Has anyone been a group marshall for a gay pride march?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

this year I volunteered to be a marshall and I was hoping someone could tell me what their experience as a marshall has been


(Cross posted in GLBT forum)

[NewJeffCT]

1. I'm not a big fan of parades

and I've never participated in one...

I'm just picturing you in some sort of parade uniform.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

6. i might go as an indian bride.

[NewJeffCT]

9. I'm sure

that you'll look great in whatever you wear...

have fun being the marshall. Does that mean, you get to yell at people & give orders and tell them where to go?

[La Lioness Priyanka]

10. i am hoping all i need to do is boss people around. pretty good at that

[NewJeffCT]

12. I'd never have guessed that

I always thought of you as kind of a wallflower - shy & reserved.

:P

[IndianaJones]

2. I will pray for you. nt.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

3. when you do, can you ask god to remove 20 lbs off me without my getting sick?

or having to work out?

thanks much

[IndianaJones]

15. He said "Atkins" nt.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

16. i love god. nt

[bigwillq]

4. Oh my, I so wanna go to the parade now.

That's my first day of vacation, but we just got an invitation for a family party. I am not sure what I am going to do.

(this is assuming you're talking about the NYC Pride Parade on June 29)

[La Lioness Priyanka]

5. you shoudl come!! pretty please?

[bigwillq]

11. We went down last year.

Well we didn't go to the parade b/c I had to work later that afternoon but we went down on Saturday, got a room, went down to Christopher St. for the day, went to some of the bars, walked on the pier, had dinner and then went to a club. We had breakfast in the Bronx in the morning before heading back. I will see what I can do this year.

[Parche]

7. DC

I was at the March in DC , June 1993!!!!!!
:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo: :hi:

[La Lioness Priyanka]

8. war protest? were you marshalling?

[Parche]

14. No Marshalling

March for gay rights - April 25, 1993, Washington, D.C
Look it up, it was fantastic
half a million people, it was incredible, one of the best times I ever had
flew to New York, took the train down to DC, one of my best friends had a suite
at the Embassy Suites
It was April 1993, I think I said June, that was another trip!!

:hi: :hug:

[fight4my3sons]

13. no, but have a great time!

They are looking for volunteers this weekend for the Pride parade in Portland, ME on Sat.

Here is from the website:

We are in need of volunteers to help staff Parade route intersections. This involves setting up a barricade starting around 11:45, monitoring interesction, removing barricade after Parade passes, and then joining Parade if the person(s) would like.
If you or someone you know could assist us with this task please reply to this email address [e-mail]
If you know of someone planning to watch the Parade and they would be willing to watch from an intersection, perhaps they would help with the above task.

http://www.southernmainepride.org/

[La Lioness Priyanka]

17. thanks...

[Midlodemocrat]

18. No, but it sounds like it will be a good time.

I'm not a huge fan of crowds. Got crushed in NYC once during the St. Pat's day parade and it jaded me.

[La Lioness Priyanka]

19. st. pats is insane. we gays dont drink that much till the sun goes down

:P