2024 Parade Rules and Regulations will be posted as soon as they are finalized.
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2023 Clarkson Honeyfest Committee Parade Float
Honeyfest 2023 Parade Winners
School Floats
Clarkson Kindergarten – 1st Place
Clarkson First Grade – 2nd Place
Clarkson 2nd Grade – 1st Place
Clarkson 5th Grade – 1st Place
St. Paul School – 1st Place
Grayson Co. FFA – 2nd Place
Most Original Bee Theme
Clarkson Baptist Church – 1st Place
Infinity Pools – 2nd Place
St. Paul School – 3rd Place
Best Bee Theme
Kelley Beehive – 1st Place
Necco Foster Families – 2nd Place
H&H Networking – 3rd Place
Best Decorated Pet and Owner
Unstoppables – 1st Place
Kelley Beehive – 2nd Place
Most Creative Entry
Chatterbox – 1st Place
Church of Christ – 2nd Place
GC FFA – 3rd Place
Best Church Entry
Church of Christ – 1st Place
Clarkson Baptist – 2nd Place
Clarkson Community Church – 3rd Place
Best Decorated Vehicle
Pierce Family – 1st Place
Unstoppables – 2nd Place
Twin Lakes Home Health – 3rd Place
Best Fall Theme
Grayson Co. Tourism – 1st Place
Unstoppables – 2nd Place
Leitchfield Memorial – 3rd Place
Best Business Float
Chatterbox – 1st Place
Twin Lakes Dental – 2nd Place
Bank of Clarkson – 3rd Place
Antique Car or Truck – Best Condition
Norman Weedman, Blue Chevy – 1st Place
Louis Clemons, Mustang – 2nd Place
Jim McGrew, RR – 3rd Place
Antique Car or Truck – Judges’ Choice
Dewayne Blanton, Chevy Pickup– 1st Place
Robert Redford, Red Ford – 2nd Place
Karl Goff, Nova SS – 3rd Place
Antique Tractor- Best Restored
Adam Cain “Nightmare”,1946B Farmall – 1st Place
Kirk Embry, John Deere B 1951 – 2nd Place
Mark Miller, Farmall 1953- 3rd Place
Antique Tractor – Judges’ Choice
Carlee Glutting, 1940 Ford – 1st Place
Jackson Glutting, 1974 – 2nd Place
Case Hayes, John Deere – 3rd Place
Oldest Antique Tractor – Tyler Dudgeon, Allis Chalmers 1949
Best Horse-Drawn Vehicle – No participants
Best Decorated Horse and Rider
Charlie Byer- First Place
Alanna Duke – 2nd Place
Caroline Barber – 3rd Place
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Click below to view highlights from 2022 Honeyfest Parade.
2022 Parade collage
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ANNUAL HONEYFEST PARADE
Saturday, September 21, 2024.
- Parade line up begins at Midway Plaza in Clarkson.
- Judging begins at 8 am; Parade begins at 9 am.
- Clarkson, Ky is in the Central Time Zone.
- Due to the size of the parade the Honeyfest Committee and Parade Staff reserves the right to refuse any parade entry or entrant deemed unsuitable.
- Floats must be lined up at the Midway Plaza parking lot by 7:30 am
- If your group or club will be having multiple floats or entries, and you wish to travel the parade route in sequence, it is important that you arrive together. Arriving at staggered times will force separation of the individual units.
- Judging will begin at 8:00 am
2024 PARADE RULES:
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NO Four Wheelers
- NO Horses unless they are pulling a carriage or wagon (we love horses but because of the liability and safety issues, we must refuse horse and rider)
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NO Semi-Trucks
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Trucks must be decorated or pulling a float.
- No Monster Trucks
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No lawn mowers unless pulling a float.
- No vulgar language or music. Let’s keep it clean, folks!
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Crowd-friendly horses ONLY.
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Committee will request owners of unruly horses not to participate.
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Bicycles must be decorated, and rider must wear a helmet.
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For safety, all floats must have a responsible person with valid driver’s license and insurance, driving and one person walking on each side of the float.
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Entries, please keep the parade flowing. Please do not pause along the route to chat or visit.
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In the interest of safety, the Honeyfest Committee asks that each float/parade entry consider only allowing responsible adults walking beside the float to throw candy.
- We reserve the right to refuse entry to anyone, for any reason, at any time during line-up, route or event. Clarkson Honeyfest Committee
CATEGORIES:
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Most Original Bee Theme
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Best Bee Theme
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Best Fall Theme
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Best decorated Pet and Owner
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Most Creative Entry
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Best Church Entry
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Best Business Float
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Best Horse-drawn Vehicle
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Best Decorated Vehicle
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Antique Car or Truck- Best Condition
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Antique Car or Truck- Judges’ Choice
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Antique Tractor- Best Restored
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Antique Tractor- Judges’ Choice
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Best Decorated Horse and Rider
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Mayor’s Choice
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Honeyfest Committee Grand Champion
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Neither City of Clarkson nor Clarkson Honeyfest is responsible for accidents.
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Click below to view images of past parades:
- 2017-Honeyfest-Parade-1
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2019 Honeyfest Memories
- Parade Proud
- Parade Proud 2
For everyone’s safety, onlookers along the parade route are asked to stay off the highway while the parade is in progress. Please watch young children at all times
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For parade information, please contact Tana Dickerson 270-230-3261 (only after 3:30 pm)