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ARRIVAL TIME FOR US GOOBERS:?? 9:30-10?? Be in costume by ~11 to catch the shuttles to the step off point.
Parking Authorisation:??https://www.dropbox.com/s/6reigw1s4obh3q7/St Paddy 2018 Parking Authorisation.pdf?dl=0
Marching Orders:??http://www.paradecloud.com/online_parade.php?pid=TVRRMw==
http://stpatricksdayparade.org/
Where: New Haven CT
When: March 11, 2018
Arrival Time: Between 9 and 9:30??
The following unit is marked as Confirmed
Unit Name: 501st Legion Connecticut Garrison
Tentative Unit Number (Subject to Change): 125
Staging Area: 3rd - YELLOW = THIRD DIVISION
Winthrop Avenue: North of Chapel Street head resting on Chapel Street -1:15pm
Parade Date: Sunday, March 11, 2018
Parade Time: 1:30 PM
Parade Details: 62nd ANNUAL GREATER NEW HAVEN ST. PATRICK???S DAY PARADE
SUNDAY, MARCH 11, 2018
PARADE STARTING TIME 1:30 PM
OFFICIAL AS OF Sunday March 4, 2018 4:00PM
The Greater New Haven St. Patrick???s Day Parade starts promptly at 1:30 p.m. In case of the cancellation of the parade due to inclement weather, announcements will be on WTNH8, WPLR Radio Station 99.1 FM and Radio Station WELI 960 AM. Phone information will be available from: Courtney Lundgtrn Connors, Parade Chairman (Cell 860-343-3508) no later than 8:30 a.m. on Sunday, March 11, 2018.
2018 PARADE ORDERS
??STARTING POINT: The head of the parade steps off at 1:30 p.m. at Chapel Street & Sherman Avenue. All units and individuals participating must be in position, ready to move out, no later than the time indicated in bullet item #4. NOTE: If your unit arrives late for staging, your unit will be placed at the end of the parade (no exceptions).
??PARADE ROUTE: East on Chapel Street to Church Street, North on Church Street to Grove Street, East on Grove Street to Orange Street where units are dispersed (Participant Parking Garage on State between Audubon/Trumbull Street).
WE ARE IN THE THIRD DIVISION
WTNH8 will be televising LIVE from their production headquarters set up on Chapel Street and College Street. Do not stop to perform unless otherwise authorized. Please put your ???best foot forward??? as your unit passes this stand for our live television audience. Please note: we cannot guarantee which marching units, or that all marching units will appear in the televised broadcast.
TRANSPORTATION OF UNITS: Bus reloading zones adjacent to the dismissal point are designated, north and south on Orange Street and east on Audubon Street. East on Grove Street is to be used for the loading of horses and wagons.
EMERGENCY SITUATIONS: All marchers must move promptly to the right side of the street and halt in place until all fire apparatus, ambulances or other emergency vehicles have passed.
DISTANCES BETWEEN UNITS: This will provide greater opportunity for all units to make the broadcast location. Please be courteous to the groups in the later divisions and adhere to these paces.
o DIVISION 40 Paces
o SECTIONS 20 Paces
o UNITS 10 Paces
END OF ROUTE: The parade ends at Grove and Orange Streets, not Church Street. Units are automatically disqualified from competition if they disband before Grove/Orange Streets.
Parade Rules: 2018 PARADE RULES AND REGULATIONS
1. NEW: Parking for Participants ONLY is available at the Granite Square Parking Garage. The parking structure is located at 690 State Street, New Haven CT 06511 between Audubon Street & Trumbull Street. The entrance to this lot is via State Street ONLY. One occupant vehicles will not be permitted to park in this lot. Yale University Parking Lot 16 has been reserved for one occupant vehicles. Yale Lot 16 is located at the intersection of Whitney Avenue & Humphrey Street. Entrance from Whitney Avenue. Shuttle buses will be available for transportation to the assembly area from 11:00 am to 1:00 pm. from both parking areas There will be no return shuttle buses at the end of the parade.
IT WOULD BE IDEAL FOR ALL OF US TO BE DRESSED AND ASSEMBLE TOGETHER IN THE GRANITE SQUARE PARKING GARAGE INSTEAD OF THE YALE LOT SO WE CAN KEEP TRACK OF PARTICIPANTS BEFORE WE GET TO THE FORMATION AREA.?? IF YOU ARE IN NEED OF A CARPOOL PLEASE POST BELOW AND WE WILL TRY TO COORDINATE ONE FOR YOU.
2. Per the order of the City of New Haven; No items such as necklaces, candy, toys or flyers are to be thrown from automobiles, trucks, floats or distributed from marchers to parade viewers.
3. The presence of placards, banners or other devices including pamphlets intended to spread propaganda, political views or to embarrass any group or unit of marchers are prohibited.
4. Any unit stopping and performing, without prior authorization, in front of the reviewing stand, WTNH8 live broadcast location or along the parade route is automatically disqualified from the competition and forfeit contractual honorariums. Parade officials will strictly enforce this regulation.
5. The use of sirens and air horns during the parade is strictly prohibited. All units are prohibited from firing guns as they turn from Chapel on to Church Street, passing the reviewing stand up to Elm Street. Note: Violators of this order may be prohibited from future parade participation.
6. No alcoholic beverages are to be consumed or carried along the parade route, or in the staging/assembly area, by spectators or participants in the parade. New Haven Police will enforce penalties for disorderly conduct and alcohol violations.
7. Units participating should carry the National Colors (U.S. Flags). Strict compliance with the flag code (Public law 623 is enjoined, part of which reads as follows: Section 176, paragraph C--- ???The flag should never be carried flat or draped over the hood of a car, but always aloft and free.???
8. The official judges for the marching and musical competitions are from the Northeast Judging Association and are located at the reviewing stand on Church Street in front of New Haven City Hall. Judges will deduct points for lack of uniformity, excessive spacing between units, blocking spectators by handlers, and flag code violations, to name a few.
9. Please follow the ???Our Parade??? link (www.stpatricksdayparade.org) for updated information and remember to print out the parade orders prior to March 11, 2018 to guarantee familiarity with staging and rules and regulation.
For more information contact: Monica Canning-Ball
Phone: (203) 812-0126
Email: coordinator@stpatricksdayparade.org
