For Immediate Release: Contact s9

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: CONTACT:

January 14, 2010 DeWayne Jones, Community Relations Assistant City of Ocoee

PH: (407) 905-3100 x9-1533 Cell: 706-951-8474

Ocoee, Florida – The City of Ocoee Human Relations Diversity Board will be

hosting its 4th Annual Martin Luther King Unity Parade and Celebration on

Monday, January 18, at 10:00 a.m.

The parade route begins at Citrus Elementary on Clarke Road and ends at

the Belk Department store parking lot at the West Oaks Mall. Immediately

following the parade, there will be a MLK celebration from 11:00 a.m. – 3:00

p.m., which will include a bounce house for kids, blood pressure and health

screenings, blood donations to The Florida Blood Centers, performances from

the Winter Garden Community Choir, face painting, music and food vendors.

Sheriff Jerry Demings will be serving as Grand Marshall and the Mistress

of Ceremony will be Gail Paschall Brown from WESH Channel 2. Dr. Paul Ortiz,

Associate Director of the Samuel Proctor Oral History Program, University of

Florida, will be the guest speaker. His topic: “Reclaiming the Dream for the

21st Century for Everyone.”

For more information regarding the City of Ocoee MLK Parade and

Celebration, please go to www.ocoee.org or contact Joy Wright at 407-905-3100

ext. 9-1530.

Program for Ocoee MLK Celebration at West Oaks Mall, 11:00am

Mistress of Ceremony - Gail Paschall-Brown, WESH Channel 2

National Colors posted by Ocoee High School Color Guard

National Anthem……………………………………...... Duane Hunt, Ocoee Police Dept.

Invocation……………………………………………...... Pastor Bryan Stamper, St. Paul Presbyterian Church

Welcome…………………………………………………..Chairman William Maxwell, City of Ocoee Human Relations Diversity Board

Remarks…………………………………………………...Sheriff Jerry Demings, Grand Marshall

Introduction of Speaker …………………………………Jennifer J. Hopkins, City of Ocoee Human Relations Diversity Board

Keynote Address…………………………………………Dr. Paul A. Ortiz, Associate Professorand Director of the Samuel Proctor

Oral History Program, University of Florida

His Light Still Shines…………………………………….Winter Garden Community Choir

Presentation of Awards…………………………………Ashley Papagni, City of Ocoee Human Relations Diversity Board

God Bless America………………………………………Winter Garden Community Choir

Benediction……………………………………………….Pastor Bryan Stamper

Closing Remarks………………………………………….Mayor Scott Vandergrift

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City of Ocoee ▪ 150 N Lakeshore Drive ▪ Ocoee, Florida 34761

phone: (407) 905-3100 ▪ fax: (407) 905-3167 ▪ www.ocoee.org

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