St. Patrick's Day Parade
49th Parade Award Recipients
General: |
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James M. Shea Award for Overall Excellence: |
Missouri Botanical Garden | |
Parade Marshal’s Trophy for Excellence: |
The Muny Celebrates 100 Years! | |
Honorary Parade Marshal’s Trophy for Excellence: |
Leprechaun Divers | |
Band Awards: |
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Best Band of Parade: |
Durant High School Band | |
Best in Class: |
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1A | Harris-Stowe University Marching Hornets | |
3A | Durant High School Band | |
Auxiliary Unit: |
Parkview High School Lassie Drum and Bugle Corps | |
Junior: |
Brittany Woods Middle School Marching Band | |
Pipe and Drum: |
John Ford Highland Pipe and Drum | |
Marching Unit Awards: |
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Best School of Dance: |
Clarkson School of Irish Dance | |
Best Adult Marching Unit: |
United States Marine Corps – Color Guard (3rd Batallion, 24th Marines) |
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Best Youth Marching Unit: |
Sugar Babies Baton Twirling Corps | |
Best Irish Cultural: |
Darby O’Gill and the Little People | |
Best Fraternal: |
St. Louis Police – Bicycle Patrol | |
Best Historic Unit: |
Great River Fife and Drum Corps | |
Best Novelty Unit: |
Gateway Precision Lawnchair Krewe | |
Best Balloon: |
Gateway Superfriends – Irish Balloon | |
Float Awards: |
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Best Float in Parade: |
The Muny Celebrates 100 Years! | |
Best Family Float: |
Descendants of Nellie Fogarty | |
Best Civic/Community Float: |
The Muny Celebrates 100 Years! | |
Best Commercial Float: |
IBEW Local 2 | |
Best Fraternal Float: |
St. Louis Fire Department Local 73 | |
Best Irish Cultural Float: |
Krewe of the Kilted Shamrocks/Fallon’s Bar and Grill | |
Best Novelty Float: |
Mystic Knights of the Purple Haze | |
Best Irish Dance: |
St. Louis Irish Arts | |
Motorized Units: |
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Best Commercial Unit: |
Missouri Botanical Garden | |
Best Motorized Other: |
Yomo Mini Patrol Moolah Shrine | |
Best Antique Unit: |
Gateway Fire Historical Society | |
Best Classic Unit: |
Model T Ford Club of Greater St. Louis Inc. | |
Best Fraternal Unit: |
St. Louis Fire Department – 100’ Smeal Hook and Ladder and Rescue Squad Squad |
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Best Royalty Unit: |
Ms. Missouri Senior America 2017 | |
Best Novelty Unit: |
The World Famous Lawn Rangers from Amazing Arcola | |
Animal Units: |
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Best Adult Mounted Unit: |
Open Door Animal Sanctuary | |
Best Canine Unit: |
Irish Wolfhounds | |
Best Fraternal Unit: |
St. Louis Police – Mounted Division |