From: ndallen@r-node.pci.on.ca
Subject: Big Bird, Ernie, Bert to appear in U.S. presidential inaugural parade
Organization: Echo Beach, Toronto
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1993 19:33:12 GMT

Here is a press release from the Presidential Inaugural Committee.

 New 1993 Inaugural Parade Performers Announced
 To: National Desk
 Contact: Sally Aman, 202-252-1070, or Joyce Kravitz, 202-252-1840,
          both of the Presidential Inaugural Committee

   WASHINGTON, Jan. 8  -- Making the 1993 Inaugural
Parade an event for all generations, the Presidential Inaugural
Committee (PIC) today announced additional 1993 parade participants,
many of whom are popular with younger audiences.
   Several well-known characters from Public Broadcasting Service's
Sesame-Street will appear in the parade.  These characters, from one
of America's most beloved television programs, include Big Bird,
Cookie Monster, and Bert and Ernie.
   Barney, a purple live action-character starring in his own public
television program, will entertain spectators with his own unique
brand of humor.
   "This parade is about bringing people together.  When I was
growing up I watched Sesame Street, and now today's children watch
and learn from the same programs.  Sesame Street unites people of all
age groups," said Parade Director Julie Gibson.
   Another public television character, Thomas the Tank Engine from "Shining
Time Station" will pull a caboose full of children along the parade
route.
   Widget, the awesome alien hero who dares to care about planet
Earth, will also entertain spectators along the parade route.  He
stars in his own environmentally conscious comedy adventure
children's animated television series.
   Other parade participants were also announced by the PIC,
including several cheerleading squads who will entertain thousands of
viewers along Pennsylvania Avenue.
   At approximately 2 p.m. at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 20, President
Bill Clinton and Vice President Al Gore will be honored with a Pass
in Review by their Parade Escort, comprised of units from the five
Armed Forces and other government and political officials.
   At approximately 2:15 p.m., President Clinton and Vice President
Gore will join their escort and proceed to the Presidential Reviewing
Stand in front of the White House.
   The parade itself will commence at 2:30 p.m. at 4th Street and
Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W. and will proceed up Pennsylvania Avenue to
The White House.  Parade participants will pass before the
Presidential Reviewing Stand and disperse at 17th Street.
   Following is the list of additions to the 1993 Inaugural Parade.

 PARADE PARTICIPANTS AND CONTACTS:

   Choirs, Washington, D.C.:
     -- Capital City Youth Choir Salvation Corporation
     -- Celebration Delegation
     -- Voices of Ebenezer AME Church
     -- Washington Mass Male Chorus
     Reverend Donald Vails, 301-681-7486

   Miss America Leanza Cornett
     Mary McGinnis, 609-345-3378

   Fairfield Bay VFW Auxiliary Color Guard, Arkansas
     Karen Smorol, 501-723-8190

   Falmouth Mostly Male Choir, Massachusetts
     Tom Goux, 508-540-2200

   Lexington Concord Minutemen, Massachusetts
     Captain Jim Roberts, 617-272-0972

   Public Television Characters
     -- Barney the Dinosaur
     -- Big Bird
     -- Cookie Monster
     -- Bert and Ernie
     -- Thomas the Tank
     Karen Vogel, 202-363-5242

   Libby Riddles (Itidarod), Alaska, 907-349-2441

   Vassar Night Owls, New York
     Rebecca Lewison, 201-224-0656

 PRE-PARADE PARTICIPANTS:

   Anacostia High School Cheerleaders, Washington, D.C
     Pam Grisham, 202-767-8036

   Eastern High School Cheerleaders, Washington, D.C.
     Mrs. Bradshaw-Smith, 202-724-4805

   Englewood High School Cheerleaders, Florida
     Joe Howell, 904-363-3674

   George Mason College, Virginia
     Sherry McCarthy, 703-993-3250

   Mason Elementary School Drummers, Michagan
     Ronald Fane, 313-252-3142

   Widget
     Brian Lacey, 212-582-5599
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Nigel Allen, Toronto, Ontario    ndallen@r-node.pci.on.ca
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