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Dear Shad Festival Parade
Participant:
The
38th Annual Grifton Shad Festival Parade is scheduled for Saturday,
April 19, 2008 at 10:30 a.m. We really look forward to seeing you
in our parade. Please return the
registration form promptly.
The
guidelines for this year's parade are: (please read carefully)
1. Bands will line up in the Grifton School parking area no
later than 9:30 a.m. Directions: drive down McCrae Street towards
school, turn left on Church Street, then turn right on Cannon Blvd.,
turn right on Wall Street, turn right on Dawson. If coming from
Hanrahan Rd.: follow the parade lineup signs and do not turn east on
Dawson Street as you will be going in the wrong direction from
others lining up for the parade. At many intersections, there will
be parade officials who will direct you to where your assigned spot
in the parade is. Please note that Queen Street will be closed to
all traffic after 9:45 a.m. Saturday morning.
2. All buses or other vehicles not in the parade may park
in the Grifton School parking lot. DO NOT PARK ON DAWSON ST.
3.
Miss Grifton contestants, runners up and the 2008 Miss Grifton need
to line up in the circular driveway in front of the school on Church
Street with Miss Grifton being last in line.
4.
Bands and any other "performing" units are asked to stop in front of
the reviewing stand and perform. Please limit performance to no
more than 2 minutes. Bands are requested to play while walking
along the parade route.
5.
All motorized units are to be driven in the safest possible manner
or they will be pulled from the parade by local police. The safety
of the spectators comes first.
6.
Parade awards will be presented at the reviewing stand at 11:30 a.m.
on April 19, 2008. Trophies will be awarded as follows: First
place Band (trophy and $200); Best Marching Unit (trophy); Best Unit
representing Fish/Fishing Theme (trophy); Best Unit representing
this year’s theme "Pirates of the Contentnea, a Shadabration"
(trophy); Honorable Mention (trophy); and Mayor's "Best Overall"
Award (trophy).
7.
Three Judges will judge the parade entries.
8.
If you are NOT a non-profit entry and are advertising in the
parade, a fee of $25.00 is required. Enclose the fee with the form
attached. Make your check payable to Grifton Shad Festival.
If
you have any questions about any other Shad Festival event except
the parade, please call Publicity Coordinator, Janet Haseley at
252-524-4356.
I
look forward to receiving your application form. COME BE PART OF
THE FAMOUS GRIFTON SHAD FESTIVAL! Meet new people and get
reacquainted with old friends. I promise a great time and tons of
laughs and fun, as always!
Peggy B. Milliken
4289 Wildwood Drive
Ayden, NC 28513
cell 252-341-4034
until 4/4/08
pbm@wardandsmith.com
after 4/5/08
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