Opening Day Parade and Fun Festival

Opening Day Parade and Fun Festival

Saturday August 29, 2009
9:00 am – 2 p.m.

Assembly:
This year, all teams will be required to travel the parade route in a truck. This change has been made to shorten the duration of the parade and reduce the impact on downtown businesses. Teams should assemble with their coach and vehicle on Railroad Avenue (see Parade Staging Area diagram). The parade will begin from the corner of Railroad Avenue and Grant Avenue. Team trucks should line up by approaching from Olive and turning on to Railroad. Volunteers will direct team trucks. Trucks will be positioned in the parade based on their arrival times.

Team Truck Line-Up Times:
8:00 a.m. – Under 6, 7, and 8
8:20 a.m. – Under 9, 10,& 12
8:30 a.m. – under 14, 16, 19, All Upper House and Select

Players from all participating teams should arrive and find their team trucks by 8:30 a.m.

Teams should arrive on time and be dressed in full uniform except tennis shoes instead of cleats

Decorations, streamer, balloons, bubbles, pinwheels, noisemakers are highly encouraged!!!

Throwing candy or other objects to or from the trucks is strictly forbidden.

At 9:00 a.m. the parade will travel down Grant from Railroad to Virginia. At the end of the parade route, teams will be directed right on Virginia and then left into the parking lot of Our Lady of Loretto School. Team trucks will be directed into parking spaces and coaches should stay with their teams until all players have been picked up by parents. Our goal is to avoid a traffic jam on Virginia Avenue.


Parents – Please pick up your children promptly at the end of the Parade!
Coaches – You are responsible for team members until they are released to a parent

Team trucks must park at Our Lady of Loretto at the end of the parade.
Trucks may not leave this area with passengers in the bed.

Parents please park away from Railroad Avenue for drop off and outside of Our Lady of Loretto for player pick up in the suggested parking areas and walk to these locations.
No vehicles other than team trucks will be allowed into these areas.

Parade Staging Area on Railroad Ave.
Player Pick Up In Our Lady of Loretto’s Lot

Opening Day Fun Festival – 11 a.m. – 2 p.m., Indian Valley College Soccer Fields
Come on out and watch the U6 teams play their very first games ever at Indian Valley College! There will be food and drink for sale and fun activities for all ages. Arts and crafts, several soccer and non-soccer related games and even a special wet surprise for coaches will be on hand for the league’s first ever Opening Day Fun Fest! We hope to see you there!

Volunteers are still needed for the parade! Please let your coach know if a family member can help out.

The Novato Police Department Reminds Us Parade Rules Will Be Strictly Enforced!
· No Pets Allowed

· No Alcoholic Beverages Allowed

· No Smoking Allowed