State Fair Parade grand marshal, theme announced
“Colorado: Gem of the West,” is the theme for this year’s State Fair Parade. The parade’s committee made the announcement Sunday.
Outgoing state fair general manager Chris Wiseman will be the grand marshal for this year’s parade, the committee said. Wiseman has been the general manager since 2004. He accepted the deputy commissioner position with the state Department of Agriculture in May.
The honorary marshal for the 2015 Colorado State Fair Parade isPatty Erjavec, Ph.D., president of Pueblo Community College.
The annual State Fair Parade will begin at 10 a.m. on Saturday, August 29. The parade committee said it expects about 40,000 people to see the parade this year.
The parade officially begins at B Street and Union Avenue, down Union Avenue to City Center Drive, north up Main Street to 8 th Street where it concludes.
