The town of Des Plaines, Illinois is known for presenting one of the biggest 4th of July Parades in the Northwest suburbs!
AMA Dance & Music School has been participating in this fabulous event since 2008. This year, was AMA’s biggest showing yet, with over 100 students, parents and staff marching through the 1-mile route of literally thousands of crowd members. It is so heartwarming to see so many friends and families cheering and waving!
We have so much talent and positive energy at our school, I think people can feel it as we go by. We work with a lot of preschools in our area and it was so much fun to see some of our preschool friends from A Mother’s Touch in the crowd as well! 1500 pens, 3000 “I am AMAzing” buttons, and countless flyers were distributed to the crowd! It was SO much fun! The weather was gorgeous and we all had a great time!
Check out our photos!
One quick pose with our banner before the parade begins.
Getting ready to start!
Cars lined up. Check!
The AMA Staff is ready to go!
No parade would be complete without the AMA Dance Force Team performing for the crowd!
Two of our little munchkins are so excited to be in the parade, waving to the crowd!
Our AMAzing music instructor, Miss Jessica; AMA Director, Ann Marie Frank; and 1st Place winner of this year’s Yearbook Ad Contest, Miss Emily!
Two of our younger students waving flags while kickin’ back in the wagon pulled by their fabulous AMA Mom!
Another excited AMA performer!
A proud tumbler representing our 42 boys at AMA!
Max showing the crowd how to walk the parade route on your hands!!!
Passing out thousands of gifts to the crowd!
It was an AMA group effort to pass out all our fun gifts during the parade route!
One of our graduating seniors smiling for the camera, as she enjoys her last AMA parade performance. After 8 years of making so many friends and memories at AMA, it’s a bittersweet day.
ADF Director, Amy Probasco, pumping up her girls along the route!
Lots of AMA marchers, including a Minnie Mouse dancer, having a great time!
AMA Wear + Parade = Amazing!!
Literally thousands of crowd members cheer along the parade route!
AMA Wear is definitely the trend today!!
Definitely an AMAzing day!
Joining in with local community events is so important to us here at AMA! We love it when we’re able to take our students on the road!
Would you like to join a school that involves students in fun community events? Then AMA is the place for you! Registration for fall is now open.
Come be a part of something AMAzing!
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