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Non-stop entertainment prevailed over the Celebrity Cruises Main Stage and the TD Bank Latin Stage.
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All four of the Marshals addressed the audience and then Uncle Johnny belted out a rendition of “What a Wonderful World.”įollowing the Opening Ceremonies, more than 100 vendors stretched across Lummus Park with everything from food and cocktails, to charity organizations and merchandise for sale, to a “Family Fun Zone” for the kids and a “Garden of Eve” tent for the women. At the Opening Ceremony, Y-100’s Elvis Duran and the cast of “The Morning Show” greeted the crowd as Duran introduced 2017 Headliner Bebe Rexha. The judges awarded the “Best Float” trophy to the entry from Celebrity Cruises which stood over 14-feet tall and featured acrobats and contortionists flying around a giant metal “X.”įollowing the parade, the Pride Festival literally took over the sands of South Beach. Providing color commentary for the extremely colorful parade were emcees Roxanne Vargas, NBC6 host and reporter Tiffany Fantasia, Miss Miami Beach Gay Pride 2013 and Tu94.9’s radio personality Enrique Santos, who abandoned his own float at the grandstand to join the ladies in their hosting duties to the delight of the crowd.Ĭelebrity judges for the “Best Float” award were television personalities FabuLouis, Ariel Rodriguez and Jasmina Marazita from Telemundo 51. In addition to the Pride Marshals, the parade and festival featured a record-breaking number of parade entries, including 74 parade contingencies, 22 floats and over 3,000 participants.
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The four champions leading the loud and colorful parade this year were Ross Mathews who served as Celebrity Grand Marshal bartender and cast member of iHeart Radio’s “Elvis Duran and the Morning Show” “Uncle” Johnny Pool, who served as the Advocate Marshal and philanthropists and advocates Liebe and Seth Gadinsky who served as Ally Marshals. Judging by the people who came out as spectators, participants or volunteers, I can enthusiastically say Pride succeeded in that goal once again this year.” “It’s important to recognize our community’s vast range of diversity and Pride’s commitment to inclusion. “It always leaves a huge impression on me to see the whole community come together as one to celebrate Pride,” said Dave Cook, executive director of Pride. The turnout is especially significant for the “billion dollar sandbar” of 92,000 residents as it shows how the popularity of the expanded, three-day celebration has grown exponentially in such a short amount of time, said Pride Board Chairman Mark Fernandes. The three-day Pride weekend, which started on Friday, April 7, with a poolside VIP reception at the W South Beach hotel and transitioned into a full-day beach party on Saturday before culminating with the Pride parade and festival on Sunday, saw an estimated 135,000-plus come out for the weekend’s festivities. MIAMI BEACH – Ap– A quartet of Pride Marshals greeted a record crowd of proud revelers who turned out throughout the weekend for the 9th Annual Miami Beach Gay Pride Parade and Festival presented by Celebrity Cruises.