Doo Dah Parade

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Synchronized Briefcase Drill Team at the 1979 Dooh Dah Parade in Pasadena. The Team, 16 men and women in three-piece suits, performed such precision routines as "Present Attache´s."
The 2005 Doo Dah Parade in Columbus, Ohio.

The Pasadena Doo Dah Parade is a popular farcical and flamboyant parade held in Pasadena, California about once a year, usually in the fall or winter. Conceived in 1976 by several friends, and Peter Apanel, Ted Wright, Charles "Skip" Finnell, amoung others, sitting in a bar called "CHROMOS" (Which no longer exists) in Pasadena, as a response to the traditional formality of the Rose Parade, which is also held in Pasadena. In 1976 January first fell on a Sunday, and the Rose Parade which takes place on January 1st, will not happen on a sunday. So they decided it would be fun to have an alternate parade on January first that year. Some of the early participants were Wright as first Grand Marshall, Snotty Scotty and the Hankies, The Lawn mower drill team, The Briefcase drill team and General Hershey Bar, among many others. The Doo Dah Parade Today features many absurd participants such as the BBQ & Hibachi Marching Grill Team, The Shopping Cart Drill Team, The Bastard Sons of Lee Marvin, The Men of Leisure Synchronized Nap Team, The Marching Lumberjacks, Claude Rains & the 20-Man Memorial Invisible Man Marching Drill Team, and the Committee for the Right to Bear Arms, a group that marches in precise formations while carrying mannequin arms, and the band "Snotty Scotty and the Hankies, still the Official band. Many groups participate in the Doo Dah Parade as a fundraising effort for various charities. This Parade has spawned many others like it.

Columbus Parade

Another popular Doo Dah Parade takes Place in Columbus, Ohio. The Columbus Doo Dah Parade was inspired by the Pasadena event and began in 1983 as a small, disorganized march down the sidewalks of High Street in The Short North by regulars of the Short North Tavern. The Columbus Doo Dah Parade takes place annually on the Fourth of July (rain date, July 3rd) in The Short North and Victorian Village neighborhoods of Columbus. The parade route begins on Park Street near Goodale Park and ends at the Short North Tavern.

One of the most popular and longest-running participant groups is the "Marching Fidels," a group of men and women dressed like Fidel Castro who take siestas along the parade route and conscribe bystanders into the Cuban army, dressing them in camouflage and "forcing" them to march in the parade. Also featured are the Emperor of the Short North and the King and Queen of DooDah. In recent years, participants have included groups such as The Fishnet Mafia, the Wilber Hills Country Club, Feature Creatures Haunted Acting Troupe of Central Ohio, Deri Air, the Ohio Roller Girls, and the Doo Dah Band. Judging takes place along the route and participants bribe judges to vote for their entries. Prizes for best and worst entries are rewarded with gift certificates to Short North businesses.

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