'Saturday Morning Cartoons' Capture Lilac Festival Theme

"Saturday Morning Cartoons" is the theme for the 2008 Mackinac Island Lilac Festival, from June 6 through June 15. Floats and shop window displays will feature American animated television programming at this year's festival.

Organizations and businesses entering floats in the Grand Parade or shopkeepers planning window displays are asked to consider television shows that aired on Saturday mornings from the 1960s to the 1990s, including Bugs Bunny and Road Runner, Casper the Friendly Ghost, Dudley Do Right, Fat Albert and the Cosby Kids, Flintstones, Scooby Doo, Mighty Mouse, and Rocky and Bullwinkle.

To eliminate duplicate floats, the Mackinac Island Tourism Bureau is asking entrants to register with the bureau their cartoon choice and float theme. Choices for themes, reported the Tourism Bureau, are available on a first-come basis. To reserve a theme, e-mail Mary McGuire Slevin at director@mackinac island.org.

The Lilac Festival Grand Parade will be Sunday, June 15.

In recent years, the parade has been held at 4 p.m., but the Tourism Bureau is soliciting comments about moving it to 5 p.m. this year. Register comments at info@mackinacisland. org.