Park Road Parade Grand Marshals announced

Now is the time to register your organization, club, team, church or business for the 15th Annual Park Road Parade to take place on Saturday, October 6 at 10:30 a.m.  

This zany and wildly popular parade draws over 7,000 people each year from West Hartford and central Connecticut. The Park Road Association is proud to announce the 2012 Grand Marshal's are Joe Furey Chief Meteorologist for FOX Connecticut TV and CBS Radio Hartford and Traffic Reporter Rachel Lutzker of Fox 61.

The Park Road Parade comprises about 100 contingents that include clubs, organizations, schools, churches, bands, sport leagues, clowns, businesses, antique and exotic cars, and public officials.  Anything goes in this parade, from simple banners with marchers sporting the same T-shirt, to elaborate costumes, dance numbers and floats.  

Each year awards are given to Best Float, Best Overall Performance, Best Costume, Best Musical Performance, and Best Community Spirit. 

The parade begins at South Highland and Park Road and ends at South Quaker Lane and lasts about an hour. West Hartford Community Television broadcasts the parade live and replays it throughout the month of October. 

Joe Furey has been delivering weather forecasts to residents of Southern New England on both radio and TV for the last 27 years. He is currently Chief Meteorologist for FOX Connecticut TV and CBS Radio Hartford.  Rachel Lutzker Rachel is the traffic reporter for the Fox CT Morning News weekdays and hosts the Fox CT News at 4 PM with Brent Hardin and Garett Argianas.  In addition, Rachel provides traffic reports for Clear Channel stations WWYZ, WKSS, KC 101, WELI and WPOP and serves as the evening host on Clear Channel Radio's WHCN The River.

There is no fee to participate. Sign-up today by filling out the form found on the parade website: www.westhartford.org/ParkRoadParade.