PAPA News

Have you ever wanted to ride a fire truck in a parade?  You can, if you submit the winning entry to this year’s Fourth of July parade theme contest. The Palisades Americanism Parade Association (PAPA) encourages all residents to submit their creative and patriotic theme ideas for the 2012 Pacific Palisades Fourth of July Parade. [...]

This year’s daylong Fourth of July celebration in Pacific Palisades will be captured in a documentary by local filmmaker Sarah Kelly. ‘This one day is amazing,’ said Kelly, who grew up in the Alphabet Streets neighborhood. ‘There is something special about this little slice of Americanism that people can relate to.’ Kelly feels that a [...]

Palisadian Rocky Dawuni, an international reggae superstar, will headline this year’s Fourth of July pre-fireworks celebration at the Palisades High School football stadium. ‘Rocky’s reggae music will be perfect for the concert,’ said event organizer and recent Sparkplug winner Keith Turner. ‘His songs have positive messages and a nice groove.’ The two-hour concert, ‘Palisades Rocks [...]

Pacific Palisades resident and Emmy award-nominated actor Jeffrey Tambor will ride as grand marshal of the town’s Fourth of July parade. Tambor may be best known for comic roles in popular television shows such as ‘Arrested Development’ and ‘The Larry Sanders Show,’ but the versatile performer has also exhibited his gift for drama in feature [...]

Palisadian-Post. August 19, 2010 Anthony Marguleas, a leading Pacific Palisades real estate broker and owner of Amalfi Estates, is breaking the mold with his charitable donations to the local community through home sales. This week, he announced that he is donating $27,000 to the Fourth of July parade committee (the Palisades Americanism Parade Association) from [...]

Palisadian-Post. July 01, 2010 Libby Motika , Senior Editor Tall and lean, Brian Shea is the picture of a runner. And while he has never run the Palisades-Will Rogers 10K race on the Fourth of July, he has run the course countless times, and co-founded the race with the late Chris Carlson in 1978. Honoring [...]

Palisadian-Post Jun 24, 2010 Few American athletes are as revered or as recognized as former pro football great Jim Brown, who has been chosen to ride as grand marshal in the Pacific Palisades Fourth of July Parade. ‘Palisadian Steve Sommer is friends with Jim [Brown] and he came to our office knowing we were looking [...]

Palisadian-Post May 5, 2010 Parade Entries Sought May 27, 2010 ??Entry forms are available for individuals, businesses, clubs, youth groups, organizations, churches and synagogues that wish to enter the Pacific Palisades Fourth of July parade. ??Applications are available at the Chamber of Commerce office (15330 Antioch) and must be returned by June 7. Parade orders [...]

Palisadian-Post April 15, 2010 The Palisades Americanism Parade Association (PAPA) has chosen Janelle Friedman’s slogan ‘Pacific Palisades: Small Town, Big Heart’ as the theme for this year’s Fourth of July parade. As a prize, Friedman and her family will have the opportunity to ride in the parade on a Fire Station 69 engine. PAPA received [...]

Palisadian-Post. July 16, 2009 Post-Parade Whimsy July 16, 2009 Michael Nash, who grew up in the Palisades and is now a junior at Tulane University, joined seven bare-chested local friends at the start of the town’s Fourth of July parade, hoping to gain the attention of Katie Stam, the reigning Miss America, who was riding [...]