Country music singer Frank Foster will the Grand Marshall for 2013 and make an appearance in the parade as well as perform on December 7th at 4pm to 6pm, the Northwestern State University Marching Band, several high school marching bands, dance teams from around Louisiana, the winners of local beauty pageants including Miss Merry Christmas and the Christmas Belles, and, of course, Santa Claus.
Frank Sinatra | Frank Zappa | Frank Lloyd Wright | Jodie Foster | Frank Capra | Frank Gehry | David Foster | L. Frank Baum | Frank Stella | Frank | Frank Herbert | Frank Wedekind | Anne Frank | Stephen Foster | John Foster Dulles | Frank Loesser | Frank Langella | Frank Whittle | Frank Keating | Al Foster | Frank Lautenberg | Norman Foster | Frank McCourt | Frank Vincent | Frank Evershed | Frank Bruno | Rube Foster | James Foster | Frank Thomas | Frank Rich |
The early 1980s found Clifton working with a “who’s who” of diverse musical giants: from Frank Foster, McCoy Tyner, Clifford Jordan, Stevie Wonder, Dizzy Gillespie, Merv Griffin and The Mighty Sparrow to Lester Bowie, Paul Simon, Muhal Richard Abrams, T. S. Monk and Dionne Warwick among others.
Frode Kjekstad (born 23 November 1974 in Lier, Norway) is a Norwegian jazz musician (guitar), married to jazz singer Aina Fridén, and known from cooperations and recordings with jazz musicians like Lonnie Smith, Eric Alexander, Frank Foster, Johnny Griffin, Don Menza, Jim Morrison, Mark Nightingale, Claire Martin, Deborah Brown, and Wendell Brunious.