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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 celebrities and special VIP's in the 2009 IPL 500 Festival Parade! The 2009 parade line-up will include: 

Celebrities & VIPS

 Grand Marshal Dick Vitale

 Josh Duhamel


 Miss America 2009 Katie Stam


 Mario Lopez

 Mary Lynn Rajskub

 Melora Hardin

 Kate Flannery

  Dr. Lisa Masterson

 The Ohio Players

 Adam Vinatieri

  Jeff Foster

 Roy Hibbert

 Stephen Graham

  Samantha Peszek

 Bridget Sloan

 Donald Lipski

 Thomas Kinkade

 

Floats

 

500 Festival Queen, Court and Princesses
American Dairy Association of Indiana, Inc.
Anthem
BKD
Eli Lilly and Company
Firestone
Indianapolis Motor Speedway
IPL
Rolling Title
The American Legion
The Sexton Companies

 

Balloons

 

 

 American Flag, sponsored by Panhandle Energy

 

 SpongeBob SquarePants, sponsored by AAA Hoosier                                                      Motor Club

 

 My Little Pony, sponsored by The Hilton Indianapolis

 

 

 Mr. Potato Head IFD, sponsored by Philips Health Care

 

 Super Grover, sponsored by Sharp Business Systems

 

Bands

Anthony Wayne Marching Generals Whitehouse, OH
Boardman Spartan Marching Band Youngstown, OH
Cabell Midland ''Marching Knights'' Ona, WV
Clearfield High School Bison Marching Band Clearfield, PA
Downington High School Blue & Gold Marching Band Exton, PA
Great Bridge High School Marching Wildcats Chesapeake, VA
IPS All-City Marching Band Indianapolis, IN
NBA Indiana All-Star Band LaPorte, IN
OakCrest High School Band Mays Landing, NJ
Purdue University West Lafayette, IN
Purdue Alumni West Lafayette, IN
Speedway 500 Regiment Speedway, IN
Plainfield High School Red Pride Band Plainfield, IN
Western High School Band Russiaville, IN
Scottsburg Band of Warriors Scottsburg, IN
Pride of Paoli Paoli, IN


Specialty Units

Car Push Carts

Circle City Sidewalk Stompers Clown Band

Hoosier Corvette Club 

Indianapolis 500 Gordon Pipers

Indianapolis 500 Shrine Club

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Motorcycle Drill Team

Indianapolis Metropolitan Police Department Mounted Patrol
Joliet American Legion Band
Legends Posse

Mid America Cowgirls
Military Department of Indiana, Ceremonial Unit Color Guard
Murat & Mizpah Shrine Horse Patrol
Murat Shrine Circus Clowns

Nationalities Council of Indiana
OneAmerica "Spirit of America" Walking Flag
Rolling Clowns
South Shore Drill Team

 

Costumed Characters

SpongeBob SquarePants
Pablo & Tyrone, The Backyardigans
Dorothy the Dino & Wags the Dog, The Wiggles


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