Steamaker Member Username: Steamaker
Post Number: 48 Registered: 03-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, January 09, 2008 - 11:44 pm: | |
My father took me, my relatives, and most of the neighborhood kids to the parade every year until I moved. Is there still a parade and if so, why isn't it nationally televised anymore? Does anyone have any pics of what used to be? |
Scooter2k7 Member Username: Scooter2k7
Post Number: 48 Registered: 10-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, January 09, 2008 - 11:48 pm: | |
Its the only Thanksgiving day parade as far as I am concerned. New York's is a joke. Yes Steamaker there still is a parade and it is a big deal. Google "The Parade Company" and you should find some info on it. |
Steamaker Member Username: Steamaker
Post Number: 49 Registered: 03-2007
| Posted on Wednesday, January 09, 2008 - 11:56 pm: | |
Thanks Scooter! We braved the cold, snow, rain and everything else just to go. With so many Detroiters in Las Vegas, I'm surprised they don't televise it here. I think I'll write to the TV stations |
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell
Post Number: 4439 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 12:16 am: | |
From 2 years ago Steamaker. Still going strong. This was a warm day. Picture from the top of the Addison.
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Chitaku Member Username: Chitaku
Post Number: 1773 Registered: 03-2006
| Posted on Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 12:22 am: | |
remember how brutally cold it was two years ago? |
Steamaker Member Username: Steamaker
Post Number: 50 Registered: 03-2007
| Posted on Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 12:24 am: | |
Detroit's marching bands were always the best. Thanks for the pic Lowell! |
Lowell Board Administrator Username: Lowell
Post Number: 4443 Registered: 10-2003
| Posted on Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 12:45 am: | |
And down Woodward it went...
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Reddog289 Member Username: Reddog289
Post Number: 190 Registered: 08-2007
| Posted on Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 2:31 am: | |
best parade memory watching it from the Vernors building, got to drink all the Vernors i wanted didn,t get a belly ache all of thanksgiving weekend. one t-day i,ll wake up and go to it again. |
Hawthorne Member Username: Hawthorne
Post Number: 43 Registered: 12-2006
| Posted on Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 8:31 am: | |
I watched the parade from the comfort of the fifth floor of the downtown Lane Bryant store in 1966. A friend of our family worked there. In the mid-80s, while working at WXYZ who carried the parade at the time, I had the pleasure of editing several features going behind the scenes into the how the parade is put together. On two occasions, I was up at 2am setting up the remote broadcast truck that would bring the parade into the people's homes later that morning. Great memories. |
Detroitstar Member Username: Detroitstar
Post Number: 869 Registered: 01-2006
| Posted on Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 8:55 am: | |
The parade does not get complete network coverage, but it certainly is covered across the nation. I had friends and family in Philadelphia, New Mexico, and Texas that were all able to watch the 2007 parade. |
Jrvass Member Username: Jrvass
Post Number: 384 Registered: 01-2007
| Posted on Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 9:11 am: | |
The only time I went to the parade was 42 years ago. I had to pee and my mother had me do it in the car in my little red rubber boot. Then she washed it. As long as I live... I'll never forget that. |
Detroitrise Member Username: Detroitrise
Post Number: 1362 Registered: 09-2007
| Posted on Thursday, January 10, 2008 - 5:59 pm: | |
Only a portion of the Parade is nationally syndicated. I believe we have one of the biggest and oldest parades in the nation, no? |
Charlottepaul Member Username: Charlottepaul
Post Number: 2213 Registered: 10-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 11, 2008 - 9:04 am: | |
"My father took me, my relatives, and most of the neighborhood kids to the parade every year until I moved. Is there still a parade and if so, why isn't it nationally televised anymore?" It was on down here in Charlotte, NC... |
Detroit313 Member Username: Detroit313
Post Number: 596 Registered: 02-2006
| Posted on Friday, January 11, 2008 - 3:04 pm: | |
I miss the ol' Detroit parade. <313> |
Sharms Member Username: Sharms
Post Number: 34 Registered: 07-2007
| Posted on Saturday, January 12, 2008 - 3:07 am: | |
When I was very young, I remember standing on Woodward freezing and happy to see Santa and the parade. My dad was a young executive in training at Hudsons and he was gung ho to support the company parade. Many years later, my dad had risen to a fairly lofty position at Hudsons and, by the time I was in high school, we were able to watch the parade from inside Hudsons. As I recall, there was a fairly large dressing room area in the men's suits department that looked over the parade route on Woodward. Great times.... |
Border5150 Member Username: Border5150
Post Number: 186 Registered: 03-2004
| Posted on Saturday, January 12, 2008 - 7:25 am: | |
WDIV has done streaming video of the parade on on their site clickondetroit.com for the last few years Its still not the same as watching it on TV, but the technology has improved That's how I've been able to see it here in Charleston, SC |
Gistok Member Username: Gistok
Post Number: 6129 Registered: 08-2004
| Posted on Sunday, January 13, 2008 - 2:56 pm: | |
Hey Lowell... did you take that last picture of the parade from the Midtown Vortex? It almost seems that we can see Jesus, the Cave Troll and the Stay Puft Marshmallow Man in that picture... (Reminiscing about the funniest 2007 DY thread... about the Midtown Vortex.) |