The Soaring Spirit Canoe is a float that appeared in the Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade.
History with the Macy's Parade[]
The Soaring Spirit Canoe made it's debut in the 1986 Parade. The float featured an Indian canoe that peddled down the parade route, an eagle head on the canoe and native American dancers that danced along the parade route. The float became a parade favourite lasting over 16 years before being initially retired after the 2001 Parade. The float would make a brief comeback in 2005 but was permanently retired after that parade. The float still survives at the float warehouse as of 2021 and is one of the oldest floats that still exists.
Guest Stars[]
Below, you will find a list of every performer/celebrity that has performed/appeared on the float, alongside the respective songs which they sang during the NBC Telecast.
- 1986 - Victor French and the Thunderbird American Indian Dancers
- 1987 - Saundra Santiago, sang "America the Beautiful"
- 1988 - Tim Dunigan, sang "This is My Country"
- 1989 - Dixie Carter, sang "Tis the Gift to Be Simple"
- 1990 - Patti LaBelle, sang "Wouldn't it Be Beautiful"
- 1991 - Kathleen Battle, sang "Gonna Ride Up in the Chariot"
- 1992 - Brian Greene, sang "River in the Rain"
- 1993 - Joe Lando with the American Indian Dance Theatre
- 1995 - Miss America 1996 Shawntei Smith, sang "Colors of the Wind"
- 1998 - Judy Collins, sang "The Fallow Way"
- 1999 - American Indian College Fund Students
- 2005 - Rita Coolidge sang "The Dream"