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- Three Bands to Play Pre-Fireworks Concert
- Miss America Set for Parade Appearance
- Bud Petrick Is Parade Marshal
- Parade Grand Marshal??Miss America!
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Miss America Set for Parade Appearance
For Katie Stam, who is accustomed to traveling 20,000 miles a month and working seven days a week, participating in two parades on the Fourth of July will be a cakewalk. Miss America 2009 will ride as grand marshal at the Pacific Palisades Americanism Parade at 2 p.m. after starting the day in Huntington Beach.
From the moment the former Miss Indiana triumphantly walked across the stage in January'the final night of the Miss America Pageant in Las Vegas'her year-long journey began. 'When it was down to the final three, Miss Tennessee, Miss California and me, I didn't know which one of us was going to win,' Stam says. 'But I did know I would do a good job if I were to win. I was confident of what I had to offer: a good role model, a good spokesperson, and I could handle the travel and exposure.'
Three Bands to Play Pre-Fireworks Concert
Three local rock groups will headline the second annual July 4 concert at Palisades High School's football stadium, as part of the town's Independence Day festivities. The House Band, the Mayberrys and the Elevaters will perform on stage starting at 6:30 p.m., prior to the traditional fireworks show at about 9 p.m.
The concert will also feature Palisades High alum Mimi Vitale, a talented singer who won the 2000 Miss Palisades contest; the PaliHi Concert Band; and other family-friendly entertainment. Admission is just $2 a person at the door (though larger donations are appreciated in order to help defray costs and support the school's music department).
Composed of family men with a penchant for Nirvana and Radiohead, the veteran group House Band and the nascent Mayberrys will play an array of original compositions and familiar covers. The predominantly 20-something Elevaters will close the concert.
'Our goal is to continue the festive mood that starts with the Will Rogers race and transfers into the parade,' said the House Band's Keith Turner, who is co-organizing the concert entertainment. 'We also want to feature Palisades talent: professional, amateur and student musicians and entertainers.'
Bud Petrick Is Parade Marshal
Bud Petrick, a leader in Pacific Palisades business and civic affairs for decades, has been named parade marshal for this year's Fourth of July parade, as selected by board members of the Palisades Americanism Parade Association (PAPA).
Petrick, who is usually out along the parade route as one of the six street-level announcers, will instead ride in a convertible, close behind Grand Marshal Katie Stam, the reigning Miss America.
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