The 40th Annual Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade was held on November 23rd, 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, 12 floats, more than 700 clowns, 14 marching bands and 3 performance groups, a host of musical stars, and the one and-only Santa Claus.
Listed below are the elements that appeared in the 1967 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[]
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Clowns
Bergenfield High School Marching Band
You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown by United Media and MGM Records (The Broadway Cast of You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown)
Mainland High School Buccaneer Band
Mother Goose* by Macy's (Dionne Warwick)
Airplane by Macy's
Marching Band
Santa's Candy Factory* by Anheuser-Busch
Clowns
Miller's Blackhawks Twirling Corps
Buckboard by Macy's (Jack Greene)
Clowns
McDonald's All-American Marching Band
Circus* by Macy's (Bruce Yarnell and Ronald McDonald)
Clowns
Morris Brown College Marching Wolverines
Tivoli Train by the LEGO Group (Denmark's Father Christmas & his Workshop Elves)
Clowns
Old Woman in the Shoe* by Macy's
Clowns
Sinclair Oil's Dino the Dinosaur Balloon
Colonial Ancient Fife & Drum Corps
Clowns
Cinderella by Chevrolet (Bobby Vee and America's Junior Miss: Rosemary Dunaway)
Clowns
Marching Band
Brigadoon* by the New York City Center (Bill Hayes and the Broadway Cast of Brigadoon)
Kilgore College Marching Band and Rangerettes
Texas Hemisfair 68* (Rosita Fernandez, Diana Rosa, The Los Conquistadores Mariachis, and Jim Cullum's Happy Jazz Band)
Marching Band
The Flounder* by APJAC Productions (The Do-Re-Mi-Children's Chorus)
Clowns
Sunrisers Drum and Bugle Corps
Carousel by Macy's (Vikki Carr)
Carlisle Senior High School Marching Band
Rock Candy Mountain* by Macy's (The Happenings)
Marching Band
Santa's Sleigh by Macy's (Santa Claus)