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<br /> - SEP-14-95 THU 0316 Phl CITY OF EUGENE LRCS FAX N0, 503 683 6834 P, 02/07 <br /> September I , 1995 <br /> ~ ~ <br /> T. <br /> Andrra Vo11 er J • <br /> Eugene Cel. ration • <br /> Public Info ation, 465-2684 ~ <br /> FOR MO ~bRMATION: <br /> F~,gene Cele ratioa, cs~-SZ15 EUGENE CELE6RAT10N <br /> SfPT.15, i 6,17, i 995 <br /> FO T ME IATE RELEASE <br /> PREPARE FOR AN EYE-POPPIN' CELEBRATION PARADE <br /> If you have Iived in Eugene for a while, you know one of the highlights of the <br /> Eugene Cele ation is the creative and zany entry the Rickzes create for. the Celebration <br /> parade, One it was Iap swimmers in Iittle plastic swimming poaIs lined up neatly on a <br /> flat bed truck Then there was the year of the ant farm. Last year they came as a band of <br /> marching ou ouses. They're back, but as usual they will be a wacky surprise--even the <br /> ~ Celebration p de comrni.ttee doesn't lrnow what they will be doing. <br /> The tries have a Iittle competition this year, however. Anew group, The Lucys, <br /> will be on the streets with a hair style drill team. There is also a stick horse drill team, <br /> unicyclists, a uck lip marching band. Real marching bands will be there too--including the <br /> award winnin high school band from Albany, the Highlanders; several Eugene school bands <br /> and the One- ore-'lime Marching Band. <br /> Many ntries have developed floats around the "Pop! Goes the Weekend" theme-- Pop <br /> on a Bike Het. et, Pop--a tooth decay gremlin, Pop•up books acid Jacks in the Box. A <br /> variety of aru s, mal and imaginary, will be in the parade too-equestrian units, slug <br /> ~ cowboys, frogs and dragon flies. Every entry is required to be decorated and in costume, so <br /> expect the de to be colorful and very fun. <br /> -more- <br /> T~i( <br /> ~SR TiOnl <br /> a2~ EUGENE CELEBRATION • lily of Eugene • One Eugene Centre, Eugene, OR 97401 <br /> phone (583) 687-5215 ~ FAX marketing & public relations (503) 683834 <br /> FAX events & production (543) 681-5426 <br /> <br />