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CALGARY, Alberta (July 1, 2011) — 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 2011 parade which begins at 9:00 AM (Mountain) on Friday, July 8.

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 in front of the Calgary Police Service Building near 1st Street and 6th Ave SE. The other is at the VIP viewing stand on the right side between 2nd and 3rd Streets SW.

The Calgary Stampede Parade is shown live on CBC Television beginning at 9:30 AM (Mountain). The parade can also be viewed through a live stream at CBCSports.ca.

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 2011 Calgary Stampede Parade lineup in order of appearance is shown below.

2011 Calgary Stampede Parade Order

1. 2011 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 Marshal - Rick Hansen
7. Calgary Exhibition & Stampede Float
8. Calgary Stampede Show Wagon
9. Stampede Executive
10. Mayor of Calgary: Naheed Nenshi
11. Band: Unity Flute & Drum Corp
12. Stampede Royalty
13. Calgary Stampede Directors
14. Calgary Stampede Queens Alumni
15. RCMP Entry: honour guard, dignitaries, marching troop & vets
16. Strathcona Mounted Troop
17. Trinadad & Tobago Organettes
18. Police Mounted Patrol with Police Chief Rick Hanson
19. Band: Calgary Police Pipes & Drums
20. War Amps
21. Express Employment Clydesdales
22. Oklahoma Express Legends
23. Servus Credit Union
24. Rodeo Committee
25. Wild West Willie
26. 20,000 Strong Be Part of It!
27. Band: Karabar High School Marching Band (Australia)
28. 100 Man Marching Contingent
29. Heavy Horse Show Committee
30. Windy Ridge Riders
31. Light Horse Committee
32. Spirit of the Lake
33. Band: Calgary Round-Up Band
34. Quebec Winter Carnival
35. Polocrosse Canada
36. Lethbridge & District Exhibition & City of Lethbridge
37. Ismaili Muslim Community
38. SNC Lavalin
39. Best Seat
40. Canadian Pacific
41. Calgary Regional Trail Riders
42. Sanguine Clydes
43. Band: Calgary Fire Department Pipes & Drums
44. Parks Canada Corporate Float
45. Parks Canada Colour Mounted Party
46. Parks Canada Horse Drawn Float
47. Alberta Parks Mounted
48. Native section - Sarcee
49. Chuckwagon Group 1: Kelly Sutherland Chuckwagon Racing Team; Pride of Cochrane; Noralta Lodge Ltd.; Ranchmans/Tomco/Nabors Chuckwagon Team; Friends of Heritage Park, proudly sponsored by The Roadhouse
50. Pioneers & Descendants
51. Heritage Park
52. Band: Naden Band of Maritime Forces
53. HMCS Marching Contingent
54. United Calgary Chinese Association
55. Lynnwood Ranch
56. Rodeo Royalty Group 1: Miss Rodeo Canada 2011 and Princess; Airdrie Pro Rodeo Royalty; Alberta High School Rodeo Queen; Cochrane Lions Rodeo Queen and Princess; Medicine Hat Exhibition and Stampede Royalty; Miss Grande Prairie Stompede 2010; Miss Rodeo Okotoks 2010-2011 Kenna Lockwood; Miss Rodeo Sundre Queen and Princess
57. Kensington Sun & Salsa Festival
58. City of Calgary Councilors
59. Ferret Rescue Society
60. Band: 4 Wing Band Coldlake
61. 4 Wing Cold Lake Marching Contingent
62. Calgary Flames
63. Morsky Roslea Belgians
64. Guns of the Golden West
65. Western Financial- Mini Chucks
66. Wild Women of the West
67. Calgary Arabian Horse Assoc
68. Presenting a World of Possibilities - MRU
69. Band: Cranbrook Girls Bugle Band
70. City of Cranbrook
71. Draft Horse Town
72. Fort Steele Heritage Town
73. CN All Aboard for Safety Float
74. Gull Lake Farms
75. Steele's Scouts
76. Oops-A-Daisy Rescue & Sancutuary
77. Band: Shadow Armada (USA)
78. Town of Edson
79. Hitch Master Percherons (10 Percherons)
80. Four Directions Foster Parent Assoc, Metis Nation of Alberta
81. Cochrane Posse
82. Fort Calgary Wheel & Runner Assoc
83. Calgary Public Library
84. Weatherford
85. Band: Red Deer Royals Concert & Marching Band
86. Work Safe for Life
87. Danish Canadian Club
88. Paul Lamoureux
89. Chinook Team Penning Association
90. Mountain View, Leyden's and Eden Brook
91. Air Canada
92. Ken Hrycun & Family
93. MLA's
94. District of Leduc
95. Band: Calgary Stetson Show Band
96. Penticton Peach Festival
97. Fort Calgary
98. Jack FM - Flap Jack
99. Truman Insurance Agency
100. Rafter Six Ranch
101. Calgary Western Riders
102. MPs
103. Band: Clan Maxwell Pipes & Drums
104. West Jet
105. Tenaris (Prudential)
106. Kimberly the Bavarian City
107. Native section - Stoney
108. Outstanding Artistic Acheivement awards
109. Alzheimer Society of Calgary
110. Band: Regimental Pipes & Drums of the Calgary Highlanders and Pipes & Drums of the Canadian Scottish Regiment
111. Al Azhar Shriners
112. Calgary Catholic School District
113. Chuckwagon - Group 2: Heninger Toyota & Chickwagon! Foundation for Women; Eco Fuel Saver - Chucks; RE/MAX Chuckwagon; Purolator Inc. (Darcy Flad wagon)
114. ATB Financial - Connected to Our Community
115. Heart and Stroke Foundation of AB
116. Falun Dafa
117. Band: Tian Guo Marching Band of Canada
118. National Music Centre
119. Calgary Regional Appalossa Club
120. Building Trades of Alberta
121. Native Section - Blackfoot
122. Calgary Stampede Western Legacy
123. Whitefish Winter Carnival
124. Band: Glenmore Temple Salvation Army Band
125. ServproCeaning & Calgary West
126. Drumheller Coal Mine
127. Rodeo Royalty Group 2: Benton Franklin Fair & Horse Heaven Round-Up Rodeo Royalty; Cheyenne Frontier Days; Miss Omak Stampede Jonnie Crossland; Miss Rodeo and Indian Princess, Maple Creek; Miss Rodeo Idaho, Tricia Crump; Miss Rodeo Illinois 2011; Miss Rodeo New Mexico; Miss Rodeo South Dakota; Williams Lake Stampede Royalty
128. Band: 604 Moose Royal Canadian Air Cadets
129. CBE, Southland Transportation & First Student
130. Baker Hughes Pioneers
131. Calgary Police Assoc-Missing Children Society
132. Calgary Stampede Farm Equipment
133. Edmonton Sheriff's Posse
134. Fire Chief & Fire Fighters Museum Society + FD riders
135. Williams Moving & Storage & Calgary Stampeders
136. Band: Awesome Original Second Time Arounders Marching Band

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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