Camping out for the Parade

We will be going down tonight around 5:30 to set-up camp along the parade route.  If you are interested in coming down, please contact Chris Merrill at 801.884.8096 as he will be in our main point of contact for the stake tonight and in the morning.

Here are the address's of the two spots we are saving:  200 East & 200 South (in front of the Episcopal Church) and 200 East & 350 South (south of SLC Court) both of these spots are on the east side of the road.

Please bring chairs and blankets and plenty of fluids and snacks since you will be there for a long time. The parade starts at 9:00 am and ends at Noon.  Our float is near the end of the parade.  Hope you can come out and support us and most of all have fun while you are there!!

Last Chance for Flash Mob!!

We have one more practice left for the Flash Mob - this Thursday July 19th at 7pm at the Temple Point Building.  The dance is easy to pick up and only is about 20 seconds long.  We would love to have more people come down to the parade on July 24th and participate in this amazing and fun opportunity!

We scoped out spots this morning for our flash mobbers.  I need to confirm with KSL that they will be able to get us on camera before I release the locations.  We will have people camp out and save spots - if you would like to camp out, please contact me (Melanie Kirkland 801.209.4562).


Thanks to all our volunteers that have showed up and done an amazing job with everything....costumes, music, dancing, videos, building the float, fixing the float, making sure the float runs and all the other little and big things that had to get done!  We could not have pulled this off without you!!!

Parade Preview Party

Our float is being displayed at the South Towne Expo Center tomorrow Monday July 16th and Tuesday July 17th from 11am-9pm.  Admission is FREE.  There are a lot of activities geared towards children and you also get to vote for your favorite float......vote #6!!  

We're almost done

We are making MAJOR progress - in fact, this morning the float looks almost done.  This picture was taken Thursday night.  Thank you to all the volunteers who have taken time to come out and help build the float.  We couldn't have done it without you!

A sneak peek at the gears.  

Flash Mob Dance - videos

OK, so keep this a secret from the other parade participants, but we are doing flash mobs throughout the parade route.  We are encouraging as many people as possible to GO DOWNTOWN and place yourselves with groups of other Daybreakers.  Those that will actually be walking with the float will be doing a dance, and we want those in the crowd to DO THE SAME DANCE when it passes by!  Below are videos so you can learn it.

 First we have the dance from the front, with choreography and music.

 This is the dance broken down, from the dancer's perspective to make it easier.

Finally, we have it from the dancer's perspective, with music.  This is very short and easy, but it will blow people away!  Start organizing NOW with friends and neighbors to go downtown on July 24th!!!

Costumes

We have amazing costumes being made for the people and kids in the parade.  Our costume designers are Lisa and Eric Oliphant and we've recruited about 15 seamstresses in the stake to help sew the costumes.  The style of the costumes is from the Industrial Revolution, Victorian eras, it's a counter culture called Steampunk and it's really popular right now!

On Saturday May 19th we are having a "super Saturday" to assemble the accessories for the costumes and would all the help we can get!  We'll be at the Temple Point Chapel from 9am - 2 pm.

Flash Mob Practices

As some of you may know we are planning to do a few flash mob groups along the parade route on the 24th of July.  Cool eh?!

We are starting practices on Thursday May 17th at 7pm at the Temple Point Chapel.

Please bring your friends, brothers, sisters, neighbors, parents etc.

Practice Dates:  (All Thursdays)

May 17th - 7pm
May31st - 7pm
June 14th - 7pm
June 28th - 7pm
July 12th - 7pm
July 19th - 7pm

We will also be posting a video so if you can't make it or need to practice on your own, you can see the moves here.

You will also need to have some costume element on like a hat, messenger bag, parasol etc.  Or you can also be in full costume!  I will be posting pictures so you know what to wear.

Warehouse Times and Address

We are down to the wire on the float.  We must have it completed by May30th because the float chair people are leaving town until June 10th and on June 16th we are entering the float into the South Jordan Country Fest parade for a "test run".

We will be working on the float these days and nights:

Tuesday's 6pm-10pm at the warehouse
Wednesday's 6pm-10pm at Melanie Kirkland's 4142 Open Crest Dr. (doing gears)
Thursday's 6pm-10pm at the warehouse
Saturday's 6am-Noon at the warehouse

We are ready to paint, glitter, staple floral sheeting etc.....all the fun stuff!  Please come and experience how amazing this float is going to be!

Warehouse Address:  6764 S. Airport Rd. West Jordan - it takes about 15 minutes to get there.

Float building has begun

We started building the float two weeks ago (yay!) and this is how it's coming along.  Thank you to all who have helped build and supply food, your efforts are not unnoticed and are very appreciated!

More pics to come later.......

To help volunteer please send an email to daybreakstakefloat@gmail.com

We work Tuesday and Thursday nights and Saturday Mornings.

The Family Dream Machine

We finally have our float finalized and it only took us 6 months and many people's input and ideas!   Thank you thank you if you were involved at some point!

The float will be a machine that is being worked by a family, actual gears and other moving parts to represent the family working together to move this machine.  The gears will be labeled the principles from 'The Family : A Proclamation to the World', love, respect, compassion, repentance, forgiveness, prayer, faith and time.

 The feel or style of the float is from the Industrial Revolution or Turn of the Century, Victorian era which is now also called Steampunk - a counter culture of that era.

Industrial mixed with futuristic!

The costuming of the people on the float and also the people walking alongside the float and other participants will have a feel of the following pictures.  

If you have access to top hats, bowler hats, aviator goggles, parasols, corsets and other Victorian or Steampunk clothing please contact us at daybreakstakefloat@gmail.com

Thanks!

Merry Christmas

We are wishing everyone a Merry Christmas and hope you all enjoy a relaxing holiday season!

The float is being sketched up with the artists with details right now. We are hoping to have it finalized in January with a color scheme so we can start building in February! We have found a place to store the float that will work, it will be a little tight so we would still like to keep looking. Let us know of any leads you may have.

See you all in the new year!

Questions to provoke ideas

Here are some questions to ask when trying to create a theme:

What types of pioneers live in daybreak stake today?

What lessons can we teach at a glance?

What is a unique way to think about pioneers?

What is something NEVER seen on a float before?

What is a quote that catches the attention and makes people try harder?

i.e. Pres Harold B. Lee " Be Loyal to the Royal that is IN YOU! YOU are the child of a KING!"

Our goal:

Build a float that addresses the five key elements the judges will watch for as they consider our float for an award:

· Theme: How well does the float depict the parade theme?

· Aesthetics: How well does the float incorporate artistry, color and visual appeal?

· Originality: Is there a clever application or interpretation of the theme?

· Craftsmanship: Does the float have quality construction and completed finishes?

· Special Effects: How effective is the use of animation, unique props, sound and/or people?

Creative Minds

Our stake has been asked to participate in the Days of '47 Parade in 2012.

To begin the process of a float, we need to start with the design concept. What is going to be our theme? What is it going to look like? What is it that we want people to know about us?

The overall theme of the parade is 'pioneers' but really any idea or theme could work into that.

They have asked us NOT to do handcarts, bees, beehives etc. (OVERUSED!)

So...this is where we need the help of the members of the stake. We need individuals and families to get their creative juices flowing and come up with some design concepts for our committee. The sky is the limit, all ideas are welcome!

Please email your pictures to daybreakfloat@gmail.com

Thanks for participating and helping our stake out!

Melanie Kirkland and Tammi Feist