Maple Hill Auto Group welcomes you to the Maple Hill Holiday Parade!

As the official kick-off to the holiday season, The Maple Hill Holiday Parade is a grassroots, community celebration designed to connect our nonprofit organizations, businesses, and associations with the general public, providing holiday entertainment! This year's parade is set to take place on Saturday, November 23, 2024 with step off at 10:45 a.m. and check-in beginning at 9 a.m.

In order to ensure that everyone's experience if full of fun, holiday cheer, and community pride, a member of the Parade Team will maintain communication with your contact person throughout the application and parade planning processes. Together, we will work to create a parade that celebrates our community and holiday spirit.

The entry fee is $100 for for-profits and $75 for non-profits and helps to cover logistical costs. Marching bands are exempt from payment and reasonable transportation fees associated with participation can be submitted for reimbursement consideration. Payments can be made out to KELC and submitted to:
Maple Hill Holiday Parade Kalamazoo
1417 S. Burdick Street, Kalamazoo, MI 49001

Please take the time to fill out the below application in its entirety if you are interested in participating in the 2024 Maple Hill Holiday Parade. There is a lot of information needed from each unit in order to make the parade run smoothly and to ensure that the parade is made special for all who come to see and experience the holiday cheer. If you have any questions regarding the application, please call 269-388-2830.

For complete parade guidelines, please go to our website (www.kalamazooholidayparade.org) and review the 2024 KHP Parade Application. Due to the nature of this platform, we are unable to include all guidelines here, so it is important that all applicants read over the complete application to become aware of all guidelines and expectations associated with the Maple Hill Holiday Parade. The complete application also includes more specific information on the parade route and day-of operations.

The application deadline is November 4, 2024. Space is limited to the first 100 units to submit entries and is based on the design/theme quality of the unit. Applications submitted after this date will be considered on a space availability status.

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* 1. Maple Hill Holiday Parade Application
THANK YOU FOR YOUR INTEREST IN JOINING THE PARADE!!!

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* 2. If you have participated in the past, please list your previous years participation.

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* 3. Parade Unit Connection To Holiday Theme

Please describe below the holiday significance of your unit (units must be visibly pleasing and incorporate a unique Holiday theme). Units that are not decorated and/or themed will not be allowed entry. Parade units should incorporate some type of entertainment value- music, a theme, animation, or appropriate visual appeal. The parade is themed from beginning to end with the best units spread throughout the ENTIRE parade. Units must develop and execute a holiday theme, have participants to dress in holiday attire or costumes complementing their theme, and professionally represent their organization or business.

Political units: holiday attire is required, only one banner can be carried in support of the candidate (political signs are not allowed), and political units are required to host a fully decorated holiday themed unit. Political solicitation materials cannot be distributed. 

Parade units may include signage promoting their unit, however, the value of the unit and its placement will depend on the entertainment and theme-value of the unit. Signage must be professional.

Note: The only Santa in the parade is sponsored by Maple Hill Auto Group. For the enjoyment of our children, there cannot be another Santa featured in ANY unit.

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