A lot of good floats and I was impressed that Grand Valley participated. I thought it was a good tribute to Florence and our hosting of the National Championship that Grand Valley's band marched.
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Great parade. They need more bands in between tho...too much silence after the first band marched and the end of the parade.
Maybe get area high school bands to march and spread them throughout the parade.
Maybe get area high school bands to march and spread them throughout the parade.
Maybe if they didn't have to pay $75 to be in the parade there might be more area high schools that could afford to be in the parade. Also, it cost a lot of money for high schools to pay the bus drivers and gas to attend the parades. The City of Florence might consider paying them like Muscle Shoals did...the bands were paid $300 to march in the parade. This help pay their costs to get to the parade since the school systems do not pay for the bus drivers or the gas the bands do. Just a thought for the City of Florence next year.
Wow, you have to pay to be in that parade??!
I agree. Why would Florence "charge" a high school band to be in a parade. In fact, like one poster said, the city should pay them to participate in order to cover their expenses. A parade is definitely not a good parade without lots of bands. If I were a high school band outside Florence city limits, why would I want to "pay" to be in "their" parade? lol
I don't think the City of Florence is the sponsor of the parade. I believe it is the Downtown Florence United (DFU) group and Big River Broadcasting.