When
July 4th, 2009 at 9AM
Where
Downtown Huntington Beach
Cost
FREE
Files
Huntington Beach July 4th Parade
hosted by the Kiowa
MUST have kids there at 9:00AM, or 9:45AM, or 9:30AM, or 10:00AM. Use your best judgment as parade starts at 10AM and we are in the first group.
Indian Guides starting point has changed and will now be on PCH between 10th and 11th streets. See attached map (top right of this page). All the thick black lines are police barricades. We are in the first division of three divisions. Our parade entry # is 112 (will be painted on PCH on July 3rd). Groups are numbered 1-50, then 101-150. There are 5 or so bands in front of us. Each band is divided into 5 or so groups (drum line, flags, etc) for judging, so that we will be about the 45th group (not 62nd). We will not be in the front of parade as in the past.
Wagons, coolers with water, etc., are OK. No bicycles, no razors, no skateboards. We walk or ride in a Dad pulled wagon.
A link to a downloadable Participant Pass can be found on the top right of this page.
Tri-Color war paint will be furnished by the Kiowa.
To get to the entry site #112, take Goldenwest towards PCH, turn left on either Palm or Orange {The left turn at Orange may be backed up, so it might be quicker to turn at Palm}. Then turn right on 11th or 10th. For those in Huntington Harbor/Sunset, you can drive down PCH and turn left onto Goldenwest. For those on the east side of town or Costa Mesa, take Beach Ave north at least to Garfield, then turn left to Goldenwest. To miss 99% of the parade traffic, go all the way up to Slater, then take Slater over to Goldenwest.
We can drive all the way down to PCH for drop offs, so the attached Participant Pass likely won’t be needed. The Participant Pass is used only for crossing the police barricades on PCH to drop off and pick up - not for parking. These can be printed out as black & white on white paper - they do not have to be colored or two sided.
Parking will probably not be available anywhere south of Palm.