Harlem Globetrotters Named Grand Marshals for Ameren Missouri Thanksgiving Day Parade
Adding even more holiday hoopla to an already festive event, the world-famous Harlem Globetrotters will serve as Grand Marshals of the 2011 Ameren Missouri Thanksgiving Day Parade. Among the headliners for the Globetrotters is Scooter Christensen.
Serving as Honorary Grand Marshals will be Vince Bommarito and the Girl Scouts.
A lifelong resident of St. Louis, the civic-minded Bommarito is owner of Tony’s, an award-winning, internationally renowned restaurant in downtown St. Louis.
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Girl Scouts of America |
Vince Bommarito |
2010 Honorary Grand Marshal
Baseball fans identify Hays with his signature tune, “Here Comes the King,” the Budweiser beer advertising jingle that’s traditionally played during the seventh inning of every St. Louis Cardinals home game. He grew up in Houston, Missouri, and attended Drury College and Southwest Missouri State on music scholarships. After serving in the Navy, Hays completed an engineering degree at Washington University in St. Louis and worked a “day job” in the aerospace program at McDonnell Aircraft. At night, he played clubs around St. Louis and taught piano, guitar and trumpet lessons.
Recent History of Honorary Grand Marshals
2010 Ernie Hays
2009 Mike Shannon
Boy Scouts of America
2008 Major Robert Behnken, NASA
2007 Marjorie Failoni, Disney's High School Musical
2006 Major General Jack Waggoner, US Army
Taylor Twellman
Nikko Smith
2005 Nancy Kerrigan