Application Waiver

Honor GuestApplications Due May 30th, 2008

If accepted, your group must provide a certificate of insurance naming the Chicago Festival Association as additional insured. Accepted units in need of lodging will be required to stay at the Parade’s Official Hotel, the Hyatt Regency Chicago.

Your organization if selected, agrees to participate in the 2008 McDonald's® Thanksgiving Parade in Chicago, Illinois Thursday November 22nd, 2008. In consideration for being accepted as a participant, we irrevocably grant the Chicago Festival Association the exclusive right to use in any media our name, likeness, photos or reproduction of our performance for any purpose including promotion, advertising or otherwise. With these rights, we hereby release the Chicago Festival Association and its employees, sponsors, and its agents from any claim, liabilities and/or damages that may now or in the future arise by reason of such use. Further, we acknowledge that we are aware of the risks associated with participation in this Parade and, therefore, on our behalf and that of our heirs, do hereby release the Chicago Festival Association and its employees, sponsors, and its agents for any and all claims, liabilities and/or damages on account of any personal injury or property damage which may occur from any cause before, during or after the 2008 Parade.

I agree to this waiver and would like to fill out the Honored Guest Application