Parade Application Closed

Parade applications Closed

We are no longer accepting applications for this year's Parade.

If you submitted a Parade application along with all required documents, you should have received a confirmation email. Please check your spam if you havent.

Only participants who have been accepted by the organizers and who have received formal check-in instructions from PAPA (after submitting all required paperwork) shall be permitted in the line-up. No last minute parade participants will be permitted.

Please review the confirmation email for details sent to the person who registered the parade entry for answers to questions you may have. It was sent from parade@palisades4th.com and has a map and general information, including about check-in and the parade itself. The paperwork was sent to the person who submitted the application on behalf of the parade unit, so please ask them to share it with your entire group, as it will be helpful. {They should check their spam folder if they do not have it.)

Only one person in a marching unit, band or group needs to go to the check-in location at Via de la Paz and de Pauw to check in and get their entry’s line-up number. They can advise others where to meet in the line-up area along Via de la Paz (between de Pauw and Bowdoin) after they find the designated area marked with their number in the line-up. All vehicles approved to participate (Including floats) are required to go to check-in, so that they can be directed to park and wait for the parade start and be facing the correct direction.

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Parade Rules

• All participants shall abide by local, state and federal laws, including but not limited to civil regulations and criminal statutes.
• Health & Safety regulations and protocols in effect on July 4th must be followed at all times
• All participants must be uniformed, costumed, or appropriately attired
• The Parade Committee does not accept entries advocating specific political or social viewpoints or candidates.
• FORWARD motion must be maintained at all times along the parade route. Penalties will be enforced for stopping along the parade route and in the announcing areas for longer than 60 seconds.
• AT NO TIME IS ANY UNIT ALLOWED TO HAND OUT OR THROW ANYTHING ALONG THE PARADE ROUTE
• No loud noises that interfere with other units is permitted
• No display or toy weapons of any kind may be carried in the Parade without the consent of PAPA
• All entries must fit a classification, and pay the related fee
• The only logos or entity names that may appear on a float or vehicle are those of the named participant. Nonprofits may not include any signage of for-profit entities.
• The Parade Committee accepts no responsibility for false statements made by applicants, entrants, attendees, volunteers, directors or other people
• All equestrian units and motorized entries must supply a certificate of insurance at the time of application, valid through July 5.
• Drivers of vehicles and motorized units must submit a copy of the driver’s license for the driver(s) of the vehicle(s) at the time of application, valid through July 5.
• Floats must be self-propelled or towed if permission is provided in advance by PAPA
• No one under the age of 9 will be permitted to participate without an accompanying guardian. Parents and guardians of those under 18 years old accept full responsibility for their children, and release PAPA for any liability.