For those people who would like to see the Philadelphia Mummers Parade on National TV"

_{Although we would be proud to be, The Mummers On
National TV campaign is not
associated with any of the Philadelphia Mummers organizations.}

Welcome to the Mummers on National TV Grassroots Campaign
While growing up in South Jersey, New Years Day was a day of celebration just as exciting as New Years Eve. The TV, on which we had the luxury of 3 channels, was tuned to the channel that had the privilege of broadcasting the Philadelphia New Years Day parade staring The Mummers. Mom would make easy foods and throughout the day we would watch for our friends and neighbors marching in the parade.

The colorful costumes and wonderful music, as well as the traditional 'strutting' are what makes the parade unique. The subtitle of STRUT! The Movie says it all, "One day a year, the working people of Philadelphia rule!"

A parade like no other, part Mardi Gras, part burlesque and all Philly, The Philadelphia New Years Day parade has been the number one event on the first of January for over a 100 years.

The parade starts at about 9:00AM, continues until early evening and is televised locally from beginning to end.

This web site has been the grassroots campaign for those who would like to see the Mummers Parade on national TV. Learn more about the campaign.

...(Read about the campaign)

The Delaware County Daily Times (delcotimes.com), Serving Delaware County, PA

Entertainment

'Mummers' is the word in Philly for Bacon brothers

Thursday, June 18, 2009

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Actor Kevin Bacon and his composer brother Michael are coming to the aid of the Mummers.

The Philadelphia natives spent Wednesday in a recording studio, remixing "New Year's Day," the title track from their sixth album.

Representatives from the Philadelphia Mummers Association's 16 string bands added their saxophones, banjos, accordions and glockenspiels to the special version of the new single. Proceeds from sales of the CD will benefit the Mummers, who are struggling to maintain the city's 108-year-old tradition of strutting up Broad Street on New Year's Day.

Donations are tax deductable as the Mummers are non-profit organizations.

Please, take your time and enjoy your visit.
Be sure to join our Want-A-See mailing list and the nationwide petition just begun at: http://www.ipetitions.com/petition/MummersTV01 to be sent to the media and Southwest Airlines as soon as there are 10,000 names.

2009 Mummers Parade Photos

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2009 Parade Results

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Notice 01.03.07

Due to increased traffic with many great ideas and suggestions, to our Mummers On National TV mailing list, we have created an open discussion mailing list for sharing ideas such as webcasting the Mummers Parade and other means of assuring future national TV coverage. This list is separate from the Want-A-See list which is for comments the media will read.

We look forward to your input. Click here to join