WWW Grand Parade Policies

Anheiser-Busch Clydesdales — WWW Parade 2011

Acceptance
Acceptance of your entry is at the dis­cre­tion of the Parade Committee. Application must include appli­ca­tion fee. A con­fir­ma­tion letter will be mailed or emailed late July, early August. Parade appli­ca­tion entry dead­line is July 16, 2012.

Late fee
Entries sub­mitted after the dead­line will be charge a late fee of $20. The number of parade entries is lim­ited; entries will be taken until the parade is full, which may be before the entry dead­line. Be sure to get your entry in early!

Entry Specifications
The max­imum width of Main Street, from Rio Grande to Nevada, is 24 feet. To clear traffic lights, the max­imum height of a float should be no higher than 12 feet.

Parade Movement
It is impor­tant that maneu­vers do not slow or impede the for­ward move­ment of the parade. Parade Marshals will be present along the parade route to assist in keeping a proper pace and spacing along the route. For max­imum expo­sure, stay about 25 feet from the entry ahead of you. Any closer and the parade viewers may not see the front of your entry; any fur­ther and the Parade Marshals will ask you to close the gap.

Parade Route
The parade route is about one mile long (go to map). The Grand Parade begins at Littleton Boulevard and Gallup Street, heads west on the north side of Littleton Boulevard, and con­tinues through down­town Littleton on Main Street. The judging stand is at the west end of Main Street. Entries will turn south in front of the judging stand onto Rapp Street, ending at Arapahoe Community College for dismantling.

Check-in and Position Numbers
Please have your group meet at a des­ig­nated loca­tion and assign one person to check in. Check-in begins at 8am, and is located in the park on the north­west corner of Gallup Street and Parkhill Avenue (look for the pop-up tent). You will receive your entry number and place of staging at that time. You must be in line no later than 9:15am. We regret that we cannot give out posi­tion num­bers prior to the parade. We wish that we could put everyone at the front of the parade, but we cannot, so we ask that you please be under­standing of our efforts to mix entries and of your posi­tion. Thank you.

Unloading Parade Participants
All buses, cars, etc., unloading parade par­tic­i­pants should unload on Datura Street, a block west of Gallup Street. Due to lim­ited parking, it is prefer­able for groups to park in "Lot A" at Arapahoe Community College, S. Santa Fe Drive and Church Street (dis­man­tling area) and car­pool to the lim­ited parking areas along Datura Street.

Dismantling
The dis­man­tling of entries will be at the end of the route at Arapahoe Community College, 5800 S. Santa Fe Drive and Church Street. Please do not unload par­tic­i­pants or start dis­man­tling your entry prior to arriving at the college.

Insurance Regulations
You may not throw, toss, or hand out any­thing from your entry on the parade route. Entries not adhering to this rule could be pulled from the parade. We are expecting 80,000+ spec­ta­tors and want to make sure that we have a safe parade for everyone to enjoy.

Cancellations / No Shows
Cancellations must be made in writing prior to July 31, 2012 to receive a par­tial refund; $25 of the entry fee will be retained for admin­is­tra­tive costs. Cancellations received July 31, 2012 or later, as well as "no shows" will result in no refund.

Fire and Safety Precautions
Mandated by Littleton Fire Rescue Fire Code, dec­o­ra­tive mate­rial used on your entry shall be non­com­bustible or flame retar­dant. Motorized vehi­cles or towing vehi­cles must have a fire extin­guisher (2-A: 10-B:C). NOTHING is to be thrown or handed out (i.e. candy, pro­mo­tional items, etc.) from the entries to the spec­ta­tors. This could result in expul­sion from the parade.

Equestrians
Meet at Arapahoe Community College (ACC), 5800 S. Santa Fe Drive and Church Street (the parking lot east of the low north building on Church Street, approx­i­mately Church and Prince Streets). Water will be avail­able for the horses. A police escort will lead the eques­trian units from ACC to the check-in and staging area no later than 8:30am. If you are a smaller eques­trian entry, or prefer to go directly to the staging area, please go directly to the parade route check-in at Gallup and Parkhill Avenue.

Political Entries
Acceptable entries include elected "seated" offi­cials, local can­di­dates, and polit­ical par­ties. Only ONE entry is allowed per polit­ical party. All par­tic­i­pants must either be on a float entry or in a motor­ized or horse-drawn vehicle — NO WALKERS. The max­imum number of par­tic­i­pants per entry is 15. All ban­ners, signs, etc., on the floats or vehi­cles must be in good taste and pos­i­tive in nature. All ban­ners, signs, etc., will be reviewed by parade offi­cials and are sub­ject to removal at the dis­cre­tion of the parade offi­cials. Any ques­tions regarding the appro­pri­ate­ness of said ban­ners, signs and mate­rials used will be the final deci­sion of the parade chair and committee.

Weather
It could be a warm day — please bring water and other fluids, sun­screen and pro­tec­tive eye­wear for everyone in your unit. Be advised that Western Welcome Week has spe­cific dates for events which are not can­celed due to inclement weather, and no refunds are made. However, if weather cre­ates a safety issue, Western Welcome Week reserves the right to ter­mi­nate or post­pone the event.

Reservation of Rights
Western Welcome Week, Inc., a non­profit orga­ni­za­tion, reserves the right to refuse par­tic­i­pa­tion to any group, groups, indi­vid­uals, an indi­vidual, asso­ci­a­tion, busi­ness, or any other entity of any nature or type that WWW feels in its sole dis­cre­tion would not fur­ther the goals of the orga­ni­za­tion, would not be appro­priate con­sid­ering cir­cum­stances, or might reflect neg­a­tively upon WWW, an indi­vidual or group.