• “A Very Merry Extraordinary Cherry Blossom Festival Parade” Opening Performance featuring Sing Into Spring Vocal Competition Winners Charnita Edwards and Del Travar and 2014 Sing Into Spring Vocal Competition Winner Alan Gendreau • Open Top Bus featuring P.O.M. Squad, sponsored by Big Bus Tours • Metropolitan Police Department Motorcycle Team • Metropolitan Police Department Honor Guard • CheeRing School – Tokyo, Japan with Capitol Movement Dance Company – Washington, DC • Seneca Valley “Raider” Marching Band - Pennsylvania • National Park Service Tree Maintenance Crew with Paddles the Beaver and Acting Superintendent Karen Cucurullo • Michelle Miller, CBS News Correspondent • Olivia McMillan, Miss America’s Outstanding Teen • Cydney Hill, Outstanding Teen - District of Columbia • Central Farm Markets 1938 Chevy Pick-up Truck • Sopranessence A Classical Music Ensemble – “Art is Calling Me”, sponsored by The Washington Informer • “Higher and Higher” Musical Production featuring the Parade Cast • Military Units o Commander of Troops and Joint Staff o The Quantico Marine Corps Band o U.S. Army Marching Platoon o U.S. Marine Corps Platoon o Joint Staff Honor Guard o U.S. Navy Marching Platoon o U.S. Air Force Platoon o U.S. Coast Guard Platoon o 3rd US Infantry Old Guard Fife & Drum Corps • Cheer Bear Care Bear Balloon sponsored by Big Bus Tours