Route: Straight down Broadway from Sinclair Park on the East Side. Thirteen blocks in all.
Chief organizer foresees crowd of 20,000
WINONA, Minn. – The Steamboat Days parade on Sunday will have 93 units, including nine marching and rolling bands, said festival chair Jeremy Graves. He expects 20,000 people on the parade route to see to wave at Miss America, Miss Minnesota, Miss Wisconsin and local royalty from around the region. The parade starts at 12 noon at Sinclair Park. There will be food vendors at the park, Graves said. Before the parade starting at 11:30, Graves said, the Little Warriors Drum Corp will perform along the parade route. After the parade, the Hesper-Mabel Steam Calliope will be hauled back at Sinclair Park to keep making music. Among the parade’s musical units:
> Cotter Senior High Marching Band.
> Cotter Junior High Marching Band.
> Lake City High School Tiger Band.
> Milwaukee Dancing Grannies.
> Onalaska Marching Hilltoppers Band.
> St. Peter High School Marching Saints Band.
> U.S. Marine Band.
> Winona Municipal Band.
> Winona Senior and Middle School marching bands
A flyover of World War II war will mark the start of the parade, Graves said. There won’t be any political candidates tossing candy, reaching into the crowd to touch hands or kissing babies. Inexplicably they’ve been told they’re not welcome. A few incumbent office-holders are exceptions, like Mayor Scott Sherman.
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