Will be in charge of our club's participation in parade UPDATED with more Info

[JanetRose]

next year.

Any ideas on how we can get members to march in the parade?

Not the club's first parade...It's a Mickey Mouse club in a senior community in Florida. Participation is down...we are new to club.

thank you.

 

[monsterkitty]

What kind of club and what kind of parade?

Signed, a retired band teacher

 

[soccerdad72]

Ask them?

 

[Lumpy1106]

I grew up in a small town that held a parade for just about every holiday. There was (probably still is) a group called the Klampers. They would carry shotguns, then load them with blanks and shoot them off simultaneously on the count of 3.

You could try that.

 

[PollyannaMom]

Any ideas on how we can get members to march in the parade?

If it's cold around the date of the parade, promise something hot after - soup, chili...

If it's a hot weather parade, cold beers after!

 

[_19disnA]

Too much missing info to give a meaningful answer. Have they ever been in a prior parade or is this a first-time thing? Is the 'club' a marching band or some other group? Where/when is the parade and how do groups get 'invited' to participate?

 

[amylevan]

What kind of club and what kind of parade?

Signed, a retired band teacher

lol, my response would be drop it like it’s hot and run in the opposite direction.

Signed, a cheerleading coach

 

[monsterkitty]

lol, my response would be drop it like it’s hot and run in the opposite direction.

Signed, a cheerleading coach

100% agreed!

When I first started teaching at the middle school, I tried to start a marching band like we had when I was a student at this same school. We did 1 parade and were practicing for the second when a police car showed up. We were violating the county noise ordinance at were told to stop.

The officer just happened to be a friend from high school. He asked if we ever wondered why the ice cream man never drove through the streets during 10 am-2 pm. He said it was the noise ordinance was in place for children's nap times.

I do have to say that I was happy to not have to do marching band because even then, in 1989, kids still whined about having to do actually move around instead of sit.

 

[Micca]

What kind of club and what kind of parade?

Without this info, I got nuthin'

 

[Cannot_Wait_4Disney]

next year.

Any ideas on how we can get members to march in the parade?

thank you.

Failing being able to run away, Incentives might work.

 

[NotUrsula]

Precision lawn chair drill team; fun people can't resist how silly it is. (You really need the old-style aluminum/webbing folding chairs to do it right)

Parade groups tend to need to be really fun groups to get people to participate. Liquor goes a long way toward generating enthusiasm, as does a dedication to sheer silliness. "Throws" are also great fun, and if you have good ones will make the group very popular with parade-goers. (You don't have to actually throw them; at small parades you can just hand them out to individuals.

Recruit your local Parrotheads; those folks dearly love a chance to dance in the street.