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CALGARY, Alberta (July 5, 2010) — The Calgary Stampede Parade is the most popular event of the ten-day Calgary Stampede celebration and annually draws more than 350,000 spectators to the parade route. Marching bands from around the world will compete for $18,000 in prize money in the 2010 parade which begins at 9:00 AM (Mountain) on Friday, July 9.

The 2.8-mile parade route begins at 6th Avenue and 3rd Street SE, then travels a rectangular route counter-clockwise through the city's downtown. There are two judging stands, both located within the first six blocks from the official start of the parade route. One stand is on the left side near 1st Street E. The other is on the right side between 3rd and 4th Streets.

Organizers are already looking ahead to 2012 when the Calgary Stampede will celebrate its centennial and will host the World Association of Marching Show Bands (WAMSB) Championship in conjunction with Stampede.

The complete 2010 Calgary Stampede Parade lineup in order of appearance is shown below.

2010 Calgary Stampede Parade Order

1. 2010 Official GMC Pace Car
2. Harry the Horse
3. Band: Calgary Stampede Show Band
4. Calgary Stampede Show Riders
5. RCMP Honour Guard
6. Parade Marshals
7. RCMP Dignitaries with Native Elders
8. Calgary Exhibition & Stampede Float
9. Stampede Executive
10. Mayor of Calgary: Dave Bronconnier
11. Stampede Queen & Princess
12. Indian Princesses
13. Budweiser Clydesdales
14. Band: Australian Youth Band Southern Stars
15. "125 Years of Courage" Police & Fire Day banner
15a. Police Chief Rick Hansen & Fire Chief Bruce Burrell
16. Police Mounted Patrol
17. Calgary Police Color Party
18. Band: Calgary Police Pipes & Drums
19. Calgary Police Colour Guard
20. Calgary Fire Department Executives
21. Calgary Fire Department Bush Buggy
22. Calgary Fire Department Horse Drawn Steamer
23. Calgary Fire Department Antique Firetruck & Clowns
24. Calgary Fire Department Honour Guard
25. Band: Calgary Fire Department Pipes & Drums
26. Royal Tyrrell Museum (float)
27. Strathcona Mounted Troop
28. Calgary Stampede Directors
29. Calgary Stampede Queens Alumni
30. ATB Financial
31. Calgary Stampede Rodeo Committee
32. Band: Naden Band of Maritime Forces
33. HMCS Marching Contingent
34. Kimberley Bavarian City of the Rockies
35. Express Employment Cydesdales
36. McLaughlin Clydesdales
37. Rafter Six Ranch Resort
38. Ismaili Muslim Community
39. Band: Cranbrook Girls' Bugle Band
40. City of Cranbrook
41. Lethbridge & District Exhibition & City of Lethbridge
42. VIP Celebrity Judges
43. Servus Credit Union
44. Best Seat in the Parade
45. South Asian Canadian Assoc
46. Calgary Catholic School Board 125th Anniversary (Heavy Horse Hitch)
47. Parks Canada
48. Band: Kingfishers, Eastbourne Scout Band
49. Southern Alta Pioneers & Descendants
50. Canadian Pacific Puffer Billy Express
51. CE& S Farm Equipment Committee
52. Valley View Percherons
53. WITHDRAWN
54. Lynnwood Ranch
55. Band: Round Up Band
56. Rodeo Royalty Group 1
a. Miss Rodeo Canada Brittany Foster
b. Pendleton Round Up Queen & Court - Cheyenne Williams; Oregon Princess Nancy Platt; Princess Kelsey Wrightson; Princess Alex Featherstone; Princess Paige Bailey
c. 2009-2010 Medicine Hat Stampede Queen - Candice Wutch 2009-2010 & Princess - Stacey Kading
d. Miss Rodeo Sundre
57. Junior League
58. House of the Friesians
59. CBE 125th Anniversary
60. Morsky Roslea Belgians
61. Band: Bagad de Lann-Bihoue
62. Aldermen
63. Authentic Western Production/Wild West Event Centre
64. CN All Aboard for Safety Float
65. Pure Spanish Andalusians
66. War Amps
67. Native section - Blackfoot
68. Trinadad & Tobago Organettes
69. Edmonton Sheriff's Posse
70. Calgary Flames
71. Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo
72. Bob the Builder
73. Mountain View, Leyden's and Eden Brook
74. Truman Insurance Agency
75. Alger & Associates Miniature Horse Drawn Buggy
