Richard Patrissi, Consultant
"The Park Road Parade is a true representation of all that is good in West Hartford," Mr. Patrissi said. Mr. Patrissi and Renee McCue are the organizers for the Park Road Parade. The 12th annual parade was held on a beautiful day in October, October 2, 2010. It begins at Ringgold Street and ends at South Quaker Lane. They had 12 bands, dancers, clowns, floats, antique cars, dogs, mascots, color guards and more. Some of the groups feachured were The Colchester Continental Fife & Drum, Colonel John Chester Fire and Drum Corps., Conard High 9th Graders & Sedgwick Middle School 8th Graders combined band, Connecticut Patriots Ancient Fife & Drum, Heartbeat Dixieland Jazz Band, Manchester Regional Police & Fire Pipe Band, Rob the Drummer, Sphinx Shriner Band, University of Hartford's Steel Drum Band, Washington Park Junior Drum Corps, and the Windsor Fife & Drum, and more. It started as a celebration to a two-year road reconstruction and beautification project bonding businesses and residents, in 1998. It is a celebration of the neighborhood: its diversity of people, businesses and culture.