{"id":2247,"date":"2026-08-20T09:37:05","date_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:37:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/homecoming\/?page_id=2247"},"modified":"2026-08-20T09:37:05","modified_gmt":"2026-08-20T14:37:05","slug":"written-parade-map-description","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/homecoming\/written-parade-map-description\/","title":{"rendered":"Written Parade Map Description"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container has-pattern-background has-mask-background nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:104%;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h1>MoWest 2026 Homecoming Parade<\/h1>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">4525 Downs Drive<br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">St. Joseph, MO 64507<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">General Parade Route:\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The homecoming parade will begin just outside Lot B on Downs Drive, and ending at Lot H.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Float and Vehicle Routes:<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parade floats and parade vehicles will enter from the stop light on Mitchell Avenue, before taking a right into Lot B, which acts as the Float and Vehicle Staging area. They will follow the General Parade Route, before exiting through the Eastern half of Lot H which acts as Parade Float Drop off and Pick Up, as well as Float Participant Parking. They will exit north on James McCarthy Drive when they leave.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Band Specific Routes:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Band buses will enter from Mitchell, traveling down Ronald S Reed Jr Way. They will take a left on Downs Drive, before parking in Lot K, which has been designated as Band Bus Parking. Bands and others walking in the parade will stage at Lot A and Eder Hall before joining the parade route at the start just outside Lot B. They will continue along the parade route before exiting into the parking lot at Agenstein and Remington Halls.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Free Spectator Parking:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parade Spectators can find parking in Lots C, E, F and G.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Handicap Parking:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Parade Handicap Parking is available in Lot D.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Public Restrooms:\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Public Restrooms are available in Blum Union.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tailgate Party:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Tailgate will take place in the Western half of Lot H, just outside the Baker Family Fitness Center.<\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":145,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2247","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/homecoming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2247","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/homecoming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/homecoming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/homecoming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/145"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/homecoming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2247"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/homecoming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2247\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2250,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/homecoming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2247\/revisions\/2250"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/homecoming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/homecoming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.missouriwestern.edu\/homecoming\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}