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FRANKIE AVALON

Frankie Avalon can look back on a career that spans three generations of music, television, and motion pictures. Frankie has had 6 hit songs, including Venus. In 1995, he was inducted into The Rock & Roll Hall Of Fame. Frankie's motion picture career has spanned some thirty films, including the starring role in the highly successful Beach Party film series, Grease, The Dark, The Alamo, Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea, and The Take. Frankie is currently one of the busiest nightclub performers around the world, especially in Las Vegas.

Frankie is Italian through and through. He and his wife, Kay, married in January 1963, and they are the proud parents of four boys and four girls. Frankie has spent countless hours as The New York Host for The Jerry Lewis Labor Day Telethon, and he is a National Ambassador for The National Arthritis Foundation. Frankie is a great guy! He is very honored and excited to serve as our Grand Marshal. We look forward to having him lead our parade.

2009 GRAND MARSHALS