Floatin’ Down Main Parade will kick off Friday fair festivities.
Citizens and visitors alike, will line up along the sidewalks of Main Street as the 134th Gillespie County Fair Parade rolls through on Friday, Aug. 26. Entrants are expected to begin lining up shortly after 7 a.m.
There will be commercial entries serving as mobile advertising for their products or services, and others will represent churches, civic groups and other area organizations seeking to get their message seen by thousands of parade viewers.
Judging of the entries will begin at 8:30 a.m., while the parade will start promptly at 10 a.m.
The parade Grand Marshal is Crenwelge Auto Group, Fredericksburg and Kerrville. The Marshall is Palo Pinto Riding Group.
Online entries can be made at https://gillespiefair.com/gillespiecounty-fair.
This year’s fair catalog honorees are Ruben Sagebiel and Dorman Schmidt.
Forms will not be mailed unless requested.
Other dignitaries in the parade will include the contestants seeking the title of the 2023 Gillespie County Fair Queen.
For this year’s parade, Jason Priess serves as the chairperson while Edward Stroeher, Marvin Crenwelge, Art Pressler and Lindsay Pressler are co-chairs. Parade day volunteers will help arrange entries ranging from floats, to new and old vehicles, to flatbed trailers, to horsemen.
Fredericksburg and Harper high school marching bands will take part in the parade, and floats from area communities and fairs throughout Central and South Texas will seek to bring patrons to their own events.
GILLESPIE COUNTY FAIR & FESTIVALS ASSOCIATION
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Gillespie County Fair and Festivals Association officials said they appreciate the county for the use of Courthouse Square as a staging area and the City of Fredericksburg for providing personnel from the street and police departments to help direct traffic and pace the procession. A few rules must be observed by participants and parade watchers. • All vehicles in the parade must be able to navigate the entire parade route and make all turns and clearances without difficulty. It is the responsibility of each driver to see to it that their vehicle or float clears all obstacles and can maneuver turns. If the route includes a U-turn, parade entries must be able to maneuver and make a U-turn in one motion (no reversing). Participants must design their entry in length, width and height to meet this requirement. Floats and entries cannot exceed the 13 feet, 6 inch height limit from ground to top of float/entry.
