from staff
This year’s Winn-Dixie Hometown Gator Bowl Parade is set for Sunday at 3 p.m. and includes 104 entries. The grand marshal is Miss Florida Mari Wilensky, the daughter of recently-elected Circuit Court Judge Dan Wilensky. The two VIP marshals are former Mayor Jake Godbold and former Jacksonville University basketball star Artis Gilmore.
The following is the entire lineup for this year’s parade, organized in groups of five:
• Jacksonville Police Motorcycle Unit, Winn-Dixie Hometown Gator Bowl Parade Banner, Bagpiper, Jacksonville Police Color Guard and Grand Marshal Mari Wilensky.
• Lithia Springs High School band, Honorary Grand Marshal Chef Robert Tulko, Winn-Dixie, Sparky the Dog sponsored by J.B. Coxwell and the 4th of July pilots/crew of game day flyover sponsored by W.W. Gay.
• 1924 American LaFrance Fire truck, Ephrata High School marching unit, Chairman of Gator Bowl Association Scott Keith of BB&T Bank, Gator Bowl Association Executive Committee and VIP Marshal Florida Dairy Farmer.
• Beaverton High School band, Jacksonville Landing train, VIP Marshal Artis Gilmore, VIP Marshal Jake Godbold and Miller Electric Company.
• Baldwinsville High School band, ICX Group, Wachovia pre-game dancers, Surry Central High School and the City of Jacksonville Tampa Bay Downs.
• USA Gymnastics – sponsored by JEDC Sports & Entertainment, First Florida Credit Union, Crosswinds Villa Medici, Daniel Boone marching blazer band and Lakeshore Volunteer Fire Department marching honor guard.
• Rogers Towers, 2006 Miss Dream Girl America Lindsay Watters, First Coast Trailforgers Walking Club, The Players Championship and the Georgia Tech University band.
• Wolfson Children’s Hospital, Freedoms Foundation at Valley Forge, the Jacksonville Jaguars, Blanchester High School band and BB&T Bank.
• MTS Travel, Vette Set Corvette Club, Marriott Courtyard, C.D. Hylton High School band and Miss First Coast 2006 Sarah Lee Fitzpatrick.
• Marineland, Outback Steakhouse, Brien McMahan High School band, Hilton St. Augustine and Miss River City Jacksonville 2006 Jessica Minch.
• Maple River Marching Eagles band, Beef O’Brady’s, Cash Building Materials Company, the Toyota Gator Bowl mascot and Penncrest High School band.
• Clydesdales, Rotary Clubs of Jacksonville, Miss Teen Dream Girl America 2006 Anastagia Pierre, Brooks County High School band and Atlantic Coast Bank.
• Jimbo the Clown, Miss Florida’s Outstanding Teen 2006 Sydney Keister, Miss River City Jacksonville Outstanding Teen 2006 Devin Wilkinson, the Jacksonville Jam and Pine Forest High School band.
• Jacksonville Suns, Bowl Games of America Performers, McDonalds, Bloom-Carroll High School band and Our Little Miss Scholarship Competition.
• Hoku-Loa Polynesian Dancers, Fernandina Beach Pirates Club with Shrimp Fest Queen Jelissa Timmons, Daytona Harley Davidson Drill Team, Jacksonville Corvette Club and Delta State Steel Drums.
• St. Augustine Easter Festival, Jefferson-Scranton Marching Rams, Miss First Coast Teen 2006 Celeste Wilson and Miss Duval County Teen 2006 Alyse White, Clarion, and Adventure Landing.
• University of West Virginia band, United States Air Force Recruit Center Moody Air Base, Jacksonville Model A’s, Gator Clowns of Jacksonville, Inc. and Centennial High School band.
• Florida Division of Forestry, Miss Hometown USA Teen 2006 Hawley Hawkinberry and Miss Hometown USA 2006 Kayla Chowning, First Coast Women’s Club, Tunkhannock Area High School “Tiger” Marching band and the Northeast Florida Scottish Games and Festival.
• Florida Girls USO Show Troupe, Red Hat Rubies for God Chapter, Chester High School band, Ramada Conference Center Mandarin, and the Jacksonville Transportation Group
• Order of the Eastern Star, Girard High School band, Kentucky Horse Park Mustang Troop, Brothers of the Coasts and the Masonic Association 11th and 12th Districts
• William Fremd High School band, Winn-Dixie tractor trailer, Alleppo Imperial Shrine Temple No. 1700, Scottish Rite Masons, Morocco Shrine Center and Rescue Unit.