Fruitport Lions Club

Old Fashioned Days Parade

Fred Yonkers – Parade Chairperson

Barry Miller – Parade Secretary

e-mail to…  parade@fruitportlions.com

Dear Parade Participant: 

Thank you for registering for the Fruitport Old Fashioned Days / Memorial Day Parade.  Last minute changes may be necessary due to things beyond our control (street closures, parking lot repairs etc.), but most likely this plan will hold... 

·        Everyone registering on line or by regular mail may assume that your registration has been accepted unless we contact you shortly after application.

·        Within 1-2 weeks of the parade, you will receive (by regular or e-mail) final instructions, your FINAL parade registration/ID and marshalling (reporting) instructions.  (The latest information is always available on line at www.fruitportlions.com/ follow links to “Old Fashioned Days” and “Parade.”

 Marshalling (Reporting) Instructions...  Check back here for changes:

1.  Be sure to remember the parade ID# we assign to you or even better...  Bring a copy of your registration letter with you!  The ID# helps us direct you to your marshalling location and allows us to identify you for announcement at the reviewing stand.

2.  You will be presented with a colorful card containing this number as you enter the marshalling area.  We ask you to prominently display the number on the right-front of your parade entry (under a windshield wiper, etc.) and/or have someone assigned to “flash” it toward the reviewing stand as you pass.  This will allow them to properly recognize and/or announce you.

3.  We ask all participants to start lining up by 10:30 a.m. as getting into and around Fruitport can be a real trick on this one day of the year.

4.  Judging of the entrants will be from 11:00 - 11:30 a.m. and plaques will be presented in several different categories.

Marshaling areas...  Will again be the Edgewood Elementary and Middle School parking lots on Pontaluna Road; a map can be found on-line at www.fruitportlions.com/route.htm .  Lions Club members (usually identifiable by their chrome-yellow vest and/or hat) will direct you to your assigned holding area when you enter the lot.  Your “Type of Entry” determines the specific marshalling (reporting) instructions and locations below:

Please provide a copy of this notice to all participants if your group consists of children and/or students who will be dropped off to participate in the parade.

·         NEW THIS YEAR – Political entries will report to the Edgewood School parking lot along Pontaluna Rd. (enter at the west end driveway please).

·    Floats, Marching Units, Miscellaneous Motorized Units (tractors etc.) including LARGER displays (semi-trucks etc.) report to the main, east-side
     Middle School parking lot.

·       Horse Units will be in the field between the Middle School and Edgewood Elementary.

·      Car Clubs AND Individual (Antique/Classic) Automobiles report to the Edgewood School parking lot along Pontaluna Rd. (enter at the west end
    driveway please).    

Groups dropping off members of marching units, persons riding on floats etc.   Please use the driveway in front of the Middle School (enter at the far west end driveway please).  There will also be a LIMITED (first-come) area for parking your vehicle if all passengers are participating in the parade.  Enter at the west end and tell the driveway monitors if you will be dropping-off or wish to park.

Start Time and Parade Route

Parade starts at 12:00 noon and participants are asked to start lining up by 10:30 a.m.

Parade ends at the intersection of Park St. & 8th Avenue.  From this point participants may:
1.) Turn north (right) on 8th and return to the middle school parking lot (thru the school bus parking area) to disband marching units, drop off float passengers etc. or...
2.) Proceed west along Park St. to your desired destination.

We hope you will have a great time at the parade