Float Division - Competition for organizations that build a float. Note: a float information sheet must be submitted. Trophies will be awarded during the Homecoming football game.

Pride Division - Competition for recognition. The winner will receive the TN Tech Pride Award. This division should include participants from the University or the Cookeville community who do not build a float. Examples of Pride Entries include cars, trailers, walkers, vans, horses, etc.

Parade Instructions:

1. The parade line up will begin in the Towne Plaza parking lot (Gabes on Jefferson Avenue). Please have your entries ready to be lined up between 7:30 AM and 9:00 AM. 
2. 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.
3. Entries must remain 25-30 feet apart throughout the parade.
4. 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.
5. A member of the sponsoring organization must remain with the entry at all times.
6. FLOATS ONLY: Turn from 12th Street onto Stadium Drive, then left into the parking lot behind the scoreboard until the Homecoming game is over and attendees have dispersed. Do not remove floats from Stadium Drive until the football game is completed and attendees have dispersed. 
7. ALL OTHER ENTRIES: Disperse after turning left onto 12th Street.
8. All floats and decorations must be disassembled and properly disposed of by Sunday, November 14 2021.

 

The homecoming parade route begins in the Towne Plaza parking lot, at the base of S Dixie Ave, then heads north up S Dixie Ave. The route then turns left on W 12th St. The parade disperses at B Street, and float drop off is behind the stadium scoreboard.