By Beacon event-roundup team/tourism bureau scheduling consultants
Parade lineup for Bass Lake Pre-Mid-summer Festival Week Days, July 17-20 (subject to change without notice):
- Bass Lake Town Helicopter flyover (pending)
- Baton-twirler (optional)
- Two people on opposite ends of horizontal banner, holding it
- Color Guard
- Resident of the Year: Guy Soundguy (if available)
- Grayscale Guard
- Firetruck siren-blast
- Local politicians, featuring Mayor-by-default Delores “Common” Denominator
- Police on horseback
- Volunteers With Shovels (TM)
- Tug McNabb and crew in squad car
- Gasoline-can-carrying backup unit
- Bass Lake Pre-Mid-Summer Festival Queen
- Bass Lake Pre-Mid-Summer Festival Queen Juniorette
- Float: Bass Lake Bed & Breakfast/Inn-Convenience Store
- Unlit-firecracker toss
- Marching band: Bass Lake High School
- Mascot: Bass Lake High School Canoes
- Stilt-Clown Posse
- Tractor brigade
- Hard-candy distribution unit #1
- Bass Lake Road Authority Chip ‘n’ Seal Dancers
- Float: Hayrack disguised as float
- Unspecified vehicle
- Local Cover Band, Bass Lake’s most enduring local cover band, marching band version
- Float: Lakeside Agnostic Church
- Men in cute hats driving tiny cars
- Float: Beacon advertising staff “walk-and-wave”
- Future Youth Cheerleaders and Football Players of America
- Classic auto: “Coop de Ville,” Cooper’s Coops and Chicken Accessories on Trout Lane
- The Cheese Truck!
- Float: Jen’s Ribbon Cutting/Ned Levelcut Lawn Mower and String Trimmer Repair and Tax Return Preparation
- Float: Descendents of Betsy “Commander” Nelson
- People walking dogs for some reason
- Vin Diagram
- Regional Corporate Hospital CEO, via chariot made of gold
- Classic Car Club micro-parade: featuring ‘57 Chevy; ‘69 Chevette; ‘81 Bonneville with front-end damage.
- Scout Girls/Campfire Boys
- Marching band: Students from rival community
- Float: local tourism and business bureau
- Mystery Harley-riding trio from out-of-town, parading without a permit
