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Grand Parade

Date: Saturday October 26, 2024
Time: 11:00am
Location: Downtown Independence

The two hour long Grand Parade will start at the corner of Penn and Chestnut. It proceeds from Memorial Hall south on Main St. east to Sixth St., south one block to Maple where it turns west to Ninth St. The final leg travels north on Ninth St. ending just short of the Independence Middle School. The Grand Parade is exceedingly well attended. Parade goers set up chairs on the front row in the wee hours of the morning on parade day. There are free street acts, the carnival, and food concessions along Penn Ave. both before and after the Neewollah Grand Parade.
**Please Note** Political persons permitted to ride in the parade are those persons holding office whose district includes Montgomery County and its contiguous Kansas counties. There are no exceptions to this policy. Additionally under no uncertain terms will any political election/re-election campaign advertising be allowed on the dignitary or his/her staff member. The dignitary must be present the day of the parade; stand-ins will not be allowed.

For questions regarding the Grand Parade please email: neewollahgrandparade@gmail.com

PLEASE NOTE: Grand Parade Line-Up will NOT be printed.



Grand Parade Marshall

Lauren Ysusi, 2024 Neewollah Generalissimo, has announced Stacey Yakshaw as this year’s Grand Parade Marshall.

Stacey is a hometown girl and raised her family here in Independence. She and her late husband, Brian, have two daughters, Nikki and Beth. Stacey and Brian ran Sharper Images together for nearly 30 years. She was also the IT manager at Prestige/RSI Home Products for 17 years and retired in 2011. Stacey served on the Neewollah Board for 12 years; 4 of those years as Chairman. She was the 2016 Neewollah Generalissimo and has served on countless committees and as committee chairs over the years. Stacey is a member of St. Andrew Catholic Church where she is a member of the Altar Society and is also a member of PEO.

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