Hometown Fair Parade Dedicated To Your Heroes
The last time there was a Moose Jaw Hometown Fair there was break in the storm clouds and then rays of sunshine broke out allowing what was described as one of the best parades ever to head down Main Street.
After a two year hiatus it is something the Moose Jaw Exhibition Company is hoping to copy on (Wednesday) June 22nd at 7 pm as the parade once again takes places after a two year hiatus due to the COVID - 19 pandemic.
This year’s theme is “Salute To Your Heroes” and will focus on the people who are seen as heroes in the community.
“It is doctors, nurses, police officers, firefighters your mom and dad. Those people you look up to and see as heroes in your own lives,” George Fowler general manager of the Moose Jaw Exhibition said.
Children were cheering from their float in the 2019 parade - MJ Independent file photo
Fowler said the Fair is aiming for about 70 entries in the parade.
“We are hoping for about 70 floats and it usually takes about an hour for the parade to head down Main Street,” he said.
For anyone interested in putting a float in the parade Fowler said “it is not too late you can still enter a float.”
This is the second time the parade has charged a $25 entry fee. The fee was charged in the 2019 as well. The fee goes towards paying for the hired security the Exhibition Company has to hire to stop traffic at intersections a requirement of their insurance company otherwise the insurance costs would make the parade prohibitive.
The City requires liability insurance to hold the parade.
Volunteers can be used to organize and make sure the floats come down Main Street from the Sears parking lot at the Town and Country Mall. The parade ends on Manitoba Street.
The Shriners were out tearing up Main Street and clowning around in those wee little cars in the 2019 parade - MJ Independent file photo
Although it is not required the parade organizers are asking people entering floats to follow the theme if at possible.
Yet to be confirmed this year’s parade may take on a more equestrian affair as there is “the possibility of eight horses from the RCMP Musical Ride being in the parade.”
Fowler asks that children not approach the floats for safety reasons and that people having a float in the parade observe the City’s rules that nothing (including candy) may be thrown from the floats also due to safety concerns.
He said that anyone wanting to participate in the parade to go on-line to the Exhibition’s web-site and download an application. Fill it out and then bring it with the $25 fee to the Moose Jaw Exhibition Company’s office located at 250 Thatcher Drive East.
The application form is available by clicking here.
Fowler would like to remind parade attendees that the Exhibition cannot control the weather.
“Bring your lawn chairs, be appropriately dressed and if it looks like rain bring your umbrella. And be ready for some fun.
The Moose Jaw Hometown Fair runs June 23 - 26 at the Fair Grounds 250 Thatcher Drive East.
For those who want to go to the Moose Jaw Hometown Fair for FREE the MJ Independent is running a contest the details are below.
HOMETOWN FAIR CONTEST
For people entering the contest please read the rules here.
To enter by Facebook enter your name and then answer to the skill testing question on our Facebook Page - MJ Independent - only. Enter below the story or other opportunities we post on MJ Independent’s Facebook page.
For people entering the contest through our web-site mjindependent.com please email us the answer along with your real name to moosejawnews@gmail.com . We ask you include in the email header Hometown Fair Contest.
Also this contest is NOT affiliated or endorsed by the RCMP Musical Ride.
First you need to read a story in MJ Independent about the Musical Ride and answer a skill testing question from the article link below:
https://www.mjindependent.com/lifestyles/2022/5/27/y889ix79exbu1caq3mk6q2encirfvh
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THE SKILL TESTING QUESTION TO ENTER:
How many performances will the RCMP Musical Ride be performing at the Moose Jaw Hometown Fair?