Saturday Jun 30, 2012
Pauquette Park along Hwy 33 Free
Call the Portage Area Chamber of Commerce at 742-6242 for additional information.
1-3pm - Meet and Greet with Miss America at Pauquette Park prior to the parade at the Frontier Communications Customer Appreciation Picnic.
4pm Parade Route: Beginning at the corner of Adams and Cook Street near Market Square parking lot and traveling west on Cook Street to Wisconsin Street(Hwy16) and then turning right onto Wisconsin and then turning left onto Conant Street. The parade will continue along Conant Street past Pauquette Park and end at the corner of Conant and Sunset Street.
5/5:15pm - Members of the UW Marching Band courtesy of AMPI will perform at the park following the parade and Dr. Foskett 1943 military plane fly-over.
6:30pm - Miss America will sing our National Anthem at the start of the Concert in the Park. The Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra plays at Pauquette Park. A few songs featured during the performance will be: Festival Overture on the American National Air, Armed Forces Salute, 1812 Overture, America the Beautiful
8:30pm - 115th Fighter Wing Military Flyover at Pauquette Park
8:45pm - Local musician Madison Malone performs following the Flyover in downtown at the Blarney Stone.
Fireworks display has been rescheduled due to dry conditions and fire ban. Rescheduled date is Saturday, August 25 as part of Taste of Portage. All other activities are still on!
Please note: The Portage Lions will be collecting eye glasses during the parade and at their food vendor location at Pauquette Park following the parade.
Be part of the parade that will also include the Dual County Community Band and Miss Wisconsin 2012.
Click Here for a parade application. Confirmed entries are listed following the event sponsors below.
Thank you event sponsors!
City of Portage Tourism
Frontier Communications
Ho-Chunk Casino
AMPI
Culver’s
Pepsi
Portage Daily Register
Business Improvement District
Divine Savior Healthcare
Cardinal Glass
Alliant Energy
Friends of the Concert
Wisconsin River Title Consultants
Rayovac
Portage Lumber Do-It Best
Johnson Chiropractic
Pat Halasz
John Holmes
Crawford Oil
Edward Jones Investments - Klay Vehring
Carmen and Mike Griffith
Trecek Automotive
Sean Malone State Farm Insurance
Bremner Granite
Dave and Judy Eulberg
Portage National Bank
BMO Harris Bank
Rotary Club of Portage
Portage Lions Club
Davis Duehr Dean-Portage
Chuck Miller Agency
Hill Automotive
Pardeeville Family Dentistry
Pflanz Mantey Mendrala Funeral Home
Judge Howard Latton
U.S. Bank
Kwik Trip
Nona's Tailoring and Tuxes
Kathy Houzner
Jean Kuhn
Aramark
General Engineering
Dave Voelker
Parade entries:
Parade marshals-Local World War II Veterans
Private Seth Blader, graduate of MCRD-San Diego, marching in honor of Sgt. Daniel Thompson
Portage Police Department (& Triad)
Portage Fire Department
Miss America Laura Kaeppeler (Kenosha, WI)
Miss Wisconsin 2012 Kate Gorman (Onalaska, WI)
Miss Heart of Wisconsin~Katie Williams (Wisconsin Rapids, WI)
Miss Wisconsin Junior Teen Rachel Higgins (Lodi, WI)
Members of the University of Wisconsin-Marching Band
Dual County Community Band
Zor Shrine Mini Cars
Prairie Thunder Cloggers
Blystone Towing & Radiator Inc.
Portage Kiwanis
Portage Center for the Arts
Sam Clark's '63 Ford Econoline Pick-up with M & M's paint scheme (Montello, WI)
Oscar Mayer Wienermobile
Colonel Jan Bauman WI Medical Detachment Commander
New Glarus Fire Department Ladder Company
Portage Lions
Pride of America Camping Resort
1910 Automobile-Richard Boockmeier
1910 Aqua Belles (2x Defending Parade Float Champions)
Home Health United
Columbia County Connects-Step Up Speak Out
Home and Community Education of Columbia County
Good Ol' Boy Tractor Club
Portage Area Community Theatre (P.A.C.T.)
Children of the American Revolution-Timothy Hatch Chapter
Portage Cab Company
Aspirations Salon and Spa
Douglas Bible Church
Portage Youth Wrestling
1957 Cadillac~Gil Meisgeier
Portage Culvers
Canadian Pacific Railway Kiddie Train
TMC-Raise the Praise
Representative Keith Ripp
Tommy Thompson for U.S. Senate
Body Concepts Day Spa
Date and Time
4:00 PM - 10:00 PM CDT
Location
Note: Portage Cab Company will be running a free shuttle service to and from Market Square (located on the the east end of downtown next to Wilz Drug along Hwy 33) to Pauquette Park. Fees/Admission
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Concert in the Park & Fourth Of July Celebration
Miss America is coming to Portage during our Independence Day Celebration! Miss America is brought to you by Frontier Communications, City of Portage Tourism and the Business Improvement District. She will be part of the parade that will take place in Historic Downtown at 4pm.
Community Bank of Portage
Curran & Seubert Dental
Penda Corporation
Rep. Fred Clark 81st Assembly Campaign
Citizens for Tom Petri/Congressman Tom Petri
Concert in the Park & Fourth Of July ...
Saturday, June 30, 2012