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June 6, 2001
Rose Festival Events Fill Streets, Parks
Black and Native-American history will
come to life during Saturday's Grand Floral
T he signature event o f the P ort­
land Rose Festival is the S outhw est
A irlines G rand Floral Parade. Excite­
m ent fills the streets o f Portland Sat­
urday, June 9 at 10a.m. ascolortul all­
floral floats, entertaining m arching
bands and splendid equestrian units
w ind their way down the 4.2-mile route.
The Southwest Airlines Grand Flo­
ral Parade is the largest single-day
spectator event in O regon and the
second largest all-floral parade in the
United States. H undreds o f thou­
sands o f spectators line the streets to
Capture the excitem ent o f this spec­
tacular event. H yalite o f northeast
Portland will participate in the parade
this year, representing the Lew is and
C larkC orps ofD iscovery.
Liana Tom, the great niece o f
Sacajawea w ill be riding as Sacajawea.
Native Am erican Riders will be repre­
senting the different tribes o f the
Pacific N orthwest.
Other riders will be A frican Ameri­
cans representing influential histori­
cal figures: Y ork an im portant m em ­
ber o f the Lew is and C lark Party,
M oses Black H arris, Jim B eckw orth
and other m ountain m en and w om en
w ho cam e during the early 18 0 0 ’s to
1840. They w ill be dressed in period
clothing, rem inding the thousands o f
parade w atchers o f the adventurous
spirit and rich history o f the north­
w est explorers and native inhabit­
ants. H ylite is a non-profit organiza­
tion that conducts participatory edu­
cational activity program s based on
Oregon history for Portland innercity
youth The focus o f the activity p ro­
gram s is on A frican A m erican contri­
butions related to the developm ent
o f the Pacific N orthw est. This pro­
gram generates self-aw areness and
self-esteem o f young people in the
A frican A m erican com m unity and
brings people o f very’ different back­
grounds together to learn about his­
tory. M ichael C urry will serve as the
parade’s G rand M arshal. C urry is the
a w a rd - w in n in g c o - d e s ig n e r o f
B roadw ay’s "T he Lion K ing” and
one o f the co untry’s leading puppet
experts.
KOIN 6 TV airs the parade live at
10a.m. with hosts M ike D onahue and
Shirley Hancock. The show is re-
broadcast later that night at 9 p.m.
A lso, for the first tim e in its his­
tory, the parade is broadcast in Span­
ish on the H ispanic T elevision Net-
woik(HTVN).
P hoto by M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver
Area residents enjoy the renovated pond and new fountain at Peninsula Park's sunken Rose Garden during
Saturday’s Rose Festival Fun Day.
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