Printable Parade Route Map & Rules, Regulations, Staging Info.
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2022 Parade Route / Procedural Information
VERY IMPORTANT CHANGE!!!!!
IN AN EFFORT TO COOPERATE WITH CSX RAILROADS AND THE REMODEL OF THE COURTHOUSE WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO MINIMIZE OUR TIMES ON THE RAILROAD TRACK SO THE PARADE ROUTE WILL BE SLIGHTLY ALTERED. ALL MOTORIZED VEHICLES LINE UP AT COVENANT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 909 WEST JEFFERSON ST, LAGRANGE, KY. DO NOT LEAVE WALKERS THERE! IF YOUR FLOAT CAN’T HOLD ALL OF YOUR WALKERS THEN PICK THEM UP AT LAGRANGE ELEMENTARY SO THEY DON’T HAVE SO FAR TO WALK ESPECIALLY IN THE JULY HEAT!!!!!
IN AN EFFORT TO COOPERATE WITH CSX RAILROADS AND THE REMODEL OF THE COURTHOUSE WE ARE ATTEMPTING TO MINIMIZE OUR TIMES ON THE RAILROAD TRACK SO THE PARADE ROUTE WILL BE SLIGHTLY ALTERED. ALL MOTORIZED VEHICLES LINE UP AT COVENANT UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 909 WEST JEFFERSON ST, LAGRANGE, KY. DO NOT LEAVE WALKERS THERE! IF YOUR FLOAT CAN’T HOLD ALL OF YOUR WALKERS THEN PICK THEM UP AT LAGRANGE ELEMENTARY SO THEY DON’T HAVE SO FAR TO WALK ESPECIALLY IN THE JULY HEAT!!!!!
Arrival Time:
All units participating in the parade must be in their assembly locations by 9:15 a.m.
Judging:
Floats and Bicycles will begin at 9:15 a.m. Floats and Bicycles are judged on Parade theme, originality and attractiveness • Bicycle age categories: 4-8yrs & 9-12yrs • Floats categories: Commercial and Noncommercial and Mini-floats (children’s wagons etc.)
Parade Begins:
10:00 a.m. promptly!
All units participating in the parade must be in their assembly locations by 9:15 a.m.
Judging:
Floats and Bicycles will begin at 9:15 a.m. Floats and Bicycles are judged on Parade theme, originality and attractiveness • Bicycle age categories: 4-8yrs & 9-12yrs • Floats categories: Commercial and Noncommercial and Mini-floats (children’s wagons etc.)
Parade Begins:
10:00 a.m. promptly!
ASSEMBLY LOCATIONS:
Authorized Units for Covenant United Methodist Church:
1. All Commercial and Non-Commercial Floats... Project Guild wants your unit to look like a float—not just an advertisement. Please incorporate the theme “Be Kind” into your unit.
2. All walkers accompanying floats or other motorized units need to wait for you at La Grange Elementary unless your float is big enough to handle all your walkers to ride up to La Grange Elementary where the parade actually begins.
3. All Motorized Vehicles - with this exception the Fire Trucks & Shriner Participants meet at different locations. The Shriners will park at the lot next to the elementary school. Fire trucks on 6th street and the tractors park at the United Methodist Church.
4. All Horses and Trailers – you must keep horses in the grassy area until the parade begins. Arrive with “pooper scoopers” to clean up your area.
Parking: Parking is limited only to units in the parade... we are asking groups to travel to the parade assembly area together. If a person must come separately, we ask that someone drop them off and pick them up later.
Assembly Locations:
1. All Commercial and Non-Commercial Floats... Project Guild wants your unit to look like a float—not just an advertisement. Please incorporate the theme “Be Kind” into your unit.
2. All walkers accompanying floats or other motorized units need to wait for you at La Grange Elementary unless your float is big enough to handle all your walkers to ride up to La Grange Elementary where the parade actually begins.
3. All Motorized Vehicles - with this exception the Fire Trucks & Shriner Participants meet at different locations. The Shriners will park at the lot next to the elementary school. Fire trucks on 6th street and the tractors park at the United Methodist Church.
4. All Horses and Trailers – you must keep horses in the grassy area until the parade begins. Arrive with “pooper scoopers” to clean up your area.
Parking: Parking is limited only to units in the parade... we are asking groups to travel to the parade assembly area together. If a person must come separately, we ask that someone drop them off and pick them up later.
Assembly Locations:
- At North 6th Street & Hwy.146, 602 West Jefferson Street: Kosair Shriners
- At South 6th Street & Hwy. 146: Fire Trucks
- At United Methodist Church: Tractors, Floats, motor vehicles of all types.
- At La Grange Elementary (500 West Jefferson St.): All bicycles (for judging, look for sign designating ages). All mini-Floats, Grand Marshal, South Oldham High School Band, Oldham County High School Band, North Oldham High School Band, Lead Law Enforcement Vehicle, Color Guard & Banner Carriers, Living Treasures, Groups that are walkers only and do NOT accompany a vehicle.
Parade Routes:
- Parade will Begin at La Grange Elementary at 10:00 a.m.
- Parade will proceed east on HWY 146, make a right turn on HWY 53 and end at the Southeast Christian Church parking lot.
- Right on Hwy 53 and cross the railroad tracks.
- The parade ends at Hwy 53 & Washington Street in front of City Place. All motorized units may continue on Hwy 53 and turn into the Southeast Christian Church Parking Lot to park or unload further.
Parade Guidelines & Rules:
- All Parade units must be decorated for the theme of “Be Kind”.
- No exotic animals please.
- Drivers of all-terrain vehicles (ATV’s and Four Wheelers) must have a valid state driver’s license.
- All horse units must have their own “pooper scoopers” to clean up (before and after the parade) and along the parade route.
- No Skateboards.
- No go-carts (except for the Shriners).
- No motorcycles (except for the Shriners).
- No demolition derby cars.
- Absolutely no candy or other items may be thrown from any parade unit...Failure to abide by this rule may result in removal from the parade...the fear is that a child will run into the street to get candy and be injured or become a fatal statistic. • Any Candy may be handed out by walkers on either side of the parade unit.
- No alcoholic beverages.
- All identification signs are the responsibility of the parade unit.
- Demonstrations, performances, routines, etc. are allowed on the parade route...when there is lag in the parade but please alternate street corners and not stop on each corner...CSX Railroad limits the time for the parade, so it is a safety issue.
- Please follow the direction of parade workers at all times... failure to do so may result in your removal from participation in the parade.
- The contact person for each unit or group is responsible for distributing these rules to all participants prior to the day of the parade. Be sure to tell every person in your group the exact location and time that your group is to meet & assemble.
- ALL UNITS: You are responsible for: PICKING UP ANY TRASH IN YOUR ASSEMBLY AREA!
Thank you in advance for your cooperation. And the most important rule is…. JUST HAVE FUN!!!
We’ll see you there! Saturday July 16, 2022
We’ll see you there! Saturday July 16, 2022