The Edina 4th of July Parade Committee is pleased to announce that the theme of the 2012 parade will be Broad Stripes & Bright Stars.  This theme celebrates our national heritage with the inspiring words of The Star Spangled Banner, describing our flag flying over Fort McHenry during the War of 1812.

For months we've had a parade survey on the front page of this web site.

We ask members of our audience what they like best about the parade, what else they like about the parade, and what they think we can do to improve the parade.

The planning committee has learned a lot about what the community thinks about the parade from this survey, and has used the results extensively as they work on the 2011 event.  We hope you will take a few minutes to share your point of view.

Here's a summary of the responses to the first question:

What's the best thing about the parade?
The bands	30%
Being with friends and family on a summer day	25%
Candy!	18%
The horses	8%
The fire trucks and police cars	8%
Other	11%