76. Band: Royal Canadian Artillery/King's Own Calgary Regiment/Loyal Edmonton Regiment Bands
77. 100 Man Guard, Leopard Tank, Light Armoured Vehicle
78. Calgary Arabian Horse Assoc
79. United Calgary Chinese Association
80. Hitch Master Percherons
81. University of Calgary Solar Team
82. Swendson's Carriage Collection
83. Guns of the Golden West
84. Band: Allegiance Elite
85. MP's
86. Military Celebration entry
87. Penticton Peach Festival
88. Fort Calgary
89. Haliburton/Stock Dogs
90. Calgary Stampede Show Wagon
91. MLA's
92. Band: Tian Guo Marching Band of Canada
93. Falun Dafa
94. Campages
95. Al Azhar Shriners
96. West Jet
97. Mini Chuck Entertainment
98. Ferret Rescue & Education Society
99. Native section - Sarcee
100. Band: Calgary Highlanders Pipes and Drums
101. 4 Wing Cold Lake Marching Contingent
102. Town of Strathmore
103. Shaw GMC Pontiac Buick Hummer Inc with Jason Glass
104. Chuckwagon - Group 1: BKDI Architects, Cam Clarke Ford, Blackfoot Crossing, Matco Financial Inc.
105. Acrobatic Ice Show: A Rock 'n Roll Fantasy featuring Elvis Stojko, Tessa Virtue and Scott Moir
106. Calgary Stampede Western Legacy Awards committee
107. Band: Calgary Stetson Show Band
108. Calgary Regional Appaloosa Club
109. Costa Vida
110. Building Trades of Alberta
111. Metis Nation Of Alberta
112. WITHDRAWN
113. District of Sparwood
114. Brazilian Community Association
115. Calgary Police Assoc
116. Band: 604 Moose Squadron Royal Canadian Air Cadets
117. Calgary Western Riders
118. Whitefish Winter Carnival 2010
119. Fort Saskatchewan Fire Dept
120. Danish Canadian Club
121. Native Section - Stoney
122. Women of the Wild West
123. Heritage Park Historical Village & Gasoline Alley
124. Ken Hrycun & Family
125. Work Safe For Life
126. Enform
127. Band: Clan Maxwell Pipes & Drums
128. SNC Lavlin - Science at the Stampede
129. Canadian Team Cattle Penning Assoc
130. City of Vernon
131. Wild West Willie
132. Kensington Sun & Salsa Festival
133. Tenaris (Prudential)
134. Fort Calgary Wheel & Runner
135. WITHDRAWN
136. Band: Bishop Grandin Marching Ghosts
137. Chuckwagons Group 2: Lucid Group Of Companies, Stoney Nakoda Resort & Casino, Lynx Brand Fence Products, 1800 Drywall
138. YWCA of Calgary
139. Western Financial Group
140. Band: Spirit of Alberta Marching Band
141. Sam Steele's Scouts
142. Calgary Public Library
143. Carnaval de Quebec
144. Cochrane Posse - Children's Wish Foundation
145. WITHDRAWN
146. Calgary Regional Trail Riders
147. City of Leduc
148. Gull Lake Farm
149. Band: Sandra Day O'Connor Eagle Pride Band
150. Calgary Stampeders/Williams Brothers Moving
151. Alberta Walking Horse Assoc
152. The Duke of Edinburgh's Award
153. Alberta Parks Mounted Patrol
154. Cowboy Jack - 96.9 Jack FM
155. WITHDRAWN
156. Chickwagon foundation for Women
157. First Student Canada Southland Transportation
158. Band: Salvation Army Glenmore Temple Band
159. Rodeo Royalty Group 2
a. 2010 Miss Rodeo Washinton-Katie Garfield with Sundown Donkey Farms
b. 2010 Cochrane Lions Rodeo Royalty 2010 Queen: Nicole Schlaak, Princesses: Sarah Richards& Ashley Eide
c. Miss Omak Michelle Demitt
d. 2010 Royal Duo for the Airdrie Pro Rodeo
e. Miss Rodeo Okotoks - Kezia Morrison
160. Polocrosse Calgary
161. Calgary EMS Ambulance
162. Calgary Animal Bylaw Services
163. Light Horse Committee
164. Band: Red Deer Royals Marching Show Band
165. Westerner Park
166. Air Canada
167. Olympic Athletes
168. RCMP Honour Guard
169. WITHDRAWN
170. RCMP Marching Troup and Pipe Band
171. RCMP Veterans in Brewster Bus
172. SAIT Polytechnic
173. Windy Ridge Riders Association
174. Calgary Fire Department-Bronto & #12 Engine

For additional information, visit CalgaryStampede.com. Marching bands interested to participate in future years can view the Calgary Stampede Parade information on Marching.com.

Source material courtesy of Calgary Stampede Visiting Bands Committee.

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