Post by 다운타운 on Mar 9, 2023 17:21:29 GMT -5
Findlay Market Parade Kicks off the Cincinnati Reds Baseball season. Come on down and celebrate this amazing day!
findlaymarketparade.com/join-the-parade
Opening Day 2023 is Thursday, March 30th. The application process starts in mid-October for Schools and Civic Groups (Fire/Police/Military) and closes for them the Monday after Thanksgiving. Around Thanksgiving we open to the Major Supporters and Supporters for early registration. During January, we will open for general registration for a short period, ending in early Feb. If this is your first time to request a place in the parade, you need to be sure that your entry is better than the lesser quality entries that were in the previous parade. This is a somewhat competitive process. We do this to ensure the quality of the parade. We will go with a known unit over a new unit if they are of similar quality. If you feel you have a quality unit for the parade, send us an email (info@findlaymarketparade.com) with the group you represent and a detailed description of what you are looking to put in the parade.
Let us know if you have an interest in sponsoring a major unit. Looking for a sponsor of a unit at the level of the Cincinnati Olympians that was in the 2022 Parade.
What are we looking for: Baseball and Findlay Market are the main themes above all. Having a parade worthy (worthy of a parade this size), family friendly unit with a noteworthy former Reds player will basically guarantee entry. Another top priority is a professionally made float (The main supplier of floats for the parade is: www.creativefloats.com/). The parade is also about the people of the greater Cincinnati region. Note in the 2022 parade we had Olympians from the region, former Bengals players from the 1981 and 1988 Superbowls, Cincinnati musical personalities, a WWII War Hero, and many others (see: www.findlaymarketparade.com/2022-Parade-Photos). We are always looking for fun and exciting units, such as: Wapakoneta Breakfast Optimist Club, Dance Flash Fusion & Cincinnati Circus, to name a few. Always looking for good horse units and antique firetrucks (pretty much maxed out on modern firetrucks). See photos of our units through the years: www.findlaymarketparade.com/parade-photos
What we are NOT looking for: First, think to yourself before requesting entry: Would you want to see a unit like yours if you went to a parade? No one cares to see a business vehicle with a fancy wrap promoting that business, they can see that every day. No one wants to see a politician followed by a bunch of people with shirts on with that person's name and please no unseated politicians (if we took everyone running for office, we would have no room for anyone else). No one comes to a parade to see your political message. We also do not want family inappropriate units. Remember this is a family friendly parade celebrating baseball, Findlay Market, and the people of the Cincinnati Metro Region.
Schools, Civic Groups (Fire/Police/Military) and Sponsors: School applications are now Closed. The application is open for Sponsors only. Sponsors will have till the 2nd of the year. Those that do not respond or respond late will have less of chance of being accepted. If your contact has left, it is your responsibility to inform us of that change.
For Schools, the application process starts in mid-October and closes for them the Monday after Thanksgiving. We had many complaints about waiting till after the first of the year for applications to come in. Schools need more time due to permission slips, bus rentals, ... Currently we have 40+ school units registered. Up until now, we have taken all schools that entered, this will probably not be the case anymore, especially with the reduction of total units from 180+ to max 150. We will show a preference to those schools that have been with the parade for 20+ years. We will then consider past performances in the parade. If you have not been in the parade before, you may want to include awards/accolades your unit has received and/or a link to a recent performance given. We have never had a Marching Band from West Virginia in the parade, the western part of that state in considered the edge of Reds territory. So a Marching Band from the Huntington area would be great to have.