annually one of the top three most highly decorated events by the International Festivals & Events Association (IFEA) and in 2011 was named Best Festival in the World (for the second time in five years). Among the festival's most popular events are the Grand Floral Parade and the Waterfront CityFair. For more information visit RoseFestival.org.


Source material and images courtesy of the Portland Rose Festival.

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