RULES FOR APPLICATION AND ACCEPTANCE INTO THE PARADE:

A.   How to Apply:

1. DEADLINE: Deadline is September 8th. Please be nice and register early, If you miss registration, we will do our best but guarantees. Email us at hollycousens@live.com.

B.   Acceptance and Entry to the Yakima Sunfair Parade

1. Participation in the Yakima Sunfair Parade is open to all groups and individuals.

2. The Yakima Sunfair Committee, reserves the right to invite, reject or accept any parade participant for any reason whatsoever, and to determine participation based on suitability for the occasion and the experience related to prior participation.

3. The Committee's and the Judges' decisions as to the classification of parade entrants are final and not subject to review.

4. Parade Officials or Parade Marshals may deny any participant entry to the parade on the day of the parade if, in the sole opinion of the Parade Officials or Parade Marshals, the entrant has misrepresented any information on its Application Form, or if the entrant is deemed obscene, dangerous, provocative or in any way unsuitable for the parade, at the sole interpretation of Parade Officials and Parade Marshals.

5. REPONSE TO YOUR APPLICATION: A response to your application will be made as soon as possible after your application is received, by e-mail, to the e-mail address included in your application. If you do not receive a response within a few days of your application's presumed receipt, you should follow it by emailing YakimaParades@gmail.com. The Committee is not responsible for incomplete, non-delivered or misfiled applications.

PARADE PARTICIPATION RULES AND REGULATIONS

A.   PARADE ORGANIZERS MUST BE OBEYED.
Safety is paramount and any activity that may result in the injury or death of a participant, spectator or bystander is strictly prohibited.

1. The parade organizers control the Entries, enforce parade rules and will arrange participants to pace the parade in a manner deemed most suitable; their instructions MUST be obeyed at all times.

2. Failure to obey a parade organizers order may result in immediate ejection from the parade and restriction from future events.

B.   ADDITIONAL ENTRANT CONDUCT RULES

1. NO THROWING ANYTHING: RULE WILL BE STRICTLY ENFORCED. Violators of this rule will be banned from future parades.  Walkers may HAND items to spectators.  Spectators must not be required to enter the street to accept the item.

2. NO PHYSICAL INTERACTION with the CROWD: No entry is permitted to take or bring any spectator out of the crowd up, into or around the entry, or up on a float, or to entice or take any crowd member to participate in any dance or performance routine. SPECTATORS MUST NOT BE ENCOURAGED TO ENTER THE STREET.

C.   SIGNAGE RULES

1. Signs or banners are NOT required for entrants in the parade, but are encouraged in that they help spectators identify the entrant.

2. Signs or banners may carry the name of the entry, sponsor, patriotic statement or title, preferably in keeping with the theme of the parade.

3. Participants may not display signs or banners which in the judgment of the Committee or the parade officials and marshals are inappropriate for this community event or for the vision of the event conceived by the Yakima Sunfair Committee.  Examples of prohibited signage would include profanity, implied profanity (i.e. Lets go Brandon or F-Trump), disparaging language, violent rhetoric, negative political rhetoric and language or images that do not fit the family-oriented nature of the Holiday Lighted Parade.  This is a fun, family event. PLEASE BE NICE.

4. In the case of the above, Parade Officials may direct participants not to display such signage or to cover them up; these directions must be obeyed as a condition of participation in the parade.

D. PRIZES TO BE AWARDED

The Sunfair Parade Committee will decide on the number and categories of awards two weeks prior to the parade.

This year's parade is sponsored by Yakima Federal Savings and Loan with assistance from Ron’s Coin and Collectible & State Fair pa and proudly presented by Sunfair Parade Association, the City of Yakima, Greater Yakima Chamber of Commerce. Website and promotion provided by Yakima Federal Savings and Loan.