Parade Participants

Name: 75th Annual Christmas Parade & Santa's After Party
Start: 2023-12-09T16:00:00-05:00
End: 2023-12-09T20:00:00-05:00
Location: 139 E Athens St

Deadline: Nov 03, 2023 5:00 pm (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)

75th Annual Christmas Parade & Santa's After Party

Date: Dec 09, 2023 4:00 pm - Dec 09, 2023 8:00 pm (EST)

Winder, Georgia

$0.00 - $30.00

About the application

75th annual Winder Christmas Parade & Santa"s After PartySaturday, December 9, 2023Parade starts at 4PMSanta"s After Party starts immediately after the parade (approximately 5:30pm) You are not charged until your application has been approved! Guidelines, Rules and Regulations

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

About the event

The City of Winder is celebrating Christmas with our 75th Annual Christmas Parade! This year"s event will feature Deck the Paws! This pet parade kicks off the Winder Christmas Parade. Described as the pre-game show to the main event, dogs who crave being the center of attention will love this annual tradition which celebrates 75 years in 2023. Participants receive delicious treats and lots of Christmas cuddles. Following the pet parade is the main event featuring our community floats, musical performances and more! After the parade"s conclusion, join us for Santa"s After Party at Jug Tavern Park for pictures with Santa, s"mores, food trucks, craft vendors, a Christmas DJ, student performances and the inaugural tree lighting!

City of Winder

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City of Winder

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Terms & Conditions

Submitting an application does not guarantee acceptance into the parade. You will be notified by email if you have been approved, rejected or waitlisted by Nov 1.

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
Email
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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75th Annual Christmas Parade & Santa's After Party

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