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Award winning floats of the 2018 Cedar Rapids Saint Patrick's Day parade
The 2018 Cedar Rapids Saint Patrick's Day parade featured dozens of unique floats, talented dancers and adorable animal friends. Here are the award winners according to SaPaDaPaSo.
Best Band/Musical Award
1st Place: #41- KZIA Z102.9- Schulte and Swan Marching Band
2nd Place: #78- Wild Hogs Saloon—Singer in silver jacket
Honorable Mention: #25- Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival—Fiddle Player
Best Original Female Costume
1st Place: #1- St. Patrick's Church--'Alice in Ireland' (Entire group)
2nd Place: #33- Dances with Scissors, (All dancers)
Honorable Mention: #46- Royal March Into Spring (All ladies)
Best Original Male Costume
1st Place: #79 Sons of Norway—Male in viking hat and animal fur
2nd Place: #21 County Johnson Irish Shamrockers—St. Patrick
Best Vehicle Entry (Irish Theme Optional)
1st Place: #89 Bickford Senior Living (decorated bus)
2nd Place: #5 Old Guys Gone Wild (1951 green Ford)
Best Walking Entry:
1st Place: #45 Malloy Family
2nd Place: #17 Irish Pub Scouts, Troop 17—Scouting for the Perfect Pub!! (Molumby, Dalziel, Maneely, Guge and Davis clans)
Honorable Mention : #7 The Irish Strike Back—Glynn Gang
Best Private Irish Themed Entry (Non-Commercial/Advertising)
1st Place #7 The Irish Strike Back—Glynn Gang
2nd Place: #17 Irish Pub Scouts, Troop 17—Scouting for the Perfect Pub!! Dalziel, Maneely, Guge
Honorable Mention: #2 Parnell Ancestral Walking Brigade
#3 Clan Na Bryant
Best Commercial Entry
1st Place: #32 Going Green with IBEW 405
2nd Place: #43 I'Rish The CR Spirits a Happy 25 Years
Honorable Mention: #61 Green Acres Storage—Keep Your Shenanigans Happy at Green Acres Storage!!
Best Animal Entry, a.k.a. "The Waggy O'Tails Award"
1st Place: #46 Royal March Into Spring (Horse)
2nd Place: #37 Iowa Friends of Companion Animals (Dog wearing kilt w/ orange feet)
The Glynn family poses as Irish Star Wars characters at the SaPaDaPaSo parade in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, March 17, 2018. The parade wound its way through the streets of Cedar Rapids for the 43rd time this St. Patrick's Day. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Sydney Aarhus (left) blows a miniature trumpet as Tammy Maneely (left) dances with a vuvuzela in the Maneely family's 'Irish Pub Scouts' float at the SaPaDaPaSo parade in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, March 17, 2018. The parade wound its way through the streets of Cedar Rapids for the 43rd time this St. Patrick's Day. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Marita May of Cedar Rapids plays an Irish tune on the violin in the Cedar Rapids Freedom Festival float at the SaPaDaPaSo parade in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, March 17, 2018. The parade wound its way through the streets of Cedar Rapids for the 43rd time this St. Patrick's Day. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Kristy Schoon (right) of Toddville, Sophia Hoffmann, 6, of Cedar Rapids and Schoon's horse usher in spring at the SaPaDaPaSo parade in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, March 17, 2018. The parade wound its way through the streets of Cedar Rapids for the 43rd time this St. Patrick's Day. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
Ellery Haney and Kaiser Kedley-Bergmann dance while playing in the Schulte and Swann Marching Band at the SaPaDaPaSo parade in Cedar Rapids on Saturday, March 17, 2018. The parade wound its way through the streets of Cedar Rapids for the 43rd time this St. Patrick's Day. (Rebecca F. Miller/The Gazette)
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