Prior WILI Boom Box Parades

PRIOR WILI JULY 4th BOOM BOX PARADES

2018:

It was the second hottest parade in the 33 years of the WILI July 4 Boom Box Parade (89F), but that didn’t stop thousands of people from coming to Romantic Willimantic for our annual display of independence. The parade lasted 89 minutes. It began with Grand Marshal Wayne Norman and his WILI News Director Mike Morrissette riding in a golf cart wearing tie-died Shaboo shirts, dressed as aging hippie rockers as WILI welcomed the new Shaboo Stage, and the parade ended with David Foster and the Shaboo All-Stars playing blues. Norman had a big, bushy curly Afro wig, a 5-foot long red, white, and blue tie, and was playing (air) guitar, while Morrissette drove the golf cart while playing drums. Other parade favorites included WilliBrew’s “Under the W.B. Sea” float, and the Traveling Fish Head Club of Northeast Connecticut. To see parade pictures, Facebook WILI Boom Box Parade.

Wayne and Mike–John Shishmanian photo, courtesy of the Norwich Bulletin

Wayne with WilliBrew’s “Under the W. B. Sea” float

The Traveling Fish Head Club of Northeast Connecticut