2014 Greater New Haven St. Patrick’s Day Parade Awards Committee is pleased to announce this year’s Parade Awards Winners.

A ceremony honoring these winners was held at the Irish American Community Center (IACC) on May 2, 2014. Congratulations to all of the winners.

Grand Marshal’s Award
– Nation Drill Squad & Drum Corps, New Haven
Best Overall Unit
– Saint Peter’s Drum Corps, New Hartford
Tom Slater Best Spirit of the Parade
– 102nd Army Band, Rockville, CT
Best Special Entertainment
– 501st Connecticut Garrison, (Star Wars), Bristol, CT
Best Irish Organizations
– 1st: New Haven Gaelic Football and Hurling Club
– 2nd: West Haven Irish American Club
Best Irish Dance
-Lenihan School of Irish Dance, Monroe
Best Drill Team
– Berkeley Knights Drill Team & Drum Corps, Waterbury
Best Drum & Bugle Corps
– 1st: Connecticut Alumni Sr. Drum & Bugle Corps, Somers
– 2nd: Connecticut Hurricanes Drum & Bugle Corps, Derby
Best Junior Fife/Drum
– 1st: Colonel John Chester Fife and Drum Corps, Wethersfield
– 2nd: Nutmeg Volunteer Junior Ancient Fife & Drum Corps, Groton
Senior Fife/Drum
– 1st: Mattatuck Drum Band, Cheshire
-2nd: Stony Creek Fife & Drums Corps
– 3rd: Lancraft Fife & Drum Corps, No. Haven
Best Fire Department
– 1st: New Haven County Firefighters Emerald Society
– 2nd: New Haven Fire Department
Best Volunteer Fire Department
-1st: Thomaston Fire Department
-2nd: Ansonia Fire Department, Webster Hose Hook & Ladder Co #3 and Charters Hose Co #4
Best Volunteer Fire Department Color Guard
-1st: East Wallingford Volunteer Fire Department, Company 8
-2nd: Seymour Fire Department, Great Hill Hose Co.

2013 Parade Award Recipients
Photo: Edward Donadio

Best High School Band
-1st: Bristol Eastern High School Marching Band
-2nd: Terryville High School Marching Band
Best Middle School Musical Group
-1st: King/Robinson Inter-District Magnet School-Marching Jaguar Band
-2nd: Edgewood Magnet School Band
Best Military Color Guard
-1st: United States Coast Guard Honor Guard, Long Island Sound
-2nd: Nathan Hale Chapter 103, Military Order of Purple Hearts, E. Haven
Best Pipe Bands
-1st: Police Pipes & Drums of Waterbury CT
-2nd: Manchester Regional Police & Fire Pipe Band, E. Hartford
-3rd: Fairfield Gaelic Pipe Band, Stratford
Best Overall Police Department
-New Haven Police Emerald Society Color Guard & Marching Unit
Best Police Department Color Guards
-1st: Connecticut Judicial Marshal Services, Willimantic
-2nd: Yale University Police Department
Reenactment Groups
-1st: 8th Regiment Connecticut Volunteers, Co. A, Inc., Wethersfield, CT
-2nd: 27th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry Civil War, Danbury, CT
Best School Marching Unit
-Saint Mary School, Branford
Youth Marching Units
-James Hillhouse High School JROTC
Queen
-Alexis Wheway
Honor Attendant
-Morgan Hildebrandt