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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2/13/2008 - STAFF REPORTS - 00 YOU CAN'T STOP THE BEAT! Join the Parade! "...You can't stop today, as it comes speeding down the track. You know yesterday is history, and it's never comin'back. Because tomorrow is a brand new day...and it don't know white from black!..." The Annual Black History Month Parade will be held on Palm Canyon, in downtown Palm Springs on Saturday, February 23rd, beginning at 11 a.m. THIS YEAR....The Desert Philanthropic Association has created a finale with a new TWIST! A CALL TO UNITY, COMPLETE COMMUNITY UNITY!: The finale of this year's parade will be a cumulative and truly diverse festive group that will include any and all Desert area charities, Synagogue, Mosque, and Church groups, organizations and businesses who choose to demonstrate TRUE DIVERSITY and COMMUNITY UNITY! From the soundtrack HAIRSPRAY, "You Can't Stop the Beat", and "We've Got So Far to Go" will be the musical backdrop of the festivities. Everyone in our community is invited to join us, dressed in SIXTIES ATTIRE, and ready to dance and twist and shout down Main Street! As the finale group passes onlookers, they, too, will be invited to join in the parade. Our goal is to evolve into ONE PALM SPRINGS, ONE DESERT COMMUNITY, hand in hand, unfolding into a beautiful collection of everyone en masse, at the conclusion of the parade route! JOIN US TO SHOW WE ARE UNITED AND THAT DOING A GOOD THING CAN BE REALLY FUN! To enlist your group to join The Desert Philanthropic Association's CALL TO COMMUNITY UNITY finale, please email Wendie Busig-Kohn, at ïż½jajbkmsQl aeLc©rn. Details, including lyrics, and call time and location will be provided. Groups are urged to respond prior to Friday, February 15th, in order to get their group's NAME announced during the parade.