One of DC’s largest spectator events, the energy-filled Parade runs for 10 blocks along iconic Constitution Avenue. Giant colorful helium balloons, elaborate floats, marching bands from across the country, celebrity entertainers, and performers burst down the Parade route in a grand spectacle of music and showmanship seen only once a year during the National Cherry Blossom Festival. From the National Archives to the Washington Monument, spectators are wow-ed by the pageantry and excitement tha...
One of DC’s largest spectator events, the energy-filled Parade runs for 10 blocks along iconic Constitution Avenue. Giant colorful helium balloons, elaborate floats, marching bands from across the country, celebrity entertainers, and performers burst down the Parade route in a grand spectacle of music and showmanship seen only once a year during the National Cherry Blossom Festival. From the National Archives to the Washington Monument, spectators are wow-ed by the pageantry and excitement that is the nation’s premier springtime parade.
Outstanding celebrity talent includes:
• Carrie Ann Inaba, judge on Dancing With the Stars
• Cast members from the award-winning hit musical Jersey Boys
• Pop sensation Tiffany
• Chart topping artist and The Voice contestant Sisaundra Lewis
• R&B Grammy-nominated artist and DC native Raheem DeVaughn
• Miss America 2016 Betty Cantrell
• Washington Redskins Cheerleaders
• Latin vocal group Viva Mas, who recently performed for Pope Francis
• America’s Got Talent Season One Winner Bianca Ryan
• Local talent, including winners of the third annual Sing Into Spring Competition and the Washington Performing Arts Men and Women of the Gospel Choir
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