The Parade Co. hosted its annual Distinguished Grand Jester’s Reception on Sept. 15 at the Huntington Tower in downtown Detroit. The evening was in honor of Dr. Beth Robinson Swartz, who will be the Distinguished Grand Jester of the 100th America’s Thanksgiving Parade on Nov. 26 when it travels down Woodward Avenue. Swartz will lead a group of more than 200 clowns down the historic Detroit roadway on Thanksgiving morning. // Photographs by Christine M.J. Hathaway
