Parade Line-Up


2017 Marigold Festival Parade sponsored by Busey Bank

Line up #       Title


1          Pekin Police Department

2          Tazewell County Sheriff's Office

3          Pekin Firefighter's Color Guard

4          Tazewell Area Ceremonial Team

4a        Greater Peoria Area Crime Stoppers

4b        Pekin Police Explorers

5          Busey Bank - Parade Sponsor

6          Marigold Festival Grand Marshal - Brett Bode

7          Pekin Community High School Marching Dragons

8          PCHS Cheerleaders

9          Miss Marigold - Hope Tilstra

10        Miss Marigold 1st & 2nd runner Up

11        Miss Marigold Court

12        Miss Marigold Court

13        Miss Marigold Court

14        Miss Marigold Court

15        Marigold Festival Chairmen - Brigitte Krieg

16        Pekin Area Chamber of Commerce President - Becky Saban

17        Marigold Medallion Hunt Winner

18        Pekin Mayor John McCabe

19        Pekin Fire Department & Councilman

20        Pekin Marigold Celebrity Guest - Erik Estrada

21        Alpha Media 104.9 The WOLF

22        Pekin Community Softball Association

23        Aboard the Ark

24        Mid Illini Bandits

25        Broadmoor Cheerleading and Poms

26        Pekin Junior High Band

27        Edison Junior High Cheerleading and Poms

28        ESPY Motocross and ATV Park

29        WCIC

30        Brady's Carpet Cleaners

31        CEC Entertainment (Chuck E Cheese's of Peoria, IL

32        Aerial Athletics

33        Commerce Bank

34        Tazewell County Medical Society

35        Trinity Lutheran Church

37        Midwest Central High School 

39        Facet Technologies

40        New Beginnings Fellowship in Christ

41        Gold's Gym Express

42        Porter Electric LLC

43        The Haunted Infirmary

44        Greg Ladendorf's State Farm

45        Bridgeway Community Church

46        Bethel #55 Pekin Job's Daughters

47        i3 Broadband

48        Tumblebus  & Boogiebus

49        City Church

50        Pekin Park District School of Tumble/Cheer & Dance

51        Midwest Central Middle School

52        Inspired Style Company

53        Living Alternatives Pregnancy Resource Center

54        KZBEME Fingerprinting, Inc.

55        FCPDC Inc.

56        Dan Pfeifer State Farm

57        Pekin Amateur Hockey Association

58        Tazewell County Democrats

59        Kennedy for Illinois

60        Georgetowne Middle School

61        Knights of Columbus

62        First United Methodist Church of Pekin

63        John Evans Supportive Living Community

64        Little Mr. & Miss Marigold

65        Little Mr. & Miss Marigold

66        Little Mr. & Miss Marigold

67        Little Mr. & Miss Marigold

68        Little Mr. & Miss Marigold

69        Little Mr. & Miss Marigold

70        Little Mr. & Miss Marigold

71        Beverly Manor Junior High School

72        Miss Tremont, Allie Ramlo

73        Pekin Lodge Moose 916

74        Pekin Pride Soccer Club

75        Ghostbusters Peoria

76        ServPro

77        Tazewell County Republicans

77a      Steve Bresnahan for Tazewell County Coroner

78        Citizens for Hranka

79        Mike Eeten for Tazewell County Sheriff

80        Representative Mike Unes

81        Scott Price for Tazewell County Coroner

82        Citizens for Jeff Lower for Sheriff

83        Big R of Pekin

85        Pekin Alignment & Autobody

86        Pekin Alignment & Autobody

87        Marquette Heights Men's Club of Central IL

88        Creve Coeur Girl Scout Troops 4635 & 4195

89        First Baptist Church - Pekin

90        Soulshine Art Studio

91        Good Shepherd Lutheran School

92        Hair Cuttery

94        Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts

95        UnityPoint Health - Pekin

96        Rankin Cheerleading

97        Grace United Methodist Church

98        Fides Demolay

99        Alpha Media 93.3 The Drive

100     The Hope Chest

101     MDT Productions DJ/Karaoke Service

102     Artistic Community Theatre

103     Coryell Remodeling

104     North Parkway Assembly of God

105     First Pekin Savings Bank

106     The Noteables

107     Pekin Insurance

108     Sport Clips

109     Peoria Area Convention & Visitors Bureau

110     Roanoke Benson High School

111     Pekin Paintball Park

112     Heroes Inc.

113     Kuk Sool Won of Pekin

114     TAiLS & Grafleman Farms

115     The Salvation Army

116     The Villas of HollyBrook

117     Alpha Media G 102.3

118     Pekin Public Library

119     Concordia Lutheran Marching Cougars

120     Trouble Free Heating, Cooling & Plumbing

121     Pekin York Rite Freemasons

122     Hallmark House

123     T-Mobile

124     Peoria Prowlers Roller Derby

125     WBNH Radio

126     Town & Country Baptist Church

127     Alpha Media Super Hits WIRL

128     Advanced Medical Transport

129     Washington Middle School

130     Liberty Village of Pekin

131     Thriller Jeep for Thrill the World

132     Carpenters Local 237

133     Millwright Local 1051

134     The Cross Baptist Church

135     Nolan Heitzman

136     Two Men and a Truck

137     Parkin Pullin Squad

138     Central Illinois Tumbling & Trampoline

139     TAPS

140     Dreamscapes Landscaping

142     Cricket Wireless

143     Tumble Jungle Bus

144     Wildlife Prairie Park

145     Classical Dance Academy

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