Precision Lawn Chair Marching Dads

Press Releases

These dads may enjoy things like hanging out in their underwear-but when they step into military formation, they swing a mean lawn chair for charity. Read the full article.
Time Out Chicago / Issue 91: Nov 23-Nov 29, 2006

While some of us spend final pre-Thanksgiving moments baking, chopping and cleaning, Kent Welch and company will be putting the final spit and shine on some fine aluminum to be tossed in unison during a parade for turkeys. Read the full article.
Daily Herald / Wednesday, November 22, 2006

For the past 12 years, the Precision Marching Lawn Chair Dads have been raising money for local charities and bringing comic relief to parades and events with their military-style drills. Aluminum chairs replace guns, and boxer shorts and trouser socks fill in for camoflauge fatigues. Read the full article
North West Herald - April 16, 2006

They were coarse. They were crude. They were modern-day cavemen. The Precision Lawn Chair Dads were easily one of the most entertaining bits of the annual Algonquin Founders' Days parade on Saturday. Read the full article
Daily Herald - Posted 7/25/2004

Kent Welch leads the Precision Lawn Chair Squad in a drill during Monday's Fourth of July Parade in Vernon Hills. View the image
Vernon Hills Review

The white T-shirt. The boxer shorts. And that extra padding around the middle. We've all seen it. But not necessarilly on men bent on precision marching in a holiday parade. A group of business men from McHenry County, known as the Precision Marching Lawn Chair Dads, appear in 12 to 14 parades a year. Read the full article
Daily Herald

Drill Sergeant Kent Welch directs the Precision Marching Lawn Chair Dads while marching in the Dick Tracy Days parade Sunday in Woodstock. View the image
Northwest Herald

Red, white, and blue in the suburbs. Celebrating Fourth of July
With stars and stripes from top to bottom, members of the Lawn Chair Dads Precision Marching Team please the crowd at the annual Fourth of July parade Monday in Vernon Hills. View the image.
Daily Herald - July 5, 2005

Kent Welch of Wonder Lake calls out orders as the drill sergeant of the Precision Marching Lawn Chair Dads. View the image
Northwest Herald

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