FBC and CBA will line up at slot 35 before 4pm.
Separately, FBC will have an outreach table set up in front of FBC for anyone interested!
Everyone participating in the parade must be willing to walk the entire route or ride a bicycle and everyone should have lights/glow sticks, etc. If your family will be participating in the parade, please read these details from the City:
Please make note that ALL ENTRIES must come to the intersection of West Enterprise and Lackawanna Blvd to get in line for the parade. YOU WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO ENTER THE PARADE ROUTE AT EAST MONTAGUE/MIXSON AVENUE. You must utilize Remount Road to Attaway Street or Interstate 526 to North Rhett to access the lineup location. If you or your group members come to East Montague you will be turned around and sent toward Rivers Avenue. Directions to line-up: from I-526, take Exit 19 for North Rhett Avenue, then turn right onto North Rhett Avenue. Take the first right onto Braddock Avenue, then slight left onto Iroquois Street, which ends at East Enterprise Street. Take a left onto East Enterprise Street. City Staff will be posted for parade check-in at West Enterprise Street & Lackawanna Blvd.. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ENTER THE PARADE LINE-UP AREA VIA MONTAGUE AVENUE. PLEASE NOTIFY ALL OF YOUR GROUP MEMBERS! Parade Line-up will occur from 3pm-4:30pm.
If you are bringing parade participants but your vehicle is not a part of the parade lineup you MAY NOT PARK THOSE VEHICLES INTO THE LINEUP AREA. You will need to park vehicles that are not riding in the parade AFTER you have dropped off participants at their lineup number. You may do that at the Oak Terrace Park/North Chas Creative Arts Elementary School parking area. The parking lot at CVS is limited in size, we do not recommend utilizing that as your ‘meet-up’ spot. The following is our lineup in number order and alphabetical order. Please give BOTH to all of the folks participating in your entry. If you line up before 3pm in the wrong spot you will be asked to move. This parade starts PROMPTLY at 5pm. It will begin getting dark at that time and during the parade so light yourselves and your vehicles up! ALL ENTRIES MUST HAVE LIGHTS IN ORDER TO PARTICIPATE! Glow Sticks, light necklaces AND flashlights are all helpful to keep everyone safe and festive. It’s Christmas, let’s get in the spirit with décor, lights and festive attire but no Santa, There can only be ONE! Attached is the lineup order, followed by a reminder of our official rules and regs. DO NOT THROW CANDY FROM MOVING VEHICLES- CHILDREN RUN FOR IT AND IT CREATES A HUGE SAFETY ISSUE FOR THOSE DRIVING PARADE VEHICLES SINCE THEY CANNOT SEE SMALL CHILDREN RUNNING IN FRONT OF THEIR VEHICLES IN THE DARK! Walk with your vehicles and pass out candy that way — PLEASE!
Remember- we aim to keep the parade moving with NO GAPS-please do your best to keep the parade moving at all times. This does NOT mean endangering your walking group by running excessively, but it does mean if the parade is moving, you should also be moving and NOT continuing to perform in place which causes dangerous gaps in the parade. The parade returns to the area where you lined up. Swiftly pull over to break down your décor and equipment and exit the lineup area. Staff will be encouraging you to keep going so that everyone can get back in the lineup zone to break down. The Christmas Festival continues at Park Circle with many activities until 8pm. Here is a Facebook link to the event and all the fun details https://www.facebook.com/share/15EF7rJR18/
