WHAT:  March of Dimes Peachtree Thunder Parade

WHEN:  Sunday, October 2, 2005

PARADE ROUTE: North on Peachtree from Lakewood, Exhibition Center to turnaround at Pharr Road

LOOKOUT LOCATION: Three Dollar Café in Buckhead - 3002 Peachtree Road - Atlanta, Georgia 30309

TIME: Noon to 2:00 p.m.

ATLANTA, GA – Your front row seat is reserved right in the heart of all the action and roar of engines. On Sunday, October 2nd gather your friends and head to Three Dollar Café in Buckhead, the official lookout location and only place to be for one of fall’s most unbelievable parade experiences, the Peachtree Thunder Parade!

Three Dollar Café will host 790 the Zone, Falcons ticket giveaways, and beer specials, as well as patio seating just a few feet from one of the Southeast’s most exciting parades! With one-of-a-kind visuals of chrome-covered motorcycles revving and rumbling through Atlanta from the Lakewood area through Buckhead, fans won’t want to miss a second of the action!                

“Crowds love this parade,” said March of Dimes Ride Chairman John Woodruff. “Not only does the Peachtree Thunder Parade have one of the Southeast’s most impressive parade visuals, but Three Dollar Café is making parade-watching into an experience no Atlantan should miss.”

Sports fans don’t have to miss a second of their Sunday afternoon football action either! While taking in the sights of the Peachtree Thunder Parade early in the afternoon, football fans have the chance of winning a pair of Falcons tickets to that day’s game at the Georgia Dome against the Minnesota Vikings!

Make plans now to experience this one-of-a-kind spectacle with thousands of motorcycles from all over the Southeast right from the best seat on the parade route.

ABOUT THE MARCH OF DIMES

The March of Dimes is a national voluntary health agency whose mission is to improve the health of babies by preventing birth defects and infant mortality. Founded in 1938, the March of Dimes funds programs of research, community services, education, and advocacy to save babies and in 2003 launched a campaign to address the increasing rate of premature birth. For more information, visit the March of Dimes Web site at www.marchofdimes.com or its Spanish Web site at www.nacersano.org. To find out more about the March of Dimes Ride to Save Babies Peachtree Thunder Parade, contact Brian Lucy, Ride Director, at 404-350-9800, or blucy@marchofdimes.com or visit http://www.marchofdimes.com/georgia/15600.asp.       

The March of Dimes is proud to announce X-1R Performance Lubricants, AutoTrader.com, Stone Mountain Harley-Davidson, Buffalo’s Southwest Café and Granite Mountain Harley-Davidson as the 2005 March of Dimes Ride to Save Babies Peachtree Thunder Parade sponsors, and Full Throttle, Fox 5, Creative Loafing, 790 the Zone, and Eagle 106.7 FM as media sponsors.

For More Information (Media Only):

Tara Murphy or Laura Cubbage, 360 Media, Inc. – 404-577-8686 – info@360media.net

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