Parade Instructions

There are two divisions...

Float Division- Competition for organizations that build a float. Trophies and prize money will be awarded.
            1st Place- $300
            2nd Place- $200
            3rd Place- $100
Entries for the Float Division must complete a float information form (PDF).

Pride Division- Competition for recognition. The winners will receive the TTU Pride Awards. This division should include all participants from the University or the Cookeville community who do not build a float.

Parade Day Guidelines

• The parade line up will begin in the Hobby Lobby parking lot. Please have your entries ready to be lined up by 9:00 a.m.

• Please park as far away from the front of the stores in the shopping center as you can.  We want to minimize the disturbance to the stores and shoppers.

• Entries must remain 25-30 feet apart throughout the parade.

• Entries should stop at the judges reviewing stand for a maximum of 20 seconds.  If entries do not stop in front of the reviewing stand, the judges will not score them. Judges will view entries from the driver's side of the vehicle.

• A member of the sponsoring organization must remain with the entry at all times.

• After the parade, park your float on Stadium Drive behind the football field. All other entries may disperse.

• Do not remove floats from Stadium Drive until the football game is completed

• All floats and decorations MUST be disassembled and properly disposed of by Sunday, November 9, 2008.

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Parade Entry Rules

• All entries are subject to the approval of the Homecoming Committee.

• Entries must be related to the Homecoming Theme, the Football game, and/or TTU Pride.

• Maximum dimensions of floats are 12 feet high and 13 feet wide, and floats must be able to turn street corners.

• All paper decorations MUST be non-flammable.

• Parade entries must be equipped with at least an ABC dry chemical fire extinguisher (arrangements for extinguishers may be made through TTU Warehouse- 372-3309)

• Explosives, such as firecrackers, are prohibited. Generators are prohibited on floats.

• Horse-drawn floats or units using live animals are prohibited, except with special permission.