20 September 2007
Number-crunching at the Lord Mayor’s Show 2007
The final weeks of preparation are under way for the Lord
Mayor’s Show on Saturday 10 November as the participant list is
confirmed.
The 2007 Show will feature:
- 6,000 participants
- 200 vehicles – including a WW1 tank, vintage buses, a milk
float, two smart cars, a fleet of Rolls Royces, a fire engine and a
golf buggy
- 22 carriages – including the 250-year-old gold, Lord Mayor’s
State Coach
- 70 floats – including six sponsored by the City of London
Corporation
- 190 horses
- 24 marching bands
In a blend of history and modernity, Bollywood dancers will
perform along side top club DJs, military marching bands and
Chinese aerial acrobats as the three-mile long parade winds its way
through the streets of the City of London, from the Mansion House
to the Courts of Justice via St Paul’s Cathedral and back.
A military flypast over Mansion House at 11.00am marks the
beginning of the parade to celebrate the inaugural outing of the
680th Lord Mayor of the City of London. the procession travels from
Mansion House to St Paul’s Cathedral, where the new Lord Mayor is
blessed by the Dean of St Paul’s before the procession carries on
to the Royal Courts of Justice where the Lord Mayor swears an oath
of allegiance to the sovereign before the Lord Chief Justice and
Judges of the Queen’s Bench Division, as enshrined in the charter
of King John (the original of which can be viewed at the Museum of
London).
The processions then sets off at 1pm on the return journey along
Victoria Embankment to Mansion House, where the newly sworn-in Lord
Mayor arrives to be greeted by the City Aldermen and Livery Company
Masters in their colourful gowns.
The day culminates in a fireworks extravaganza between Waterloo
and Blackfriars Bridges on the Thames from 5pm.
Ends
Notes to editors
A full list of participants can be found at the
Lord
Mayor's Show website
Spectators can take their place on the procession route.
Grandstand tickets cost £25 each and can be ordered through
www.lordmayorshow.org/visitors/grandstands or by calling 01908 300
106.
Press enquiries to Lesley Mair at the City of London on:
T: 020 7332 1754 or M: 07785 528 453; E:
lesley.mair@Cityoflondon.gov.uk.
For background, the history of the Lord Mayor’s Show,
high-resolution photos to download and further Press releases, go
to:
www.lordmayorshow.org/media
For further information on the City of London Corporation, go
to:
www.cityoflondon.gov.uk