Parade Route
The Parade will start at
Memorial
High School
on Gaylord and continue East on Gaylord to N. Piney Point. The Parade
will turn South on N. Piney Point and end at 325 N. Piney Point, at the
Memorial
Drive
Baptist
Church
.
Parade Information
The parade will start at the intersection of Gaylord and
Echo Lane
. Motorized entries will be staged in the
parking lot of the
Memorial
Church
of Christ. There is limited parking on the periphery
only of this lot while the parade is being organized. Entries should line up where instructed
facing south. For safety reasons, do
not enter the
Memorial
High School
field house
parking lot on the north side of Gaylord.
Skaters, bikers, hikers, strollers and other non-motorized
entries will be staged in the
Memorial
High School
field house
parking lot on the North side of Gaylord. For safety reasons, motorized vehicles will be allowed into this
parking lot only to drop off parade entries and only in a designated, coned
off drive through.
General parking is available in the
Memorial
High School
parking lot on the west side of
Echo
Lane
. A
shuttle bus service will run from the Festival grounds to the corner of
Gaylord and
Echo Lane
throughout the Festival until 2pm.
The parade is an open parade, which means residents are
welcome to come and be part of it. You
can design and decorate your own float or you can use balloons and American
flags which will be handed out by the Memorial Exchange Club at the beginning
of the parade.
Parade Policies
The Villages
Independence
Festival was created to provide an opportunity for the citizens of the
Memorial Villages to celebrate our Independence Day in a family oriented,
wholesome manner. Persons
participating in the parade should keep this in mind when planning their
floats and entries.
The following specific policies have been established:
- There are no
pre-registration requirements, showing up on
time is all that is required.
- Motorized entries
will line up in an area separate from non-motorized entries.
- Official floats,
those of the six sponsoring cities, SBISD, municipal agencies, elected
officials and other governmental agencies will line up separate from all
other entries.
- No livestock will
be permitted in the parade.
- Commercial
advertising of any nature is strongly discouraged.
- Political
advertising, including handing out flyers, is strongly discouraged.
- Only the entries of
the six sponsoring cities will be judged in the Eagle Trophy
competition.
Variations from these policies must be approved by the
Chairing Mayor and the Parade Chair.
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