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Application
Parade Participants
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Deadline: Nov 03, 2023 5:00 pm (GMT-04:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
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Date: Dec 09, 2023 4:00 pm - Dec 09, 2023 8:00 pm (EDT)
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Winder, Georgia
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$0.00 - $30.00
About the application
- We encourage floats to be decorated with the parade theme, “Candyland.” Please make sure your float has the name of the business or group represented attached in a visible manner.
- Floats MUST be fully decorated before you enter the staging area. Adults MUST accompany children, youth organizations, school groups or any groups with children participating at all times.
- In order to ensure the safety of our children, throwing items into the crowd from a moving vehicle is prohibited. Candy may be handed out to parade attendees by walking alongside your float/entry.
- Entries are prohibited to stop to perform at any time during the parade. You MUST keep moving at all times.
- Inappropriate conduct is basis for automatic disqualification and removal from the parade. This includes, but is not limited to, endangering or the potential of endangering anyone along the parade route.
- All bike riders, skaters and equestrian riders must wear helmets and appropriate safety gear.
- All vehicles towing a unit must have safety chains between the pulling unit and the float. The float MUST be secured.
- Horse entries are required to supply clean-up crews (pooper-scoopers) to follow behind their unit. Waste clean-up in the staging area is REQUIRED. Horse groups are limited to six (6). Each rider under the age of
- 12 must be accompanied by an adult. Riders must provide a certified copy of the current 12month negative Coggins test before each horse can enter the staging area.
- Only registered floats and vehicles will be allowed in the staging area.
- Participants MUST be dropped off at another location than the staging area, and the group must walk tothe staging area together. Parents are prohibited to drop off their children at the staging area.
- Walking units must be able to keep up with the speed of the parade and provide a banner/sign with the sponsor/group name.
- The parade route begin at Ingles on North Broad Street and continues down Broad Street and will turn left onto Athens Street towards Jug Tavern Park.
- No participants are allowed to sit on the edge of floats and/or have legs hanging over the side.
- Any refunds are allowed.
- No one under the age of 18 years old is allowed to drive any vehicle in the parade.
- No vehicles are to spin tires, rev engines or cause a commotion of any kind while participating in the parade. If this is violated, your entry will be removed from the parade. Vehicles must be street legal.
- Failure to comply with these regulations may result in disqualification and ejection from the parade.
- The Christmas Parade Committee reserves the right to make any changes and/or additions to these rules and regulations at any time without prior notice.
- No one may enter the parade dressed like Santa, or representing Santa. The Christmas Parade
- Committee will sponsor Santa, and Santa is included in the parade each year. We do, however, encourage you to dress as elves, cartoon characters, the parade theme characters, etc. to fit the Christmas theme.
Judging will be held in front of the The Lobby Building on the corners of North Broad and Candler
Street, and will be judged in the following manner:
A. The quality of craftsmanship on the float
B. The originality of the design
C. The spirit of Christmas on the float PRIZES
- TBD
About the event
Terms & Conditions
Prices
| Parade Float | $30.00 | Non-refundable | |
| Non-Profits Parade Float | $20.00 | Non-refundable | |
| Barrow County School System/Bethlehem Christian Academy | $0.00 | Non-refundable | Barrow County School System/Bethlehem Christian Academy schools ONLY! |
Questions on the application
Business information
- Business name
- Legal business name
- Contact name
- Address
- Phone
- Website (Optional)
- Logo (Optional)
Additional information
- If you are a non-profit, please upload 501c(3) certificate.
- Tell us about your organization and why you would like to participate.
- Do you agree to waiver below?
- Number of Participants in Group
- Please check all that apply to your organization:
- Number of Vehicles in Group
- Vehicle Type/Model
- What is the length of your float?
- Brief bio that you would like for the parade emcees to read from during the parade
Picture requirements
- Minimum pictures required: 0
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