PARTICIPANT’S HANDBOOK

Hello dear participant

Thank you for joining our team to help create a few magical moments for everyone. We hope your experience will be rewarding and that you will want to do it again next year.

The organizing committee will:

Give out, in time, all pertinent information to the group leader using e-mail, web site and during the November 22 nd 2010 meeting at Place des Pionniers, 5 th floor, 7h30 pm.
Secure the starting site access, parade route and arrival area by using barricades, security volunteers and policemen.
Limit vehicles access to all sites
Clearly identify it’s volunteers
Offer a snack at the end of the parade.

In exchange

The group leader is the contact person for the committee. He must:

Register the float using the form posted on www.paradehohoho.com adding as much descriptive information as possible
Inform the participant’s co-ordinator of any change
Distribute to its members the information received from the co-ordinator (by using e-mail, telephone chain or any other proper way)
Attend the pre-parade meeting on November 22nd ,7:30pm Place des Pionniers, 5 th floor with his driver if possible.
Make sure that the group presentation is properly clean, properly decorated and in working order
Make sure the group is ready at 6:45 pm to join the parade. This includes identifying the group or float parading ahead of them prior to the start signal and having everyone ready on the float at 6:45
Make sure the group has a responsible person on the site (specially if there are children to watch and along the route)
Go to the big tent for his snack
Stay in the tent for the ceremonial presentation of the winners.

The participants on a float or in a group must

Dress according to the weather at the time of the parade
Use the shuttle bus behind the Galeries Aylmer to get to the starting point
Obey requests from the group leader and/or parade officials
Not pitch anything in the crowd (candies must be handed out)
Invite the spectators to have fun by smiling, saluting, singing etc

The participant is also invited to share a snack in the big tent after the parade and to stay for the ceremonial presentation of winners.