Expectations

The following are expectations for participants and spectators.

Please review them.

Anyone who cannot follow these rules will be asked to leave the premises.

Rules for Participants

General Rules

Please respect all areas we are utilizing.
- - Do not park on the grass at Mineral Baptist Church
  - Please dispose of trash appropriately
This parade is a family-friendly event for all ages, and every entry in the parade is expected to respect this.
- - All costumes, outfits, behavior, attitude, language, and dance moves must be appropriate for a young audience and will be held to a high standard.
  - Failure to comply may result in being asked to leave the parade immediately with no warning and may jeopardize a group’s approval to participate in the following years.
Please keep performance limit in the parade to 30 seconds to 1 minute in front of the judges.
- - This will eliminate back ups and large gaps in the parade.

Floats

Per state law, nothing should be thrown from any float. There should also not be anything causing viewers to be drawn into the parade route.
- - This includes beads, candy, pamphlets, etc.
  - It also includes the use of bubbles or foam which may draw children in.
  - Participants may walk alongside the floats and hand items to spectators
The use of sirens is absolutely prohibited before and during the parade. There should be NO sirens or loud airhorns on any float.
ONLY floats and the vehicles hauling them will be permitted in the Mineral Baptist Church parking lot.
- - There will be NO DROP OFFS at Mineral Baptist Church.
  - Participants who drive will NEED to park at Walton Park and use the School Bus Shuttles to join the rest of their group at the Mineral Farmer’s Market.
  - Once entering Walton Park, participants riding on floats MUST stay onboard until their float parks inside Walton Park. Participants will not be allowed off of floats at any point prior.
NO OTHER PARKING at Mineral Baptist Church and Mineral Farmer's Market.
Organizations and drivers are responsible for ANY damage caused to other vehicles or property.

Participant Drop Off

Parents should drop children off at the Mineral Farmer’s Market in the designated loop
- - The drop-off will be similar to the school drop-offs at LCPS elementary schools and LCMS. Parents need to pull into the entrance to the Farmer’s Market off of 522. (Everything will be clearly marked with signs.)
  - Parents will remain in cars and their children will be ushered to the Farmer’s Market Field to join their chaperone and groups.
  - We need to keep the drop-off from backing up traffic, so please have your child ready to disembark when you pull in. Please keep things moving, and do not hold up the line.
Students can arrive at Mineral Farmer’s Market starting at 3:30PM.
- - Chaperones may not be there when students arrive, although they will be coming and expected to stay with students at all times.

Animal Entries

Animals are not permitted to interact with spectators during the parade, including petting, or meet-and-greets.
Horse trailers will be parked in the designated parking area only.
Equestrian entries may not line up more than three horses/riders abreast.
Poop Scooping:
- Four or fewer horses – must provide one costumed person equipped with scoop and container to clean up behind the horses.
- More than four horses – must provide two costumed persons equipped with scoop and container to clean up behind the horses.
- If the horses are “diapered”, costumed pooper-scoopers are not required.

Judging

All entries will have 30 seconds to perform at the Judge’s stand.
- - If the group stops longer than 1 minute, they will be disqualified.
Be sure that your entry number is visible to the judges, which will be located on the driver’s dashboard and given to you prior to the parade start.
Judging will be based on construction/attention to detail and originality of the parade theme.
Judging categories:
- - Best appearing Emergency Services
  - Best appearing Marching Unit
  - Best appearing LCHS
  - Best appearing vehicle
  - Best appearing non-commercial
  - Best appearing commercial
  - Best appearing LCPS
  - Best appearing Queen
  - Best appearing Mascot
  - Best appearing Mounted Group
We will tally up the judge’s points when the event ends and the winners will be announced at the Homecoming Football Game.

Rules for Spectators

Be respectful of all floats and organizations.
- - Profanity and vulgar language will not be tolerated at any time.

Candy and other items will NOT be thrown throughout the parade

Please stay on the sidewalks and keep the streets clear
Make sure children are accounted for and are no more than an arm’s length away at all times

Bring chairs, blankets and any items you will need to be comfortable
Please dispose of any litter appropriately
The parade will begin at 6:00 p.m. and end at Walton Park.

People participating in the parade need to arrive by 5:15 p.m. NO LATER and head to their assigned places
No one is to join a float once the parade has started

Parking for spectators will be available throughout the town of Mineral.
Please, no drones unless previously authorized.
The Town of Mineral is our HOMETOWN.

We thank them for hosting our Hometown Homecoming Parade, and we encourage you to support the business in the Town of Mineral. Enjoy the parade, be safe,

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