2025 Halloween Parade Entry

2025 Halloween Parade Entry Race Information

<div><h4>Description</h4><p><div style="text-align: center;"><span><img src="https://anprod.active.com/bettendorf/servlet/downloadFile.sdi?uploadedfile_id=WGxHYzZ5TXlwc1NBMW8xUE4wZzlTZz09 " alt="parade"></span><br></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;"><br></b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><b style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0); font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">CITY OF BETTENDORF</b></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="color: rgb(255, 102, 0);"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif" size="5"><b>2025 Halloween Parade</b></font></span></div><div><font color="#0d0d0d" size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font color="#0d0d0d" size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Saturday, October 25th, 2025 at 6:30pm</b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font color="#0d0d0d" size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br></b></font></div><p><font size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);"><b>Line-up will begin at 5:00pm and will end at 6:00pm at the Bettendorf Middle School parking lot</b>. <b><u>Please enter the </u></b></span><font color="#0d0d0d"><b><u>parking lot from 18th Street</u></b>. The Civil Air </font><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">Patrol will assist participants upon arrival.</span></font></p><p><b><font size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#0d0d0d">The parade will begin at 18th Street from Bettendorf Middle School</font><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">. The procession will travel up 18th turning right on Spruce Hills Drive, turning right on Middle Road </span><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">and finishing at the Bettendorf Middle School</span><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);"> parking lot.</span></font></b></p><div><font size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#0d0d0d">Groups are encouraged to carpool to avoid traffic tie-ups, lost children, and parking </font><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">problems in the line-up area. Please follow the traffic signs posted for the day’s event.</span></font></div><div><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);"><font size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></span></div><div><font size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#0d0d0d">All candy must be passed out person to person. Dropping of candy in front of persons </font><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">along the parade route is permitted, as long as the viewer is sitting / standing on the </span><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">curb, or in the grassy area along the parade route. Violators will be given one warning. </span><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">After the first warning, the entry will be removed from the parade and directed off the </span><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">parade route at a safe location. A record of entries will be kept. If an entry is found to </span><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">violate this directive in any future parade, they will be banned from participating in any </span><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">future parades in Bettendorf, Iowa.</span></font></div><div><font color="#0d0d0d" size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br></b></font></div><div><font color="#0d0d0d" size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>NO </b>handing out of paper products of any kind. (Fliers, pamphlets, etc.).</font></div><div><font color="#0d0d0d" size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font color="#0d0d0d" size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Visit www.bettendorf.org/parade to register online</b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font color="#0d0d0d" size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">or mail a completed application with check made out to</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><font color="#0d0d0d">City of Bettendorf </font><span style="color: rgb(13, 13, 13);">to: Stefanie Barnes, 2204 Grant Street, Bettendorf, Iowa 52722</span></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font color="#0d0d0d" size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><br></b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font color="#0d0d0d" size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b>Registrations must be received by 5:00pm with appropriate fees by these dates:</b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font color="#0d0d0d" size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b><u>By October 14th $20.00</u> * <u>From October 15th – 22nd $50.00</u></b></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font color="#ff0000" size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">*** NO ENTRIES accepted after October 22nd and NO REFUNDS ***</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font color="#ff0000" size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font color="#0d0d0d" size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">Questions? Please call or email Stefanie Barnes at 563.344.4157 or</font></div><div style="text-align: center;"><font color="#0d0d0d" size="4" face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif">sbarnes@bettendorf.org</font></div><hr align="center" width="90%"><div style="text-align:center;color:red;font-weight:bold;padding-left:4px;padding-right:4px"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);">Participants will be contacted by email October 24th with parade line-up details.</b> </font><div><b style="color: rgb(51, 51, 51); background-color: rgb(255, 255, 255);"><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><u><br></u></font></b></div><div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><b style="">Parade line-up will begin at 5:00pm and end at 6:00pm.</b> <b style=""><u>Once line-up ends, all streets will be closed, and no one will be allowed to enter or exit the lineup.</u> </b>The line-up/staging area will be at the Bettendorf Middle School parking lot. </font></div><div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><font color="#33cc00">Vehicles/Floats/Trailers</font> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><u>IN</u></span><u style="font-weight: bold;"> the parade MUST</u><b> </b>enter the parking lot from<b> 18th Street</b><span style="font-weight: bold;">.</span></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><br></font></div><div><font face="Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif"><span style="font-weight: bold;"><font color="#cc9933">Vehicles</font> </span><span style="font-weight: bold;"><u>NOT</u></span><u style="font-weight: bold;"> in the parade </u>and those dropping off parade participants should do so in the Bettendorf Middle School parking lot off<b style=""> Middle Road.</b></font></div><div></p></div><div><h4>Activity Secondary Category</h4><p>Be Creative</p></div><div><h4>Location</h4><p>18th Street, Spruce Hills Drive and Middle Road</p></div>