Daytime activities from 10:30 am – 5 pm

Parade Characters and Sign Carriers from 2 pm – 6:30 pm

Parade Marshalls from 1 pm – 6:30 pm

You will be dressed in appropriate costumes and makeup. Expect to be mobbed by young children wanting to interact with you. You must be friendly, outgoing and prepared to smile. Your duties will vary depending on the specific activity you are assigned to. Work time 10:00 am to 5:00 pm.

Dressers: You are friendly individuals who are willing to assist in preparing all the costumed characters for the parade. We are looking for a couple of people to help with fittings Friday night and Saturday morning. Parade dressing commences at 1:00 pm on the Saturday.

Makeup: You are a creative individual and able to be expressive in applying makeup to both the daytime and nighttime characters. Daytime makeup is from 9:00 am to 10:30 am & the make up for the parade commencing at 1:00 pm.

Street Characters: Be at the Fenelon Falls Community Centre on Saturday November 28 at 10:15 am to get your costume on. You will be bused to the spot where you start up town at 11:00 am.

Characters, some face painters, and helpers that are returning to the Community Centre to be in the Parade will be picked up the corner near the Bank of Montreal at Colborne St. at 3:15 pm.

Parade Marshals (18 years of age and older: These volunteers will assist in forming up the parade ensuring that all floats, walking groups and characters are in the proper starting position. Once the parade commences they walk with their section ensuring the crowds are kept away from the floats and making certain the parade keeps moving.

Bus Marshals: You will assist in loading and off loading the parade characters at their proper location along the parade lineup route. You’ll then proceed with the bus to the dispersal area and prepare to again load the characters for the return trip to the dressing location following the parade.

Mascot & Costumed Characters: These individuals will be provided with costumes and in most cases required to be made up. You will walk the parade route (approx. 2 km). You will walk in groups of two or more and will be energetic and dramatic with your actions. We need dynamic outgoing people to wave to the people and greet and shake the hands of excited children. Mascot costumes involve wearing a head like Bart Simpson, a Snowman and Three Bears.

On Friday, November 27, 2026:

All volunteers should be at Fenelon Falls Community Centre, 27 Veterans Way Fenelon Falls between 3:00 pm and 7:00 pm to try on their costumes.

On SANTA DAY Saturday, November 28, 2026:

All volunteers should be at Fenelon Community Centre by 2:45 pm. Please text Shelley at 705-344-0067 if you are going to be later then 3:45 pm – If we don’t hear from you your costume will be given to the next person so please be courteous and let us know ahead of time. After the parade, please come back to Fenelon Falls Community Centre on the bus with your costume. 

You will arrive back around 6:15 pm.

RULE #1 - HAVE FUN!
Have you heard about the Most Spirited Parade Volunteer Challenge? $100 dollars will be awarded to the volunteer who is deemed to be the MOST animated, the MOST cheer-inspiring, and the MOST SPIRITED costume or character during the nighttime parade!