To enter and participate in the Rocky Point Holiday Boat Parade, all BOAT CAPTAINS must sign a Release and Waiver of Liability and Hold Harmless Agreement. A DocuSign link is provided below. If you have trouble completing the process online, you may request to sign the agreement in person.
Register using the above link or request an in-person signing between 10/1 and 12/2. Arrangements will be made soon thereafter for you to pick up a lighted number/sign for voting.
Participate in the Parade: Saturday, 12/9, starting at 6 p.m.
Community Voting: Begins at 6:30 p.m. on 12/9 and continues through 9 p.m. that evening
Winners Announced: at the private Captain’s After Party and via the Dana Shores Civic Association Email Distribution List, the neighbors-only Facebook group, and the January issue of the Shore Lines.
Registered captains and crew are invited to the Captain’s After Party. Details will be provided when you pick up your lighted number for the parade. Participants must complete the entire route and be present at the Captain’s After Party to be eligible to win.
Those who participate in the parade must read and agree to the following requirements. If you have any questions, please email us at info@danashores.com
- PARADE & CONTEST ENTRY
- Registration should be completed no later than 5 p.m. on Dec. 2.
- The order of boats in the parade will be determined by pre-assigned number on a first-come, first-serve basis with the exception of certain lead boats.
- Participation in the parade is open to all residents in Dana Shores, Pelican Island, Sweetwater, Bay Crest Park, and The Cove who participate on a registered boat. To complete the registration process, each boat’s captain(s) must sign the above-referenced Release and Waiver of Liability and Hold Harmless Agreement.
- Entry is free. No cost or fees apply.
- Neighborhood association board members are not eligible to participate in the contest but may participate in the parade.
- Contest participants must display an LED Entry Number Sign. One can be provided by the Dana Shores Civic Association. This sign should be placed in a conspicuous location on the starboard side of your boat facing outward so the crowd can see it. Please return your lighted boat number the day after the parade. Instructions will be included on the back of the sign you receive.
- Judging is performed by neighbors and guests, most of whom watch from their backyards and docks along the parade route. Entrants may want to consider unique designs, creative use of lights and decorations, storylines or themes, music, animated objects, holiday spirit, and overall crowd appeal.
- Participants must complete the entire parade route and be present at the Captain’s After Party to be eligible to win.
- Registration should be completed no later than 5 p.m. on Dec. 2.
- SAFETY FIRST
- Review, plan ahead for, and remain aware of the weather and tides.
- Print out and familiarize yourself with the route ahead of time. The boat parade should not be your first time navigating the canals after dark.
- Ensure decorations do not block or limit your view at night.
- All parade entries must be motorized and able to maintain forward motion throughout the duration of the parade. Captains must maintain a safe speed and following distance throughout the duration of the parade and may not be intoxicated or otherwise impaired.
- To protect our wildlife, participants may not throw beads, candy, or other objects into the water.
- Each entry must have proper safety equipment (e.g., fire extinguishers, life jackets, navigational lights, railings, and hand-holds).
- Review, plan ahead for, and remain aware of the weather and tides.
- MARKETING AND COPYRIGHT
- Line-up begins at 6:00 p.m. and continues until the parade begins at 6:30 p.m. Photos may be taken of each vessel at any time.
- Participant agrees there will be no compensation of any kind for posting or publication of photos.
- Line-up begins at 6:00 p.m. and continues until the parade begins at 6:30 p.m. Photos may be taken of each vessel at any time.
- ADDITIONAL TERMS
- Crew members, spectators, and all others involved in any way with the Rocky Point Holiday Boat Parade, assume in full all risks incident to such parade and agree to release and hold harmless the Dana Shores Civic Association Inc, and their officers, directors, agents, committee persons, and members as well as sponsors, officials, and volunteers assisting with the Parade from any and all liabilities for any damages, loss of life, or injuries to themselves or their guests, including any indirect, consequential, or incidental damages or injuries related to the parade.
- The Dana Shores Civic Association and its Board of Directors, volunteers, and members shall not be liable for any delays or failures to perform due to causes beyond their reasonable control.
- The limit of the Dana Shores Civic Association’s and its officers’, directors’, agents’ committee persons’, members’, sponsors’, officials’, and volunteers’ liability, regardless of the form of action, shall be equal to dues actually received from the plaintiff in that year.
- Crew members, spectators, and all others involved in any way with the Rocky Point Holiday Boat Parade, assume in full all risks incident to such parade and agree to release and hold harmless the Dana Shores Civic Association Inc, and their officers, directors, agents, committee persons, and members as well as sponsors, officials, and volunteers assisting with the Parade from any and all liabilities for any damages, loss of life, or injuries to themselves or their guests, including any indirect, consequential, or incidental damages or injuries related to the parade.
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