The official Web site of the 2009
Apple Blossom Parade
St. Joseph, Missouri
News releases
Alferd Williams and Alesia Hamilton led the parade as the 2009 grand marshals.
Apple Blossom 2009 Junior Queen Blayre Helm and Attendant Jacqueline Janorschke share the sunny spotlight as the parade made its way along Noyes and down Frederick.
The youngest royalty , the Apple Blossom 2009 Princess and her court -- Princess attendant Macy McClurg, Princess Kaycia Williamson and Attendant Faith Higgins -- clearly enjoy their shining moments.
Three members of the Apple Blossom Committee -- Becky Boerkercher, Michelle Wolfe and Jerry Ann Sporhase -- rode the parade route as 2009 honorary grand marshals. Wayne Duncan of Savannah drove the horse-drawn carriage.
Apple Blossom royalty reigned supreme over the 2009 parade. They are, from left, Queen Attendant Candace Jimenez, Queen Morgan Koch and Queen Attendant Jessica Klaus
Welcome to the 2009 Apple Blossom Parade and Festival Web site. This site provides current and historical material about St. Joseph's most popular annual parade.
How do we know it's the most popular?
You picked the Apple Blossom as best parade/festival in 2008 Readers' Choice voting, sponsored by the St. Joseph News-Press.
That's ten years in a row for the Apple Blossom to win the Readers' Choice Gold Award -- making us eligible for the program's highest honor, the Platinum Award, many times over!
We're proud to continue to serve you, the citizens of Greater St. Joseph, and to do all we can to keep this St. Joseph's best and your favorite parade.
"St. Joe Reads" -- the theme for the 2009 pageant and parade -- was chosen to support the Allied Arts Big Read.
The 2009 parade rolled down Frederick without a hitch on one of the nicest spring mornings we've seen for the parade in years. Look for updates to our photos in the near future as we compile our annual slideshow of the parade.
As you browse through this site, you'll find pages covering this year's parade theme and the official entry forms for both the pageants and parade.
Contact us if you are interested in serving on the Apple Blossom Committee or if you have questions not answered on the site. The Apple Blossom phone number (activated approximately a month before each parade) is 816.261.0422. Please leave a message. Another option is to email Executive Director Michelle Wolfe or Apple Blossom President Ken Rosenauer at the addresses below.
Special thanks to these local businesses that help make the Apple Blossom better:
E-mail Apple
Blossom Executive Director Michelle Wolfe
E-mail Webmaster and Apple Blossom President Ken
Rosenauer
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