Boom Box Parade

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Independence Day celebration annual event cultural event parade

The Boom Box Parade is a quirky annual Independence Day celebration in Willimantic, Connecticut, where participants march and spectate while playing a synchronized radio broadcast on portable stereos instead of having a traditional marching band.

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Label Occurrences
Boom Box Parade canonical 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Independence Day celebration ⓘ
annual event ⓘ
cultural event ⓘ
parade ⓘ
alsoKnownAs WILI Boom Box Parade NERFINISHED ⓘ
broadcaster WILI-AM NERFINISHED ⓘ
WILI-FM NERFINISHED ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
frequencyOfEvent annual ⓘ
hasAudience local spectators ⓘ
visitors from surrounding towns ⓘ
hasCharacteristic community-oriented ⓘ
family-friendly ⓘ
no formal registration required to participate ⓘ
open to anyone to march ⓘ
participants carry portable stereos ⓘ
quirky ⓘ
spectators also play radios ⓘ
unconventional parade format ⓘ
uses synchronized radio broadcast instead of live marching band ⓘ
inception 1986 ⓘ
language English ⓘ
locatedIn Willimantic, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ
Windham, Connecticut NERFINISHED ⓘ
mainLocation Main Street, Willimantic NERFINISHED ⓘ
musicSource synchronized patriotic music broadcast ⓘ
name Boom Box Parade NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableFor absence of traditional marching band ⓘ
participants providing the music via radios ⓘ
occursOn July 4 ⓘ
organizer WILI radio station NERFINISHED ⓘ
paradeType community parade ⓘ
holiday parade ⓘ
purpose celebrate U.S. Independence Day ⓘ
promote community spirit in Willimantic ⓘ
regionServed Willimantic area ⓘ
startTime noon on July 4 ⓘ
state Connecticut ⓘ
subjectOf local news coverage in Connecticut ⓘ
regional tourism promotion ⓘ
theme Independence Day NERFINISHED ⓘ
typicalParticipants community groups ⓘ
elected officials ⓘ
local businesses ⓘ
local residents ⓘ
usesEquipment boom boxes ⓘ
portable radios ⓘ
portable stereos ⓘ

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Instruction
You are a knowledge base construction expert. Given a subject entity and a description of it, return factual statements that you know for the subject as a JSON list of dictionaries(triples), where keys must be "subject", "predicate" and "object". The number of facts may be very high, between 25 to 50 or more, for very popular subjects. For less popular subjects, the number of facts can be very low, like 5 or 10.

# Requirements
- If you don't know the subject at all, return an empty list.
- If the subject is not a named entity, return an empty list.
- Include at least one triple where predicate is "instanceOf".
- Do not get too wordy.
- Separate several objects into multiple triples with one object.
Input
Subject: Boom Box Parade
Description of subject: The Boom Box Parade is a quirky annual Independence Day celebration in Willimantic, Connecticut, where participants march and spectate while playing a synchronized radio broadcast on portable stereos instead of having a traditional marching band.

Referenced by (1)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Willimantic, Connecticut, United States → hasCulturalEvent → Boom Box Parade ⓘ
subject surface form: Willimantic, Connecticut