Parade Line Up

Here is the line up for the 2016 Pekin Marigold Festival Parade, sponsored by Busey Bank.

1 Pekin Police Department
2 Tazewell County Sheriff's Office
3 Pekin Firefighter's Color Guard
4 Tazewell County Ceremonial Team
5 Busey Bank - Parade Sponsor
6 Marigold Festival Grand Marshal Judith Streid
7 Pekin Community High School Marching Dragons
8 PCHS Cheerleaders
9 Miss Marigold - Jordan Finneran
10 Miss Marigold 1st & 2nd runner up
10 Miss Marigold Court
10 Miss Marigold Court 
10 Miss Marigold Court
10 Miss Marigold Court
11 Marigold Festival Chairmen - Jeff Lange
12 Pekin Area Chamber of Commerce President - John Franks
13 Pepsi Marigold Medallion Hunt Winner - Christie Gray
14 Pekin Mayor John McCabe
15 Pekin Fire Department & Pekin City Councilmen
16 Marigold Festival Celebrity Guest - Lee Smith
17 Ray Dennison Chevrolet
18 Pekin Community Softball Association
19 Pekin Lette's Softball
20 Mid Illini Bandits 14 & Under
21 Broadmoor Cheer & Poms
22 Pekin Junior High Band
23 Edison Jr. High Cheer & Poms
24 Timbercreek Rehab. & Health Care
25 WCIC
26 Brady's Carpet Cleaners
27 Friends in Harmony
28 Aerial Athletics
29 Commerce Bank
30 Tazewell County Medical Society
31 Trinity Lutheran Church
32 Crimestoppers
33 Midwest Central High School Band
34 Pekin Police Explorer Post 400
35 U. S. Army Recruiting
36 New Beginnings Fellowship in Christ
37 Faith Baptist Christian School
38 Porter Electric  
39 The Haunted Infirmary  
40 Schaeferville Fire Protection District
41 Bridgeway Community Church
42 Bethel #55 Pekin Job's Daughters
43 Pekin Lions Club
44 City Church
45 Pekin Park District School of Tumbling/Cheer/Dance
46 Midwest Central Middle School Band
47 Goodwill of Central Illinois
48 Living Alternatives Pregnancy Resource Center
49 Bond Eye Associates
50 Farmers Insurance
51 God and Country Independent Baptist
52 Pekin Amateur Hockey Association
53 Tazewell County Democrats
54 Squad Monkeys Customs
55 Maloof…ing For a Cure / Jim Maloof Realtors
56 Pekin Knights of Columbus
57 John Evans Supportive Living
58 Little Mr. & Miss Marigold - Baby Miss 8 mo. & 9 to18 mo.
59 Little Mr. & Miss Marigold - Baby Mr. & Tiny Mr. Marigold
60 Little Mr. & Miss Marigold - Tiny Miss & Petite Miss Marigold
61 Little Mr. & Miss Marigold - Little Mr. & Little Miss Marigold
62 Little Mr. & Miss Marigold - Junior Miss & Teen Miss Marigold
63 Little Mr. & Miss Marigold - Pre-teen Miss Marigold & Lifetime Queen
64 Little Mr. & Miss Marigold - Overall Supreme Winner
65 Beverly Manor Junior High School Band
66 Miss Tremont
67 American Patriot Tree Services
68 Dragon Aquatics
69 Big City Shuttles
70 Tazewell County Republicans
71 Big R


73 Girl Scout Troop 4687
74 Girl Scout Troop 4185
75 Girl Scout Troop 4635
76 Girl Scout Troop 4414
77 First Baptist Church
78 Kiddos Kloset Resale Shop
79 Good Shepherd Lutheran School
80 Hair Cuttery
81 Manual Academy Band
82 Pekin Cub Scouts
83 Pekin Hospital
84 Rankin Junior High Cheer
85 Tazewell County 4-H Queen
86 Fides Chapter - Demolay
87 Cumulus Media - WFYR Nash FM - 97.3
88 The HOPE Chest
89 Abbas Grotto Fire Patrol
90 Artistic Community Theatre of Pekin
91 Coryell Remodeling
92 Pekin Motorcycle Club
93 First Pekin Savings Bank
94 PCHS Noteables Show Choir
95 Pekin Insurance
96 Regis Corporation
97 Enjoy Peoria / Peoria Area Convention & Visitors Bureau
98 Roanoke-Benson High School Band
99 Pekin Paintball Park
100 Heroes, Inc.
101 Kuk Sool Won of Pekin
102 Tazewell Humane Society
103 Paddy O'Flaherty's
104 Pekin Relay for Life
105 Cumulus media - WGLO 95.5
106 Pekin Public Library
107 St. Jude Pekin To Peoria Run
108 Sprint @ Radio Shack 
109 Midas Auto Service Experts
110 Washington Middle School Marching Panthers
111 Hallmark House Nursing Center
112 Cricket Wireless
113 Peoria Prowlers Roller Derby
114 WBNH
115 All American Siding, Windows & Doors
116 Town & Country Baptist Church
117 Women's Association of the Pekin Marine Corps League
118 Jimbo's Jumbo
119 Advanced Media Partners
120 WXCL 104.9 The Wolf / Alpha Media
121 Advanced Medical Transport
122 Pekin Boys & Girls Club
123 Liberty Village of Pekin / Pekin Manor & Pekin Estates
124 Advantage Auto Sales
125 Cumulus Media - WIXO 105.7 The X
126 Carpenters Local 237
127 Millwright Local Union 1051
128
128a		 Jerry Berardi
Classical Dance Academy
129 Dreamscapes Landscaping
130 South Pekin Fire Department
131 Cumulus Media WZPW - Peoria's 92.3
132 Nolan Heitzman
133 Randy Stauthammer
134 Parkin Farms Pulling Team
135 Central Illinois Tumbling & Trampoline

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