2012 FINCASTLE CHRISTMAS PARADE

PARADE COMMITTEE PAIGE WARE WENDY JONES HELEN MORRIS R. D. HENDERSON General Rules of Parade: 1. Get copy of line up and park 2. Line up starts at 1:00 p.m. 3. Register upon arriving: Breckinridge Elementary School in Fincastle 4. 5. 6. 7. Parade will start promptly at 2:00 p.m. All floats must be homemade. Floats must not be so high as to hit overhead wires. Floats must not be so long as to not make the corner turns easily. 8. 9. BEAUTY, and Return to baseball field at the school after the parade. Floats will be judged on ORIGINALITY, THEME, EFFORT.

10. Horses will be allowed if they have diapers or some cleaning up behind them . 11. Only the Santa Claus float will be allowed to through candy. You can have someone walking beside and give the candy to children.

ATTENTION CLUBS, ORGANIZATIONS, ETC You are cordially invited to participate in the Fincastle Christmas Parade to be held on Saturday, December 1, 2012. Rain date, Sunday, December 2, 2012. The Town of Fincastle sponsors this Thirty-sixth annual parade. Cash awards will be given to the best entries in traditional and religious float categories. Bands will receive honorarium. Bands will not be judged. Entry blanks (see bottom of this page) should be mailed in by November 26, 2012. We hope very much that you or your organization will see fit to be part of the parade. The parade will form at 1:00 p.m. at Breckinridge Elementary School in Fincastle and will begin at 2:00 p.m. sharp! The parade route is as follows: Back Street, Main Street, Academy Street, Roanoke Street, and Main Street ending back at Breckinridge Elementary School. (This year we are having a rain date of Sunday, December 5, 2010 at 2:00 p.m.) Please plan to enter and return the entry blank as soon as possible. Most Sincere . Christmas Parade Committee RSVP-PLEASE!!!

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BY November 26, 2012 Name of Organization_________________________________________________ Person In Charge_______________________________Telephone_____________ Address_____________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ email address________________________________________fax#____________ Type of Entry: Band___Other marching unit___Car __Float__Other_______ Return by mail: Parade % Town of Fincastle P O Box 250 Fincastle,VA 24090; email anitapware@hotmailcom or fax (540)473-1107 Note: There has been a change in the parking at Breckinridge School. Please try to limit as many cars as possible. Only parade entries will be allowed in the parking area. All other vehicles will park in the schools play area if weather permits.