The centerpeice of our St.
Patrick's Day festivities, the parade is the 1960 area's
only community-wide celebration all year long.
Click Here for the
parade entry form.
PARADE INFORMATION:
GENERAL: The
parade begins at 2 p.m. at the Wells Fargo parking
lot at Champions Forest Drive and FM 1960 , and ends
at The Texas Rock Tavern at the corner of FM
1960 and Kuykendahl. To prepare for the big event,
the road will officially close at 1 p.m., and if all
goes as planned, completely reopen around 5 p.m.
AWARDS: Floats will be judged based on
originality, creativity, appearance, craftmanship,
crowd appeal & spirit. Awards will be given in the
following categories:
- Youth: 1st Place, 2nd Place, 3rd
Place
- Adult: 1st Place, 2nd Place, 3rd Place
- Spirit of St. Patrick's Day - Individual
- Spirit of St. Patrick's Day - Corporate
ATTENDEES:
Revelers should make their way to the 3 .5-mile
parade route as early as possible - about 60,000
to 80,000
are expected.
TRAFFIC: Intersections at either
end of the parade route - Champion Forest Drive and
Kuykendahl Road - will remain open, but officers and
signs will direct traffic away from the closed
section of FM 1960 . Police will open up
intersections after the parade moves through and
that part of the route is clear. Still, large
sections of FM 1960 will be closed for the bulk of
the four-hour period so it is wise to use detour
routes during that time.
The primary detour route lies
north of FM 1960 . Signs and police officers will direct
motorists traveling west on FM 1960 to turn north on
Kuykendahl Road to Louetta Road, and west on Louetta to
Champion Forest Drive, or Cutten Road, which both run
south to FM 1960 near the Champions and Willowbrook Mall
areas.
Motorists traveling east on FM
1960 will be diverted to the north at Cutten Road, and
told to follow the same route in reverse to Kuykendahl
Road.
Some information for PARTICIPANTS to help make our parade a fun and
safe event for everyone...
Helpful Information
- All children participating in the parade should
arrive in one group and be supervised by an adult.
- Please leave unattended vehicles in designated
areas only.
- Float heights must clear power lines and stop
lights.
- Absolutely NO ONE is permitted to get off a
float or out of a vehicle during the parade!
- All entries must stay and remain within
designated route/lane, including walkers, bikes,
carts, etc.
- All candy (wrapped), beads, or other approved
material should be thrown away from spectators and
out of the lanes of traffic. The route is a long
one, so save your goodies for the entire route of
the parade.
- Use the provided garbage bags to "stash your
trash" so we keep 1960 clean.
- There will be no alcoholic beverage consumed by
participants during the set up or actual parade.
- It’s a long walk, so have provisions of water
and a "back up" ability to ride on a vehicle or
float in case you tire or cannot finish the walk. Do
not plan to intermittently walk and ride.
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