2023 PARADE AWARD WINNERS
Thank you to all of the many marching units that participated in the 2023 Greater New Haven St. Patrick's Day Parade on Sunday, March 12, 2023. It was a spectacular event, a sunny day with the streets of New Haven lined with multigenerational attendees. All of the units participating make our parade fun and entertaining from beginning to end. Each unit is exceptional in their own unique character and performance. The parade committee engages independent judges to determine which units are recognized as outstanding.
For the 2022 Greater New Haven St. Patrick's Day Parade, WTNH 8 aired a live broadcast of the parade on March 12 , 2023 and re-broadcast on March 17, 2023, WTNH 8 offered viewers the unique opportunity to vote for their favorite marching unit in an online poll for the People's Choice Award. The West Haven High School Marching Band is the overall winner of the People's Choice Award. The Elite Drill Team & Drum Corp is the People's Choice 1st Runner Up. These outstanding unit will be recognized at our Parade Awards Ceremony on April 15, 2023
These are the 2023 Parade Award winners:
AWARD |
WINNER |
| Best Drum and Bugle 1st Place | Connecticut Alumni Drum & Bugle Corps |
| Best Drum and Bugle 2nd Place | St. Peter's Drum Corps |
| Best Entertainment 1st Place | Band O'Brothers |
| Best Entertainment 2nd Place | Rock House School of Music |
| Best Exhibition | Eighth Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, Co. A |
| Best Fife & Drum Corps 1st place | Stony Creek Drum Corps |
| Best Fife & Drum Corps 2nd place | Lancraft Fife & Drum Corps |
| Best Fire Apparatus | New Haven Fire Department Apparatus |
| Best Fire Honor Guard | Middletown Fire Dept. Honor Guard |
| Best Fraternal Organization | Connecticut Freemasons |
| Best High School Marching Band 1st Place | West Haven High School Marching Band |
| Best High School Marching Band 2nd Place | Wilbur Cross High School Marching Governors |
| Best Irish Marching Unit 1st Place | New Haven Gaelic Football & Hurling Club |
| Best Irish Marching Unit 2nd Place | West Haven Irish-American Club |
| Best Irish Unit Dance Unit | Mulkerin School of Irish Dance |
| Best Junior Military Unit | Marine Cadets of America |
| Best Media | WTNH |
| Best Overall Unit | Connecticut Hurricanes Drum and Bugle Corps |
| Best Pipe and Drum 1st place | Fairfield Gaelic Pipe Band |
| Best Pipe and Drum 2nd Place | Celtic Cross Pipes & Drum |
| Best Police Honor Guard 1st Place | New Haven Police Emerald Society |
| Best Police Honor Guard 2nd place | Connecticut State Police Honor Guard |
| Best Police Marching Unit 1st place | New Haven Police Department Motorcycle |
| Best Police Marching Unit 2nd place | Connecticut State Police Marching Unit |
| Best Professional Fire Department 1st Place | New Haven Fire Department Local 825 |
| Best Professional Fire Department 2nd Place | East Haven Fire Department Local 1205 |
| Best Senior Military Unit | Second Company Governors Foot Guard |
| Best Volunteer Fire Department | M.P. Rice Hose Company 2 - Branford F.D. |
| Best Youth Group 1st Place | King Robinson Marching Jaguar Band |
| Best Youth Group 2nd Place | Roberto Clemente Band |
| Grand Marshal Award | New Haven County Firefighters Emerald Society Pipes & Drums |
| Honor Attendant Award | Tessa Mackey |
| Queen's Award | Sierra O'Keefe |
| Tom Slater Spirit of the Parade | Village Dream |
| People's Choice Award - Winner | West Haven High School Marching Band |
| People's Choice Award- 1st Runner Up | Elite Drill Team Squad & Drum Corps |
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The Greater New Haven St. Patrick’s Day Parade is Connecticut’s largest single day spectator event attracting more than 325,000 people to the streets New Haven each year. The Parade is a longstanding tradition in the New Haven community, and the members of the Greater New Haven St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee volunteer to ensure the tradition continues.
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