MRF Promos

[Obadiah Jib]

Any of you attend the Promos Marketing puts on to get a wee taste of MRF before opening?  Just curious.

[MissBubu]

I probably won't be doing any promos this year. 

[Random Girl]

yeah me neither...screw that.  It isn't a taste of anything besides repeating the death march repeatedly.

Go safety services!! wooo!

[Lady_Lily]

I did the Grand Ole Days parade. It was a really long hot death march. It's worth the points though, to an extent. I'll try to attend all those I can make that don't have conflicts!

[Noble Dreg]

I assume this is a cast-only event?

Points???

[groomporter]

Participants can earn points for the number of parades and other festival promotions that they volunteer to participate in. I think the points can be used to earn food coupon books, or comp tickets to give to friends/family.

[Alison - Not Caterina Anymore]

Participants can earn points for the number of parades and other festival promotions that they volunteer to participate in. I think the points can be used to earn food coupon books, or comp tickets to give to friends/family.

Yup. Some contracts also require you to participate in a minimum of promos. Can't remember how many. I think it was two or three.

[Obadiah Jib]

I was wondering how many non-cast members attended these function to get a little MRF fix, meet old friends, heckle, or pick up discount coupons.

[Leyla]

I didn't even know there were MRF promos, much less where any were held.

[Sandman]

I didn't even know there were MRF promos, much less where any were held.

Quoted for truth.  This is news to me also.

[groomporter]

Most of them are just MNRF participants marching in local parades, so it's not much of a fest fix, although there are some held at bars. They don't really expect playtrons at these promos so they're not really "in garb" opportunities. They're really just a bit of free/cheap advertising/exposure for fest.

A schedule is usually posted on the MRFfriends Elist at
http://finance.groups.yahoo.com/group/MRFfriends/

Here was a schedule of parades posted there

Spring Lake Park Tower Days
Thursday, June 5th Thursday, June 5

Father Hennepin Festival Parade (Champlin, MN)
Friday, June 13, 2008

St. Louis Park Parktacular
Date: Saturday, June 14th

Tater Daze
Thursday, June 19

Annual Summer Fest Grand Parade
Oakdale, MN
Thursday, June 19th

Medford- Straight River Days Parade
Friday, June 20

Zumbrota Covered Bridge Parade
Date: Saturday June 21st

Rambling River Days (Farmington, MN)
Sunday June 22

Winona Steamboat Days Parade
Sunday June 22

Earle Brown Days
Thursday, June 26th

Kaposia Days Grande Parade
Friday June 27

Annandale 4th of July Parade
Date: Friday, July 4th

Richfield 4th of July Parade
Friday, July 4

Mall of America Preview Party
Sunday, July 20th

Hopkins Raspberry Festival
Sunday, July 20th

Aquatennial Torch light Parade
Wednesday, July 23

River City Days - Chaska Parade
Sunday, July 27