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2014 MEMORIAL DAY PARADE REGISTRATION
Join with members of your company, organization, neighborhood, friends and family to
participate in the parade! Fill out the attached registration form and return it marked `Memorial
Day Parade Registration' to:
The Town of Watertown, Veterans' Services, 149 Main Street, Watertown, MA 02474 or
E-mail: grada(&watertown-ma.gov
Business/Organization Name:
Category (check one):
Business
Non-Profit/Civic
Neighborhood
Contact person:
Phone:
E-mail:
Estimated Number of People
Participating:
Additional Information
Brief Description of Parade Entry:
Brief Description of Your Business, Organization, or Group
THE MEMORIAL DAY PARADE COMMITTEE MEMBERS AND VOLUNTEERS, THE TOWN
OF WATERTOWN, AND/OR ITS AGENTS OR EMPLOYEES, OR ANY SPONSORS OF THE
MEMORIAL DAY PARADE WILL NOT BE HELD LIABLE OR RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY
INJURY, DAMAGES DEMISE, OR LOSS OF PERSONAL PROPERTY OF ANY PARADE
PARTICIPANTS, ACCIDENTS, DAMAGES OR OTHER OCCURENCES RESULTING IN
SUCH PARTICIPATION.
Printed Name:
Signature:
Date:
Parade Registrations Due No Later Than April 30, 2014
Memorial Day May 26, 2014 Watertown, Massachusetts
PARADE RULES AND INSTRUCTIONS
PARADE REGISTRATION, CHECK -IN, LINE-UP AND START
No entrants will be admitted to participate without registration by the deadline date of April 30. 2014.
Registering on the day of the event will not be permitted.
On Monday, May 26, 2014, the parade will start promptly at 12:00 p.m.
Check -in for registered Darade entries will begin at 10:30 a.m. at the Tufts Health Plan Darkina lot on
Grove Street. Please note the check -in time and location. You will receive your parade number, line up
directions and any additional instructions at check -in. Parade line up will be on Grove Street.
After check -in you must be lined up at Grove Street no later than 11:00 a.m. It is important that you line-
up where instructed and stay over to the side of the road behind the vehicles already lined up. Once the
parade begins, don't get out of line unless you have mechanical problems. Follow the float/marchers in
front of you. At all times, keep a safe distance between your float and the vehicle/participants in front of you.
Parade units with several members are encouraged to carpool as much as possible. This will create less
traffic in the vicinity of the parade staging area and speed up the entrant check -in process.
All participants must be patriotic family oriented. The Memorial Day Parade Committee reserves the right
to reject the registration and/ or check -in of any participant with a theme that the Committee deems unsuitable
for a family event.
Float Safety
The size of your float should be within the legal road limit and no wider than the width of one travel lane of
the street. The float should be part of or attached to a vehicle that can pull the float the full length of the parade
route. If the vehicle is decorated, be sure the windshield and side windows are completely unobstructed. The
driver must have a clear. unobstructed vision at all times. If the vehicle that is pulling or is attached to the
float begins to experience mechanical problems, please pull over to the nearest parking lot so that the rest of
the parade may continue.
Floats with children on them must have RESPONSIBLE ADULTS nearby to supervise the children for safety
reasons. It is strongly recommended that designated adults walk alongside the float while the parade is in
progress.
No candy or other objects are to be thrown from the floats. Walkers alongside of the floats are permitted
to hand out candy to the parade watchers.
No water guns of any kind and no silly string allowed. Violation of these rules may result in your
organization's float not being allowed to participate the following year.
No paper flyers of any kind may be handed out during the parade.
QUESTIONS? Contact the Veterans' Services Office at 617-972-6416 or by e-mail at grada@watertown-ma.gov