Appeal for more parade participants
The colourful extravaganza of the Lord Mayor of Bradford's Parade is always one of the highlights of the city's schedule of events.
The annual carnival parade with its creative costumes and floats often provides a vibrant spectacle that attracts visitors from far and wide.
Event organisers are appealing for more community groups to take part alongside the schools who join in to make this a year to remember.
This year's theme for the parade on May 19 is the Queen's Diamond Jubilee. Previous themes have included celebrating the UNESCO year of astronomy when astronauts, space ships and aliens featured in this popular parade, and in 2010, the International Year of Biodiversity, the image of the tiger was promoted.
The Lord Mayor of Bradford, Coun Naveeda Ikram, said: "The parade is one of the highlights of the Mayoral year. It is a fabulous event that involves lots of schoolchildren from across the district and I have always been impressed at the amazing costumes and sets they create on the floats.
"I hope this year will be just as good - if not better - and hope people consider coming forward to take part. I'm sure they will have a great time."
The parade follows a route in the city centre that finishes in City Park.
Special workshops will be run to help people prepare costumes for the parade so anyone who volunteers to help with a float will not feel unsupported.
Anyone interested can get in touch with Gillie Kerrod from Q20 Theatre on 0845 1260632.
