Well crew, it's getting close. 63 days and counting. This entry is for parade info, discussion, etc. As it stands right now, I haven't even started thinking about the parade other than I'll more than likely be marching with the pirates again since my LOTR thing got nixed due to lack of funds. Not that I'm disappointed with marching with you all, but well, you know.

Anyway, we've got two wranglers this year heading up the ribbons and the like. pktaxwench and masterandre have been kind enough to volunteer to make sure we are all where we need to be, that we all have our ribbons, etc.

This is the most current info we have from the Parade Director (from the parade group Yahoo! group (dc_parade):

Parade Updates

Actually, more like a THANK YOU! and a couple of points of interest.

The THANK YOU! to all that have signed up for the parade so far. I
am yet-again amazed by the numbers. Right now, we're standing at
about 1600 pre-reg'ed marchers and over 40 vehicles. YES!!!!

Other "point of interest" is about the parade route. I do not have
an official word yet however now that the Marriott renovations are
done, I believe we're going back to the 2006 route which means we'll
be ending the parade at the back entrance to Marriott this year. This
makes the parade route a tad longer (about a block and a half) but we
believe it's a less congested and much easier place to disband.

That's all for now... more info is coming! And thanks again for
making this another great year!!!

JP =)

I'll be posting an open call to dragoncon and dragon_con to recruit new members to this community, which may get us some more parade marchers.

Also, there is a DragonCon meeting on Saturday, July 12. I know I'm going and a few others are as well so we can suss out all the room details/requirements and get our "official" confirmations. We will then probably walk around the Mariott (now that it is done) and then hit the food court for some grub.