Announcing the GMB Muziekparade

GMB strikes up the band by becoming a Platina sponsor of the Tulip Time Festival GMB Muziekparade!

The Tulip Time Festival is proud to announce that GMB Architecture + Engineering have signed on as a new Tulip Time Festival Platina Sponsor for the GMB Muziekparade.

The GMB Muziekparade represents the grand finale of the Festival held on Saturday, May 12, 2012. The parade features floats, horses, Dutch Dancers, and of course, Great Marching Bands!

GMB Architecture + Engineering is a full service Architecture and Engineering firm, serving clients in the College and University, K-12 Education, Healthcare and Corporate sectors for more than 40 years. They employ over 80 professionals and staff and are among the top architecture and engineering firms in the Midwest. GMB has been in Holland since 1968 and moved to their current Holland office on 8th Street in 2002.

“When presented with the opportunity to sponsor the Muziekparade, we felt it was a perfect fit,” explains Brad Hemmes, Principal at GMB. “In serving the education sector, we’ve developed strong relationships with many of the schools whose bands participate in the parade. Sponsoring this parade gives us a great opportunity to work with our clients and the community on a fun, exciting project developing and enhancing this premier parade in years to come.”

GMB and the Tulip Time Festival have committed to working together on a parade development process to re-engineer the parade experience, and design interactive parade elements to engage participants and viewers alike beginning in 2012. Introducing exciting first-time parade entrants like the Petoskey Steel Drum Band, and featuring a Text To Vote campaign giving parade viewers an opportunity to vote for their favorite bands are results of the initial effort. Looking forward, a process of polling and development will provide valuable tools for future enhancements to the GMB Muziekparade. The GMB Muziekparade will be held on Saturday, May 12, 2012 beginning at 2:00 p.m.

Tulip Time Festival 2012 is May 5 – 12. Detailed program and event information for the coming festival is available on www.tuliptime.com.

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