Parade Entry Form

Mint Festival Parade 2023

38th Annual 2023 St. Johns Mint Festival Parade Rules and Regulations Please read the following. Your signature on the application is acceptance of the rules and regulations. The St. Johns Mint Festival Parade Committee must approve the use of live animals or amplified sound in the Parade. All animal entries must provide an individual(s) to follow their unit with a shovel and bucket for clean up. You must provide the manpower. Entries advocating, opposing or depicting any political or social issues in their parade entry will not be allowed, although individual political candidates may participate ($60 fee required - $70 if registered after July 7, 2023) The Parade travels at approximately three to five miles per hour. Vehicle cooling systems should be properly equipped to travel at this speed. Entries that alter the normal parade speed (bands or marching units doing drill routines) must indicate so on the parade application and have approval of the parade committee. The parade route is approximately two and one half miles long and all parade entries must follow the prescribed route to its completion. All parade applications are considered and may be approved by the Parade Committee as received until the maximum of 140 units/entries is reached. Entries that are determined unacceptable by the committee will be notified. The deadline for parade entries is JULY 7, 2023. Entries will be notified of parade line-up positions and other related information approximately 10 days before the parade. Your contact name, address and phone number must be current to receive this confirmation. All commercial businesses that wish to participate in the parade will be charged $60 ($70 after July 7), unless other arrangements have been made in recognition of a Mint Festival Sponsorship. NO CANDY OR ANY OTHER ITEMS CAN BE THROWN OR SHOT FROM YOUR PARADE ENTRY. SLING SHOTS, SUPER SOAKERS, SQUIRT GUNS OR OTHER SPRAYING DEVISES ARE NOT ALLOWED. The Chamber of Commerce will allow walkers to hand items to the individual parade viewers. If you violate this rule and it is brought to the attention of the committee, you will not be permitted to participate in future parades. Please help remind your neighbors of this rule in the parade. If entries continue to break this rule we may not be able to allow any entries to hand out candy in the future. For all entries, the height limit is 15 feet, the width limit is 12 feet and the length limit is 55 feet. NO SEMI TRUCKS ARE ALLOWED. The information on your application will be the script read by the Parade Announcer. Make sure you include all pertinent information to describe your unit, business or organization.9. Entry forms and payment are also available online at www.mintfest.org NOTICE TO ALL ENTRIES: ALL PARADE ENTRIES MUST BE RECEIVED PRIOR TO JULY 7, 2023 FOR CONSIDERATION. IF YOUR APPLICATION IS RECEIVED AFTER JULY 7 AND THERE IS STILL SPACE AVAILABLE, YOUR ENTRY, WITH NO EXCEPTION, WILL BE PLACED AT THE END OF THE PARADE, AND WILL BE ASSESSED A $10 LATE FEE.
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Please note there is a $60 entry fee for commercail businesses to be paid to the parade officials by July 7th. By clicking submit below you agree to attend the parade and pay the $60 fee. Sponsors with a certain level, the fee is waived. To pay the fee, go to mintfest.org under payments. By submitting this form you also agree to release the St Johns Area Chamber of Commerce of all liablility if any accident or injury (real or imagened) should occur.
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Mint Festival Parade 2023