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Anybody have any experience/knowledge? I KNOW it's ridiculously early, and we JUST finished up the holidays...but looking at the application process, it seems like you have to start applying in June/July. I am a member of a non-profit, and since we have never done the parade, we are going to need nearly a year to get ourselves together.
My question is this: it looks expensive (more than $1,000 for a float). Does this INCLUDE the float? If not where do you get it from? Do you have to make it yourself, or are there float companies that do this? If so, how much do they charge?
It looks EXPENSIVE, but I've seen tiny non-profits and small home daycares enter floats.
If we don't enter a float, are you allowed to enter a walking group/convertible? We don't really entertain, so would we be chosen? I remember in the Durham Christmas parade, we'd get a dealership to let us borrow a truck, and put the youth group kids on the back. They didn't do anything, weren't entertaining, but we had a good time.
Is the competition usually pretty stiff for getting a slot in the parade?
I haven't been involved with the Raleigh Parade, but helped organize a Christmas parade in another NC town. In our parade, organizations could provide their own float/car/etc., or they could pay to use one of the professional floats available (we contracted with a float company, and they provided something like 15-20 professional floats). I would imagine that is what the $1000 is for in this case.
Description: GRMA provides rental floats for all float entries. A float meeting will be held where your company may select which float they would like to use. Entry may have riders on the float representing your company or organization.
*All pageant participants are required to have a float as their method of entry.
Cost: For-Profit Entries: $1350
GRMA members: $1150
Non-Profit Entries: $1150
**If a non-profit is sponsored by For-Profit company $1350 / $1150 if that company is a GRMA members
OP the rate is about the average for a city Raleigh size, I remember researching on Charlotte a couple years ago and it was about the same.
The Rose Parade is $5,000 and Macy's is $100,000. Its a money maker plus whoever pays for their back door advertising of riding in a parade. I guess this also pays for warehouse wherever Raleigh stores the floats at.
I would assume beside a reason to make money is they can also control maintenance of the float and guarantee it arriving safely. A parade would stink if a float fell apart or cause traffic tie ups because of floats all decked out hitting the city from all directions.
OP the rate is about the average for a city Raleigh size, I remember researching on Charlotte a couple years ago and it was about the same.
The Rose Parade is $5,000 and Macy's is $100,000. Its a money maker plus whoever pays for their back door advertising of riding in a parade. I guess this also pays for warehouse wherever Raleigh stores the floats at.
I would assume beside a reason to make money is they can also control maintenance of the float and guarantee it arriving safely. A parade would stink if a float fell apart or cause traffic tie ups because of floats all decked out hitting the city from all directions.
The link above may answer your other questions.
Thanks. I went to the website, but I overlooked this information. Someone told me you had to build your own float; that sounded like a nightmare!
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Originally Posted by lamishra
I would look at local town parades, Much more afforable. Cary's parade fee is $15 for non-commercial entries.
That is an EXCELLENT price! How large is the parade? Does that include float?
No, you have to use your own as far as I know. I've only ever participated as a non-commerical entry and we made our own own float out of a trailer, but it was nothing fancy. I don't know exactly how large it is. Smaller than Raleigh's, that's for sure. Mostly local businesses and non-profits participate, probably around 100-150 entries including bands/dancers/walkers/convertibles/cars etc.
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