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The 40th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was held on November 24th, 1966, in New York City and shown to viewers live on NBC that same day from 10 AM to Noon EST. It was hosted by Lorne Greene and Betty White. The lineup featured 10 giant character balloons, 10 floats, more than 700 clowns, 11 marching bands and 2 performance groups, a host of musical stars, and the one and-only Santa Claus.

Listed below are the elements that appeared in the 1966 Macy's Parade, in order of appearance.

Bold indicates a new Parade element, an underline indicates an element that was brought back after an absence, and * indicates an element retired after the procession.

Parade Lineup[]

NYPD Mounted Unit

Clowns

"Holiday Treat for Children Everywhere" Banner

1966 Camaros*

William Penn Senior High School Marching Band

Superman Balloon

Cinderella by Chevrolet (Wayne Newton and America's Junior Miss 1966: Kathryn Benysh)

Seabreeze High School Marching "100" Band

Hitch Wagon* by Anhueser-Busch

Jail Clowns

Popeye Balloon

Grand Prix* by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer (Jack Brabham & Françoise Hardy)

Miller's Blackhawks Twirling Corps

Circus by Macy's (Frankie Michaels)

Anvil Clowns

TV Camera Clowns

Monroe Girls Corps

Happy Dragon Balloon

Autumn Splendor* by Macy's (Nina Simone)

Clowns

Tyrannosaurus Rex* by Sinclair Oil Corporation

Ankylosaurus and Stegosaurus* by Sinclair Oil Corporation

Brontosaurus* by Sinclair Oil Corporation

Dino the Dinosaur Balloon

Swissvale High School "Golden Triangles" Marching Band

Big Drum by McDonald's (Ronald McDonald)

Fantasyland* by McDonald's (Soupy Sales)

New York City Mission Society Warrior Cadet, Drum, & Bugle Corps

Mr. Met and Mrs. Met

Elsie the Cow Balloon

Carousel by Radio City Music Hall (Radio City Music Hall Choraliers)

Bathtub by Macy's

Clowns

Smokey Bear Balloon

Radford University Highlanders Pipes and Drums Band

Clown Town Firetruck* by the Annville Fire Company

Toyland* by Macy's (Tessie O'Shea)

The Underdog Show* by Total Television Productions

Underdog Balloon

Northwestern Senior High School Band

Farm* by the New York City Center (Bruce Yarnell with the Cast of "Carousel")

Donald Duck Balloon

Jack and the Beanstalk by Macy's

Greater Kensington String Band

Mother Goose by Macy's (Teresa Brewer)

Canadian Grenadier Guards

Royal Canadian Mounted Police

Salute to Canada* by Expo 67 (Miss Canada 1967: Barbara Kelly)

Band of the Royal Regiment of Canada

Hanover Park "Golden Hornet" Marching Band

Old Woman in the Shoe[1] by Macy's (Dusty Springfield)

Comedy Ford*

Prince George High School Royals Band (Prince George, VA)

"If You Haven't Seen Macy's, You Haven't Seen New York" Banner

Hawthorne Caballeros Drum and Bugle Corps and Muchachos

Clowns

Bullwinkle Balloon

Noah's Ark* by 20th Century Fox

Linus the Lionhearted Balloon

Clowns

Jack Strauss as Emmett Kelly

Charleston High School "Mountain Lion" Band

Christmas* by Macy's (Santa Claus)

Notes[]

  1. These elements were either not seen at all in the Parade, or started their march and were later pulled from the lineup

See also[]

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