Full Moon Jam Halloween Parades 2022
The Chicago Full Moon Jam is excited to be participating in two parades this October! This form will get you signed up and in the information loop on both. Choose your adventure!

We have a limited amount of spots open for fire performers, drummers and LED dancers in each parade, and it will be first come, first serve, so sign up asap. The deadline to sign up is Thursday, October 27th. Feel free to sign up for one, or both, or neither! We hope you can attend, as these will likely be the last FMJ Events of the season and we'd love to see you all again!

** PLEASE READ ALL DETAILS CAREFULLY **

FIRST - THE ARTS IN THE DARK Halloween Parade will be on SATURDAY, OCTOBER 29th. This is an incredibly important parade for us to turn out for, as it brings tremendous goodwill from the city, a fantastic audience, and participation from artists and groups all over the city. This year it will once again be down State Street from Wacker to Van Buren.

FMJ Organizers will be on-site at 4:00pm. Performers and drummers are encouraged to arrive between 4:30 PM and 4:45 PM (near Lasalle and Wacker). You must check-in *** before 5:00 PM *** and attend the Orientation to have your fire props and costume inspected in order participate. The parade will start at 6:00 PM sharp. Parking will be extremely difficult, so plan accordingly.

All Fire Performers must have taken a FMJ Fire Safety Training since 2018 in order to participate. As with every Jam, we will be limited to a maximum of 10 fire performers being lit at the same time and we must maintain a 1-to-1 safety-performer ratio at all times, so we will be following a similar format to the Jams by following the spin-one, safety-one system. Once you have finished performing, you will give your prop to the nearest safety and take their towel, so that they can return to the truck and fuel up themselves. You will then safety for the nearest performer. Everyone must maintain a distance of 15 feet from the audience at all times.

Drummers and LED dancers will lead the precession and must remain in front of the fueling truck and the fire performers.

As usual, we request all participants wear a fire-safe festive costume that is primarily red, black, and/or white. The Full Moon Jam will provide white gas, towels, and all fuel depot equipment, so you will only need to bring your props/instruments, a mask, and water. Please do NOT bring more than 2 props as space will likely be extremely limited on the truck.

Be sure to eat before you arrive and bring water. Also, plan for possible rain and cold. This is Chicago.

We will need two volunteers to walk in front of the procession to carry the FMJ banner for the parade. If you or anyone you know is interested in being a dedicated FMJ banner-bearer, please have them fill out this form! If we can not find volunteers to be banner-bearers, performers will need to rotate out holding it.

SECOND - THE HAUNTED HALSTED Halloween Parade will be happening on MONDAY, OCTOBER 31st, on Halloween night. Once again, everyone must arrive by 5:00pm at HALSTED & ALDINE to check-in for orientation. We will be walking north to the end of the parade route at Halsted and Waveland. The Full Moon Jam will be supplying white gas, towels, and safety for this parade as well.

** EVERYONE MUST WEAR FIRE SAFE CLOTHING! **

We expect both parades to end by around 8:30pm.

A reminder and more details will be sent in an email on the 27th, a couple days prior to the first parade. As always, email us at info@fullmoonjam.org if you have any questions.

Arts In The Dark Parade:
https://artsinthedark.com/

Haunted Halsted Halloween Parade:
https://www.facebook.com/hauntedhalsted/
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What is your first and last legal name? *
What is your preferred pronoun?
Do you prefer/do we know you by a different name?
What is your email address? *
What is your phone #? *
Would you like to participate in the Arts in The Dark Parade on Saturday, Oct 29th? *
Would you like to participate in the Haunted Halsted Halloween Parade on Monday, Oct 31st? *
Have you taken a fire safety training and participated in an FMJ since 2018? If you are fire spinning, you MUST have taken a training in the past 3 years and be on the safety clearance list in order to perform in the parades. *
Have you signed an up to date FMJ waiver? (since 2018) *
Have you paraded with us in the past? *
How will you be participating with us? Please note that there may be limited capacity in certain roles, and not everyone may be able to join us. We will notify everyone via email a few days prior to the parade if we can accommodate your request. *
Are you hoping to fire breathe or use a large or unusual prop? Please notify us in advance of any and all unusual props you plan to bring and we will contact you with any restrictions or requirements there may be. As always, if you are planning to perform with anything elaborate be sure bring your own safety (and also have them fill out this form).
We need 2 people to carry the Full Moon Jam banner for Arts in the Dark (on Sat, Oct 29th), who are costumed but not performing with fire. Would you be willing to volunteer for part of the parade, or know of someone who wants to join us walking the parade?  
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