Published November 30th, 2008 by Christine McCarthy
PARADE
Here is some parade information for everyone. The club is participating
in 2 parades on Saturday December 6.
The first parade is The Shelbyville Christmas parade at 10:00 AM we are
meeting at the fairgrounds Check-in for floats will be from 7:30 AM to
8:20 AM at the fairgrounds. Floats need to be parade ready by 8:30 AM
for judging. Any full 4-H member, or parent may ride their horse in the
parade, we had originally wanted parent volunteers to ride because we
were not going to have a safety vehicle with the riders but since we are
putting the float a head of the riders it is not as important to
actually put adults on horse back so that part is totally up to you if
you want to brave it on horse back or trade off with someone that’s
fine. Trailers and horses will be meeting at the fairgrounds as well.
We will be riding back to the fairgrounds at the end so you can leave
your trailers at the fairgrounds. If you are on the drill team, or want
to ride with the drill team Jeff would like you there by 8:30 to go over
some simple drill moves to do on the parade route. If you just want to
ride with the club you can come a little later but I would say by at
least 9:00-9:15, same with float riders. All riders under 19 will need
to wear their helmet, NO EXCEPTIONS and I would “strongly suggest”
everyone over 19 wear one as well since it is a parade setting and we
are riding on concrete. Clover buds may ride the float in either parade
with a parent.
The second parade is the Bagdad Parade at 7 PM we will NOT be riding
horses in the dark. Everyone who wants to participate will be riding
the 4-H float. Everyone needs to wear their best Santa Hat We will be
meeting at the Radcliff’s house where there is plenty of parking at 4761
Elmburg Road. Coming from Bagdad it is the second driveway on your right
past Vigo Road. We will ride the float from the Radcliff’s to the
parade.
The Shelbyville parade has a “Santa” restriction, I am waiting for a
response from Shelbyville I am sure the “Santa hats” will be OK for the
float in Shelbyville as well but I want to make sure. I will let you
know their answer when I get it. I have attached the information on the
Shelby County parade the county sent me, the form has already been
filled out and sent in for the club.
What I need from everyone is, If you are participating in the
Shelbyville Parade I need the number of riders, and the name of the
horses being rode so I can make sure we have coggins and a health
certificate on file. If you do not have coggins, and a health
certificate on file you can bring me COPIES at the 4-H County wide
banquet which is Thursday December 4 at 7 PM, please bring a new
children’s book to donate for the book drive. The dinner is usually
pizza and the awards given out that night include “The Matt Edwards
Award”, “The Senior Award”, and the “I dare you award.” They don’t tell
me who is getting the awards until they are given but I do know several
nominations have been made for kids in our club so it’s important that
we show our support and attend if you can. This banquet is all 4-H
club’s in the county and as we are the largest club in the county so it
would be nice if we all wore our green T-shirts (under your jacket’s of
course.)
If you are riding the float at either Shelbyville or Bagdad I need a
number of people riding as well, so we make sure to have enough room for
everyone.
Also, a big thank you to everyone who braved the cold today to work on
the float, thank you to Cyndi and the Donnelly men for taking on the
project, and thank you to the Radcliff’s for providing the trailer, and
the Franklins for all the lights, the Fow’s and Chey McCarthy for
braving the cold and the great idea’s, especially Addie who seemed to be
the only one who knew how to assemble the Christmas Tree.