PARADE-GOERS GET A CHANCE TO WIN BIG WITH 80,000 GIFTS DISTRIBUTED ALONG AMERICA’S THANKSGIVING PARADE ROUTE

The Parade Company is celebrating the 80th birthday of America’s Thanksgiving Parade® with its first-ever Great Parade Giveaway where 80,000 nostalgic coin holder gifts filled with prizes and coupons will be distributed to Parade-goers along the new Parade route on Woodward Avenue, Thanksgiving morning, Thursday, November 23, 2006, beginning at 9:20 a.m. Ten of the gifts will hold gold tickets, giving Parade-goers the chance to win grand prizes. The Great Parade Giveaway is sponsored by Belle Tire and CitiGroup.

The gold ticket prizes include:
-Two Detroit Red Wing Packages, the first is an autographed Nicklas Lidstrom jersey and puck and the second is four tickets to the December 12th match-up between the Detroit Red Wings and the Ottawa Senators
-Four suite tickets to Irving Berlin's White Christmas from Olympia Entertainment
-An autographed Carlos Guillen jersey (2006 Detroit Tigers MVP) and four tickets to a mutually agreeable game in 2007
-A VIP tour of News/Talk 760 WJR studios
-A stereo system from Clear Channel Radio
-A set of custom tires and rims from Belle Tire
-Grand packages from VIA Rail
with first-class round trip rail transportation from Windsor to Toronto with hotel accommodations
-An overnight stay at the Detroit Marriott and dinner for two at Coach Insignia
-A family membership to the New Detroit Science Center

The Great Parade Giveaway’s 80,000 gifts will feature a collection of one or more of the different coupons and prizes, including $1.00 off admission for Holidays on Parade; a free ride or popcorn at Holidays on Parade; 10% off coupon for Belle Tire; a complimentary children’s book from Art Van, Has Anyone Seen Christmas, that inspired the new float for Art Van; temporary tattoos from 106.7; free custard from Culver’s of Roseville; and free child’s admission from the New Detroit Science Center.

America’s Thanksgiving Parade® in Detroit is one of the country’s oldest and most celebrated parades and in addition to the Great Parade Giveaway, its 80th birthday will feature a new Parade route and start time and a star-studded list of celebrities.

The new route for the 80th America’s Thanksgiving Parade® is modeled after the original Parade route in 1924. The Parade will step-off at Woodward Avenue and Mack on Thursday, November 23 at 9:20 a.m. in downtown Detroit and end at Woodward Avenue and Congress. More than one million people will be watching America’s Thanksgiving Parade® as it makes its way down Woodward Avenue.

Grandstand Tickets - See The Parade Company’s superstars up close and personal from the comfort of the Grandstand seats. To order Grandstand tickets and reserved parking, visit www.theparade.org or call 313.923.7400 x227.