{"id":28,"date":"2011-04-05T02:31:18","date_gmt":"2011-04-05T02:31:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/christmasparade.net\/?page_id=28"},"modified":"2025-09-01T22:27:30","modified_gmt":"2025-09-02T03:27:30","slug":"faq","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/christmasparade.net\/?page_id=28","title":{"rendered":"FAQs"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve made every attempt to anticipate your questions and have answered them here.\u00a0 Please read this list of Frequently Asked Questions before contacting the Christmas Parade Committee.\u00a0 The committee is made up of a few individual volunteers that feel Owensboro should have a Christmas parade every year.\u00a0 These volunteers are non-paid and have full time jobs within the community.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Frequently Asked Questions and Their Answers<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What is the date and time of the parade?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">For 2025 it is Saturday, November 22nd from 4:30pm to 6:30pm.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>We would like to give candy to the children during the parade.\u00a0 Can we do that?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">We welcome entrants that wish to give candy to the children, however, there are a couple of guidelines we <em>must<\/em> follow: 1) All candy must be individually wrapped and 2) All candy must be handed to the children. <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Throwing candy is not allowed<\/strong><\/span> as it could cause potential harm to the child.\u00a0 Children do not always look before running out to get a piece of stray candy; they could reach under a float, or run in front of a car, etc.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>When is the deadline for filing an entry application for our organization?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Your application must be submitted AND paid through our website before midnight October 31st, 2025, to receive Early Bird Rates.\u00a0 Applications will be accepted through November 10th, 2025, at the standard rates.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>How long does the parade last?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">This year, the parade will be from 4:30pm to 6:30pm.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Where do I pickup my children that participate in the parade?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Please check with your unit on their plan for picking up your child.\u00a0 Some units will take participating children to a designated area prearranged with the parents.\u00a0 Other units will simply disband at the end of the parade.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What bands are expected to participate?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">All of our schools have wonderful music instrumental programs.\u00a0 Bands expected this year include Burns Middle School, Daviess County Middle School, Daviess County High School, Apollo High School, Owensboro Catholic High School, and Owensboro High School.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Where will my son or daughter&#8217;s scout troop line up?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Each scout group will meet with their individual troop.\u00a0 It is imperative that your child know their scout troop&#8217;s number.\u00a0 With a dozen troops and hundreds of scouts it is nearly impossible to get them to the right group in a timely fashion if they do not know what troop they belong to.\u00a0 Make sure your child knows their troop number.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What is the largest float I can enter?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">The tallest a float can be is 13 feet to clear the Glover H. Cary Bridge, over-head street lights, traffic lights and power lines.\u00a0\u00a0 A full sized tractor-trailer can navigate the entire route without much trouble.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What are the plans in case of inclement weather?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">In the case of inclement weather the parade will be postponed one (1) hour.\u00a0 At that time, the parade committee will determine if the parade will proceed.\u00a0 Due to the fact that many floats are rented for the day, our special event permit from the City is only good for this date, our insurance coverage, etc., it is not possible to reschedule the parade.\u00a0 Entry fees are not refundable.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>What time do we need to have our float in place?<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">Judging starts at 3:00pm and it is recommended that entries be in place by that time.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We&#8217;ve made every attempt to anticipate your questions and have answered them here.\u00a0 Please read this list of Frequently Asked Questions before contacting the Christmas Parade Committee.\u00a0 The committee is made up of a few individual volunteers that feel Owensboro should have a Christmas parade every year.\u00a0 These volunteers are non-paid and have full time [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-28","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/christmasparade.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/christmasparade.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/christmasparade.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christmasparade.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/christmasparade.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28"}],"version-history":[{"count":49,"href":"https:\/\/christmasparade.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2432,"href":"https:\/\/christmasparade.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/28\/revisions\/2432"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/christmasparade.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}