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Kay_Dee (Kathy)
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 Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 6:36 pm Post subject: Oakland Holiday Parade Saturday, December 7th
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Event: 14th Annual Oakland Holiday Parade - “America’s Children’s Parade”
Date: Saturday, December 7th, 2013
Location: Downtown Oakland
Parade Headquarters: Parade Information Center will be located outside the Marriott Hotel near the corner of 10th Street and Broadway. A Parade Communication Center will be located on 12th Street at Broadway.
Parade Starting Time: 2 pm (from staging area)
Unit No.: TBD
Reporting Time: No later than 1:00 pm. If you wish to visit the VIP/Green Room, consider arriving between 11:30 am and noon.
Costume Type: Open to all Rebel Legion & 501st Legion costumes (armor costume preferred for 501st)
Non-Costume Handler: One total between 501st & RL combined. Would not be permitted to be on the parade route.
Photographer: Two max. Would not be permitted to be on the parade route.
Changing Area: Marriott Hotel, 1001 Broadway, Oakland, California 94607
Pre-Parade Reception: 12 noon to 1:30 pm at the Marriott Hotel, East Side Hall, Jewett Ball Room
Staging Area: 10th Street and Broadway
Deployment of TX-203 Assault Tank: Decommissioned.
Participant Parking: Free Parking on Jefferson St. between 12th and 14th St. There may also be paid parking at the Marriott if you arrive early enough.
Parade Route: Approx. one mile – Official start at Broadway and 11th Street and proceeds north on Broadway, turns right onto 20th Street proceeds to Harrison Street, ending at the intersection of 20th and Harrison Streets.
Comment: Golden Gate Garrison has just been sent an entry application to the Oakland Holiday Parade. Oakland Holiday Parade is one of the three largest parades that this Garrison attends each year, "with nearly 100,000 spectators expected to view the parade live and tens of thousands more viewers watching the television broadcast". This parade will be televised by PBS affiliates, as well as KTVU Fox 2. We would really like to see at least thirty (30) costumed members at this parade. All 501st Legion & Rebel Legion members are really, really, really encouraged to attend.
Group Photo from 2010's Parade:
Group Photo from 2011's Parade:
| Oakland Holiday Parade Rules wrote: | OAKLAND HOLIDAY PARADE RULES
In addition to the 501st Legion and the Golden Gate Garrison's Code of Conduct, the following parade rules will also apply:
1. Non-Costumers - This is a televised event. Non-costumers (including family, friends, handlers, photographers) are not to walk on the parade route.
2. NO THROWING OF FAVORS FROM PARADE ROUTE. This is EXTREMELY DANGEROUS as spectators (particularly children) will run out into the road to retrieve favors and could be struck by a moving vehicle. This is a serious liability factor, one that has resulted in injuries in other major parades.
3. NO BLASTERS (NOT EVEN HOLSTERED). Please leave your blasters in your bin. We are not authorized to have our blasters holstered.
4. NO PERSON OR ARTICLES HANGING OVER THE SIDES OF FLOATS OR VEHICLES. This is EXTREMELY DANGEROUS! This is a serious liability factor that could result in personal injury. If a unit is in violation of this rule, it may be removed from the parade immediately.
5. NO ALCOHOLIC BEVERAGES. Alcoholic beverages are NOT allowed on any participant or in any vehicle. IT WILL BE CONFISCATED. Participants consuming alcohol prior to or during the parade will be removed from the line of march.
6. VEHICLES: All vehicles must carry a current dated 2A10BC fire extinguisher.
7. ENTRY APPEARANCE: All participants must appear in uniformed attire or costumes. Small children under the age of six may not appear in the parade.
8. GET ALONG WITH EVERYONE: This is a holiday event and as such, everyone is expected to be in our best behavior and be respectful of others. |
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| Posted: Wed May 29, 2013 11:33 pm Post subject:
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I should be able to make it.
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| Posted: Fri Jun 07, 2013 12:53 am Post subject:
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Working Day Shift that weekend!  So unless something changes between now & then, I won't be able to attend it this year! 
Karen Katich
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| Posted: Tue Nov 26, 2013 6:52 pm Post subject:
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will be mace for this waiting on pending 501'st vader situation by Friday.
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| Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 12:22 am Post subject:
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Just FYI... my work schedule had changed and I have signed up to go on the GGG 501st boards.
They need a specific number of people signed up by this Friday or they may to back out of the parade. If you are tentative, please confirm if you can attend or not!
Thanks!
Karen Katich
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| Posted: Wed Nov 27, 2013 4:56 pm Post subject:
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I'm available for that one! Yay! Do we have our blades available for later or should we have them mounted for the parade?
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| Posted: Thu Nov 28, 2013 3:51 am Post subject:
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| Boj-Vaati Mau wrote: | I'm available for that one! Yay! Do we have our blades available for later or should we have them mounted for the parade?
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Yes, Light sabers are ok to use as it is a "Light" parade and they give off an awesome light!
We have used lightsabers in the past parades!
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| Posted: Fri Nov 29, 2013 1:37 am Post subject:
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| Kay_Dee wrote: | | Actually, the Oakland Parade is not the light parade (it is a day parade) but I know people had blades in the past so they should be fine. |
OOPS!!  I thought I was responding to a post for the Niles Parade! My Bad! 
But yes, we have used the lightsabers for this parade in the past! 
I hope you can all make it!
Karen K
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| Posted: Sun Dec 01, 2013 4:48 pm Post subject:
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I checked with Ed Karl about lightsabers. Posted rules from parade says no weapons of any kind real or fake. But we have had lightsabers with blades in 2011, and just hilts in 2012. His call is that lightsabers are ok, but can not be waved around and no dueling. So I leave that now to RL CO to make the call.
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| Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 12:25 am Post subject:
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I was going to have a lightsaber blade turned off, but with red ribbon around it to look like a candy cane. 
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Kitfox (Karen Katich)
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| Posted: Tue Dec 03, 2013 1:28 am Post subject:
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| JedHead wrote: | | I was going to have a lightsaber blade turned off, but with red ribbon around it to look like a candy cane. |
That should be fine Matt. I think the blades are ok to have just so long as we do not wave them or duel with them. They do not look like real or fake weapons, so it should be ok.
Karen
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