Enter a Float or Unit!
Applications for entering a float in the 2012 parade, scheduled for November 23, are now open! The theme for our 30th Annual Parade: The Wonder of it All!
The 2012 Chesapeake Energy Parade of Lights presented by CHASE, is scheduled for Friday, November 23, 2012.
Please review our Parade Policies prior to applying as you will be responsible for all information contained therein. Click here to go to our Parade Policies page.
By applying for and being accepted into the Chesapeake Energy Parade of Lights, you agree to abide by these policies, and allow Downtown Fort Worth Initiatives, Inc., or its assignees, to use your entry, its likeness and the likeness of any and all entry participants in any future promotional or marketing materials.
You also agree to have the requisite number of lights on either your walkers, float, vehicle, horse and/or carriage. For our 30th anniversary, you will have to pass an inspection at the staging area, and, if your entry is found to be deficient in lights, you will be pulled from the lineup. The parade is televissed in HD, and our lights are what keep us at the top of the attractions in the Metroplex over the holidays!
The deadline for applications will be Friday, October 5. Notices will go out to qualifying participants via email by Friday, October 19.
Judging Results! Congratulations to all of our entries who our judges selected as top in their categories. This year our panel of judges present the following awards:
Grand Prize Winner: Trophy awarded for the best overall entry, commercial or non-commercial, selected following the parade. This entry must be of a holiday nature.
- Glory Riders of Texas
Cowtown Spirit Award: Equestrian entries
- Best of Class: Image Setter Ranch, "Image Setter Ranch Gypsy Horses"
- Honorable Mention: Blazing Saddles Riding Club
Holiday Spirit Award: Vehicles –
- Best of Class: Pat Potts, "An Old Caddie Christmas!" (Note: This year marks the Potts Family's 19th year of participation in the Parade of Lights!)
- Honorable Mention: Fort Worth Model A Ford Club
Founders Award, Commercial floats –
- Best of Class: XTO Energy, "Elves’ Christmas Feast"
- Honorable Mention: Chesapeake Energy, "Warming the Home for the Holidays"
Founders Award, Non Commercial floats -
- Best of Class: SPJST - Slavonic Benevolent Order of the State of Texas, "Texas Christmas Delights!"
- Honorable Mention: The Retzlaff Family, "Retzlaff Family and Friends"
Craftsmanship Award: Marching Units and Walkers (not Marching Bands) -
- Best of Class: Dallas/Fort Worth Unicycle Club, "UniPsychos"
- Honorable Mention: Girl Scouts, "Girl Scouts 100th Anniversary"
Music Award: Bands and live musicians -
- Best of Class: Western Hills Marching Band
- Honorable Mention: Dunbar High School
Director's Choice:
- Texas Girl's Choir Float
People's Choice Award: Selected by at-large Parade Spectators along the route -
- Hoang-Nguyen Family, "Journey to Candyland"
Best of Class and Honorable Mention: Are chosen in each category. All winners will receive award ribbons.