Cedar Rapids St. Patrick’s Day Parade 2017 Awards

CEDAR RAPIDS - Awards presented to entries in the St. Patrick's Day parade Friday included these honors:

Best Performing Musical Entry:

first place - Z102.9 Schulte and Swann Marching Band; second place - Garnet Place Ding-A-Lings Bell Ringing Troupe

Best Original Female Costume:

first place - Harrington Clan Snakebusters; second place - Glynn Gang, Willy McWonka and the Irish Oompa Loompas

Best Original Male Costume:

first place - Steve Bryant; second place - TJ the Clown Entertainment

Best Vehicle Entry:

first place - Bloomsbury Farm 1950 Chevy hearse; second place - Old Guys Gone Wild, 1951 green custom Ford

Best Walking Entry: first place

- Harrington Clan Snakebusters; second place - Parnell Ancestral Walking Brigade

Best Private Irish-Themed Entry:

first place - Maneely, Dalziel, Davis, Molumby and Guge families, Irish Flood Control 'Keg O'Barriers;” second place - Glynn Gang, Willy McWonka

Best Commercial Entry:

first place - Green Acres Storage; second place - Z102.9 and KGYM sports talk radio

Best Bribe:

first place - Harrington Clan Snakebusters

Best Animal Entry:

first place - Last Hope Animal Rescue; second place - Dogs Go Irish

Don Raher Memorial Award for Best Overall Costume:

Harrington Clan Snakebusters

Jerry Harrington Memorial Award for Most Wholesome/Heartfelt Entry:

Glynn Gang, Willy McWonka

Jimmy Duggan Memorial Award for Best Family Representation:

Irish Flood Patrol 'Keg O'Barriers”

Pat Fitzpatrick Irish Eyes Memorial Award for Most Creative Entry:

Glynn Gang, Willy McWonka

Ed McGinty Memorial Award for Best Overall Entry

: Glynn Gang, Willy McWonka