Contact:  Michael Beer (510) 235-5519 or richmondsillyparade@gmail.com
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:
MARCH and/or CHEER for the 6th ANNUAL RICHMOND SILLY PARADE SATURDAY APRIL 14, 2012 from 11:00 – 11:39 am.

Come join the all-singing, all-dancing, no-trans fat, “6th Annual Richmond Silly Parade,” Saturday, April 14, from 11:00 – 11:39 a.m. at the intersection of 23rd and Macdonald Ave. in downtown Richmond, California (rain date April 21).
           
March with us, or crowd the sidewalk and overwhelm us with cheering.
           
Building on the success of the city’s Cinco de Mayo, Juneteenth, and Home Front festival, the Richmond Silly Parade was originally conceived as a parody of marching parades.  But its real purpose was to build community by using humor as rebar.   The parade has become just that; a celebration of people’s energy, imagination, pride, and initiative featuring musical groups, sports teams, civic organizations along with a generous helping of old-fashioned fun.
           
Previous marches, led by La Raza Unida Car Club, have included the Senior Citizen Dry-Water Swim Team, Rosie the Riveter Park Rangers, the Boy Scouts, art bikes, pets in costume, pet owners in costume, giant puppets, The Iron Triangle Philharmonic, soccer teams, The Marching Moustaches, saxophone players, the Chu-chu Train, and Mother Earth herself.
           
This year, in the “6th Annual”, we hope to add a gospel choir, a Toddler Contingent (1-5 years), kids wearing their Halloween costumes (6-12 years), stilt walkers, floats, high school marching bands, a Dog Lovers Brigade, street ballet, the Wind Chime Orchestra, and YOU getting in touch with your Inner Silly.   
           
For questions, free parade ideas, and to sign up, ring The Silly Parade Committee at (510) 235-5519, or email richmondsillyparade@gmail.com.  Be there or be oblong.