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