PARADE information

Float Entries

In an effort to recognize all of the hard work and time that goes in to creating the parade floats, we have decided to make it a friendly competition with a  float CHAMPION!

GUNTER CHEER PRESENTS: THE GUNTER HOCO CUP

Parade Fee: $25/float entry (HS/MS ISD organizations do not have to pay the fee to participate in the parade UNLESS they want to be considered in the competition) 

PARADE WINNER will be announced at halftime of the HOCO football game! Winner will receive the HOCO CUP Trophy and a cash prize for their group!

Parade entries are due by Friday, October 4th!

You may fill out the entry form at this link: https://forms.gle/fko4mZNP5bo7S4As7

The payment link is at the end of the form. If you missed it, please click here to finalize your registration with your payment. 

Float sponsors, please do not allow overhand throwing of candy. All items thrown from your float must be tossed underhand to avoid injury to spectators or damage to their property. 

Contact Dusta Russell with questions at gunterqbclub@gmail.com or text 903-821-5486



PARADE INFO FOR FLOATS


Please have your float parked behind Grace Bible Church between 1:45pm - 2:00pm. You will need to communicate with your team where you are parked one settled.

The area beside and in front of GBC are reserved for School Sports/Organizations only….this includes Pecan St between 6th St & Hwy 289, all of 7th St, & the Admin Bldg parking lot.

Please bring a trash sack with you & pick up all the trash around your float before the parade starts!!

Parents dropping off kids for the parade - Please do not try to drive down Pecan St from Hwy 289.

It gets very crowded the closer you are to Grace Bible Church. You may want to park on the side of one of the residential streets & walk your child to their float.


Parade Route

We hope to see the community lining Hwy 289 between the Administration building and the High School. 

Float Staging Area: Grace Bible Church Parking Lot
 (behind the GISD Administration building)

The parade will head north on 289 from the Administration building to Kerfoot. 

Note: Side streets entering Hwy 289 during the parade will be blocked off for the safety of our parade participants.

After the PARADE INFO

The Homecoming Parade is so much fun, but the time after the parade can become stressful if you don't make it a point to make a plan for meeting your children after the parade. Please communicate this plan with your kids.

With construction still ongoing, unloading of floats will be in the Home/North Parking lot of the HS.