Dear Pepsi Natal Day Parade Entrant;

In honour of the 113th Anniversary of Halifax-Dartmouth Natal Day Celebrations and working with the Halifax-Dartmouth Bridge Commission and CFB Halifax we have formed a partnership to bring to the residents of Nova Scotia many special events. The Alexander Keith's Natal Day Festival weekend will feature in a spectacular fireworks display from the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge on Saturday, August 4th, as well as a fireworks display at Lake Banook Cove on Monday August 4th. There will be Live Concerts on the Halifax & Dartmouth waterfronts, children's activities, free Pancake Breakfast and the Esso Amateur Talent Show is at Alderney Landing. Finally, on the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge the annual Bridge Walk and Bridge Mile will be part of the Natal Day program.

Also, for the third time in the history of Halifax-Dartmouth Natal Day, as part of these celebrations, we will be combining the Halifax and Dartmouth Natal Day Parades into one single Pepsi Natal Day Parade Presented by the Chronicle Herald. The parade, which will begin in Halifax, will cross the Angus L. Macdonald Bridge and then finish in Downtown Dartmouth at Sullivan's Pond. This single parade will take place on Monday, August 4, 2008 beginning at 10:00 am in Halifax. There will be great viewing all along the parade route and especially on the Macdonald Bridge!

The parade will form on Novalea Drive in Halifax beginning on Noavlea Drive at Dartmouth Street travelling south along Gottingen Street, left on North Street and across the Macdonald Bridge. The reviewing stand will be at the Macdonald Bridge toll plaza and the parade will then exit right on Wyse Road, left on Alderney Drive to the corner of Alderney Drive and Ochterlony Street. It will then travel up Ochterlony Street finishing at the corner of Ochterlony Street and Pine Street. Please find a route map of the parade enclosed along with our Parade Registration package.

On behalf of the Halifax-Dartmouth Natal Day Steering Committee and our sponsors, we look forward to seeing you at the 2008 Pepsi Natal Day Parade.