MANAGEMENT OF THE PARADE ON THE DAY

For organisational purposes there are two Carnival Management Group members who are in charge of the running of the Carnival Parade.

The Parade Organiser - who organises the assembly and order of the parade entrants before the Parade - and the Parade Marshall - who leads the Parade and liases with the Police and Security on matters during the parade.

START OF THE PARADE AND ASSEMBLY

The Parade will assemble on Kings Road and line-up along the left hand side of the road - the lead entrants being situated at the Park Road traffic lights. The Parade Organiser will allocate each parade entrant a number prior to the day, which will indicate your position in the parade.

Each entrant will be given a numbered sign which they must display on the Parade for a) the benefit of the judges and b) for organisational purposes.

The start time of the Parade will be 12pm. Participants will be asked to arrive and assemble at Kings Road at 11am.

PARADE ROUTE

The Parade will end on the left-hand side of Kings Road – travelling towards the Park Road traffic lights were it began. Floats reaching the end of Kings Road will turn left up Park Road to allow participants on the float to alight. All other non-vehicular entrants will turn right at the traffic lights and, still in formation enter the main park gates. This is the official end of the parade and participants may disperse into the park.

Participants are instructed not to disband from the Parade until they have reached the official end of the parade.

Participants must be appropriately located and/or carried within vehicles in accordance with highway regulations. Persons placed on, for example, vehicle bonnets/roofs, etc will be deemed unsafe and restricted from entry into the parade.

Each group entry or float on the Parade must be at least 20 metres apart – allocated initially by the Parade Organiser. Your group must maintain this distance throughout the parade.

CHOOSING THE BEST ENTRANTS

The Carnival Management Group will award a trophy later in the day on the stage for the following catagories of entrant:

Most Interactive Entrant
Most Innovative Entrant

Four representatives from our sponsors will judge entrants using the above catagories.