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Red Wagon Parade

Weldon Events, LLC would like to thank you for your interest in participating in the Red Wagon Parade. Your Support and participation in this special event are sincerely appreciated.

The true focus of the Red Wagon Parade will be like a Children’s Parade with Families and groups walking the parade route and having fun with wagons, bicycles, tricycles, strollers, and such. Cheerleaders, Cheer, and Dance groups strutting their stuff.

We will be joining in the Kick-off of America’s Celebration of 250 years since the signing of the Halifax Resolves on April 12th, 1776, and the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776, when America became a country. We encourage entries to be decorated in a patriotic theme of Red, White, and Blue.

 We have provided some general information and the Rules and Safety Guidelines below

General Information

  • The parade will start at 12:00 pm (noon) on Saturday, April 20, 2024,
    • Rain or shine NO Rain Date.
  • All participants are asked to be at their designated staging area between 10:00 am and no later than 11:30 pm.
  • All walking entries
    • (those with wagons, bicycles, tricycles, strollers, and other children’s riding toys, and other walking groups) will line up in the area of the Weldon Post Office at Washington Avenue and 4th Street.
  • All Vehicle Entries
    • (antique vehicles, emergency vehicles, floats, vehicles with trailers, and any other vehicle entries) will line at Weldon Elementary School at Washington Avenue and 9th Street.
  • We will parade along Washington Avenue toward 2nd Street.
    • The Walking entries will enter Central Park in the 200 Block (beside Sunshine Grill)
    • Antique Vehicles that want to display their vehicles are to enter the paved parking lot at the corner of Washington Avenue and 2nd Street.
    • All other vehicle entries will continue to 2nd Street and are free to exit the parade.
  • There will be a panel of judges that will select the best-decorated red wagon in the parade.
  • At Central Park, there will be
    • Live Music by The Sons of Earl
    • Pop-Up Market of craft and various merchandise vendors,
    • Good food from Sunshine Grill, and Food Truck(s). 
    • The winners of the best-decorated wagon will be announced. 

Rules and Safety Guidelines

  1. Entries will be issued a number at Check-in. Entries need to line up in numerical order.

Walking Entries

  1. An adult must remain with each entry of children at all times.

Vehicle Entries

  1. All vehicles are to be driven by licensed drivers who have VALID liability insurance.
    1. [Drivers who will be operating parade-approved vehicles in the parade must show proof of their driver’s licenses (front and back), insurance information, and vehicle registration on the day of the parade. Drivers unable to provide this info will be dismissed from the parade]
  2. ATVs, Go-Karts, Motorcycles, and the like will not be allowed to be driven in the parade. This will include children’s power vehicles and toys.
  3. There must be an adult for each float, a vehicle with a trailer serving as a float or entry and this person shall remain with the entry during the entire setup and parade whether children are on it or not.
  4. All floats or entries must restrict their height to 13.5 feet to avoid contact with power lines.

Safety

  1. FOR THE PROTECTION OF THE CHILDREN candy CAN NOT be thrown from vehicles.
    1. However, you may have someone walk alongside (both sides of vehicles) and toss candy toward the curb. WE DO NOT WANT CHILDREN DARTING INTO THE STREET retrieving candy.
  2. For their safety, all children must be seated on/in the entry during the parade. They should NEVER walk around, swing from, or hang off of or out of an entry. People will not be allowed to ride on the hood of vehicles.
  3. Remember, children are everywhere. Be very careful driving before, during, and after the parade.

Authority

  1. The parade organizer, Weldon Events LLC, and its designees
    1. are not responsible for lost items.
    2. will be the final author if unusual questions or situations arise.
    3. reserves the right for final approval of all entries and whether to dismiss an entry.
  2. No vulgar or inappropriate actions or words or inappropriate music will be tolerated
  3. No animal entries

Click here for the

Red Wagon Parade Entry Form