Mar. 16—The Palestine Space Chamber of Commerce is taking parade purposes for subsequent Saturday’s Dogwood Trails Competition. This 12 months’s competition and parade theme is “By the Period’s 70s, 80s, 90s and 2000s — Film Scenes & Music Movies’.
“This 12 months’s parade theme is tremendous enjoyable, giving individuals a broad spectrum to run with creatively,” stated Chamber Director Angela Howell-Fields. “I can not wait to see the floats individuals provide you with.”
There are all the time acquainted faces to be seen within the parade and Jodi Davis, proprietor of Icehouse Inn Airbnb and co-owner of Mixed Affiliate Actual Property, is one that’s all the time smiling!
“The Dogwood Competition is such a practice locally that yearly it appears to get higher and higher,” Davis stated. “I keep in mind using within the parade sitting on the horse with my grandmother at about age 3 and now I get to carry my grandson!”
This 12 months Davis helps with the Rotary of Palestine’s float.
The parade will happen at 10 a.m. on March 23.
The parade route will begin on the Courthouse Sq.. From there, it’s going to journey down Avenue A, flip proper onto Spring St., observe Spring St. to Queen St., take a proper onto Queen St., proceed to Crawford St., flip proper on Crawford St. then flip left onto Elm St. to the Courthouse Annex to disperse. Automobile present contestants will go on to 113 E. Crawford Avenue.
A prize can be awarded for Finest General Float. First place prizes can be awarded within the classes of Particular person, Enterprise and Organizations. Entries can be judged on theme, continuity, originality and presentation. To be thought-about for a prize, entries should register by 4 p.m. Wednesday, March 20.
Winners can be introduced on Fb by 6 p.m. the night of March 23 and winners could decide up their awards on the Chamber Workplace 9 a.m. to five p.m. Tuesday via Friday, 401 W. Predominant Avenue.
In keeping with this 12 months’s guidelines, discovered on the chamber web site:
—All entries ought to be adorned or have some leisure worth.
—Members should not allowed to throw sweet or different supplies from the entries earlier than, throughout or after the parade. Sweet and different supplies could also be handed out — not thrown alongside the parade route — by these strolling with an entry. Violation of this rule would require quick removing.
—All motorized autos used within the parade should provide a present insurance coverage type with utility. All shifting autos should not allowed to reveal extreme out of line motion — no popping wheelies, revving motors — no exceptions.
—All equine entries should current present Coggins papers on the time of utility.
—The Committee reserves the suitable to limit, restrict, settle for or reject any unit utility or to take away anybody from the parade that could be a menace to the general public, or makes use of inappropriate language or gestures.
—For security causes, stopping your automobile early to let off riders or disbanding will end in being banned from additional collaborating.
