Philadelphia Greek Independence Day Parade 2012
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Philadelphia's Greek Day Parade is more than a single day event, but a full weekend's worth of fun and festivities. The detailed itinerary follows below, and includes a dinner party the evening before, the Great Doxology the morning of, a luncheon just before the parade's launch, the parade itself and finally a reception with dance performances following the parade's conclusion.
PARADE ROUTE
STARTING/FORMATION AREA (Formation time is 1:00 PM)
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18th Street and Race Street (along the Ben Franklin Parkway)
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First groups will form at 19th and Logan Circle on the Parkway and all other groups will continue forming behind them towards City Hall on the Parkway
 MARCH ROUTE (Starting time of Parade is 2:00 PM
sharp)
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Parade will begin at 19th and Logan Circle
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Parade will move NW along the Ben Franklin Parkway
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Parade will go past the reviewing stand near Eakins Oval near the front of the Art Museum
REVIEW STAND :
INCLEMENT WEATHER:
Full Philly Greek Parade Festivities Itinerary
March 10, 2012
6:00 PM: Federation Parade Dinner (Open to Public)
Estia Restaurant
1405-07 Locust St.
Philadelphia, PA 19102
Tickets: $40.00
Call Stavros Antonakakis for tickets (609) 929-6000
Sunday, March 18, 2011
10:30 AM: The Official Great Doxology (Open to Public)
Cathedral of St. George , 256 S. 8 th St., Phila., PA
12:30 PM: Dignitaries Luncheon (By Invitation Only)
Cathedral of St. George, 256 S. 8 th St., Phila., PA
Hosted by St. George Cathedral
Very Reverand Archimandrite Nektarios Cottros
2:00 PM: Greek Independence Day Parade (Open to Public)
Formation Time: 1:00 PM
Starting Time: 2:00 PM
Starting Point: 16 th and Parkway
Reviewing Stand: On Parkway prior to Art Museum Drive
Inclement Weather Number: (856) 665-2085
4:30 PM Reception and Dance Performances (Open to Public)
St. Demetrios Church Community Center
229 Powell Lane, Upper Darby, PA
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