Parade Committee Job Description

Under the direction of the Parade Committee Chairperson, the Parade Committee is responsible for these components to ensure a successful International Parade:

• Bands
• Snacks and Refreshments
• Band Housing
• Floats
• Parade Volunteers

Bands

This Host Committee team is responsible for recruiting between 15-20 non-professional marching bands/music units from local high schools and civic organizations. These bands are offered by the Host Committee on a first-come/first-served basis to visiting districts that request, in advance, a band to march with their delegation. Districts requesting a band must prepay a fee for the band to the Host Committee. The Host Committee is then responsible for paying the fees to the bands following their participation.

Snacks and Refreshments

This Host Committee team is responsible for providing complimentary water for volunteers working the parade. In addition, soft drinks, juice and/or bottled waters are provided to the VIP Area and Judge's Reviewing Stand (approximately 300 persons).

Band Housing

This Host Committee team secures and provides information on visiting band housing at area colleges and universities. The Host Committee processes band housing requests received from visiting bands on a first-come/first-served basis.

Floats

This Host Committee team is responsible for securing bids from local float builders and coordinating requests for floats received from local and visiting districts.

Parade Volunteers

There are three primary duties that need to be assigned among this volunteer team:

Parade Drivers
We are looking for 35 PDGs to drive VIPs in the parade.

Parade Marshals
Working together with the Manpower Committee Chairperson, we suggest that you recruit at least 150 members → 50 for the parade route; 50 for the assembly area; and 50 for the reviewing stands and dispersal areas.

Parade marshals and LCI staff will direct participants to their designated color-coded seating areas in the assembly area. The assembly area is extremely busy and delegations will be anxious to march, so the host committee volunteers will be relied on heavily to ensure that the parade step-off is handled as smoothly as possible.

The parade marshals stationed at the reviewing stands need to ensure that there are adequate barriers around the judging stands to keep groups from gathering around to take pictures, greeting the International Family, etc. and to keep this area under control and to prevent traffic congestion.

For the dispersal areas, Host Committee members must be aware of the pick-up point for convention shuttle buses, private charter buses, band buses and floats. Working with members of LCI’s staff, the mission will be to provide efficient loading of the buses and ensure the crowd movement goes as smooth as possible.

Note: Parade volunteers will be outdoors in the heat and sun, and on their feet for long periods of time.

Parade Judges
This has been arranged.