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The IPL 500 Festival Parade has grown to become one of the nation's premier parades. Spectacular specialty units paired with high-energy marching bands come together with giant helium balloons, innovative float designs and more than 300,000 spectators for a 90-minute celebration of the Greatest Spectacle in Racing - the Indianapolis 500.
You won't want to miss the dazzling floats, towering helium balloons spectacular entertainment and celebraties and special VIP's in the 2008 IPL 500 Festival Parade! The 2008 parade line-up will include:
Floats
| 500 Festival Queen, Court and Princesses |
| American Dairy Association of Indiana, Inc. |
Anthem
Arthur Murray |
| BKD |
| Eli Lilly and Company |
| Firestone |
| Indianapolis Motor Speedway |
| IPL |
| Riverboat |
| Rolling Title |
| The American Legion |
| The Sexton Companies |
Balloons
Rookie One - Bryant Heating & Cooling
Children of the World - AAA
Care Bears - Hilton Indianapolis
Pink Panther - MIBOR
Uncle Sam - AT&T Yellow Pages
Helio "Cat"roneves - Safeco Insurance
11 Helmet Row
Bands
| Graham High School Marching Falcons |
| Hampton High School Marching Band |
| IPS All-City Marching Band |
| Lapel High School |
| Elkhart Memorial High School |
| NBA Indiana All-Star Band |
| Purdue University |
| Speedway 500 Regiment |
| The Pride of Capital High |
| The Richwood High School Lumberjack Express Band |
| Trojan Marching Band |
| Winchester Community High School Marching Band "The Force" |
VIPS
Governor Mitch Daniels
Mayor Greg Ballard
500 Festival Chairman, Charlie Morgan
Official Pace Car Driver Emerson Fittipaldi
Starting field of the 92nd running of the Indianapolis 500
Specialty Units
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Fred Hill Briefcase Brigade
Indianapolis 500 Gordon Pipers |
| Indianapolis 500 Shrine Club |
| Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Motorcycle Drill Team |
| Joint Service Color Team (Indiana National Guard) |
| Marching Elites |
| Mobile Azalea Trail Maids |
| Nationalities Council of Indiana - "Parade of Nations" |
| OneAmerica "Spirit of America" Walking Flag |
Supplemental Units
Original Circle City Corvette Club
Equestrian
Culver Black Horse Troop Standard Guard
Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Deparment Mounted Patrol Unit
Marshall County 4-H Horse and Pont Drill Team
Military Dept. of Indiana, Caisson Platoon Mounted Color Guard
Murat/Mizpah Shrine Horse Patrol
