2008 SaPaDaPaSo

St. Patrick's Day Parade Winners:

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CONGRATULATIONS to OUR 2008 SaPaDaPaSo PARADE WINNERS !!!

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We are looking for some pictures of category winners, Parade Marshals and candid shots of anyone at the parade. If you have any please get them to Tammy Maneely so she can combine and get them to me (the webmaster). :)

Congratulations to all of this year's winners! Names are above the pictures.

(Click on picture to get a high-resolution (very very large) view if desired.)

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2008 SaPaDaPaSo Irish “Colleen”: Elizabeth Hill

2007 SaPaDaPaSo Past President Award: Tammy Maneely

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Memorial Award Winners:

Ed McGinty Memorial Award for “Best Overall Irish Entry”: “Bohemian Beginnings” – Czech Heritage Society

Pat Fitzpatrick Memorial Award for “Most Creative Irish Theme”: “Rose of Tralee” – Michelle Burke and Tom and Tony Harrington.

Ron Lusk Memorial Award for “Best Overall Graphic Display”: “The Grinch Who Stole St. Patrick’s Day” – The Aarhus, Davis, Hill, Maneely, Molumby, and Howard Families.

Don Raher Memorial Award for “Best Overall Costume”: “Luck Be A Lady” – Club Basix

Jimmy Duggan Memorial Award for “Best Family Participation”: “Irish Wheel of Fortune” – Steve and Carol Bryant and Family

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Overall Parade Winners:

Best Commercial Entry:

1^st Place: “St. Patrick’s Day on Wheels” – Fleck Sales

2^nd Place: “Don’t Be Countin’ On Luck Alone – Let Iowa Realty Sell Your Home” – Iowa Realty

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Best Private Irish Theme Entry:

1^st Place: “The 35^th Annual Assemblance of a Rag-Tag Group of Parnell Descendents” – Parnell Ancestral Walking Brigade

2^nd Place: “Paddy O’Blarney – The Green Party Candidate (We Need O’Blarney’s Blarney!)” – The Glynn Gang

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Best Band/Musical Award (Performing):

1^st Place: Brecht Construction

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Best Original Female Costume:

1^st Place: “Luck Be A Lady” – Club Basix

2^nd Place: “Rose of Tralee” – Michelle Burke and Tom and Tony Harrington

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Best Original Male Costume:

1^st Place: “Green Man Group” - The Murray Brothers

2^nd Place: “The Grinch Who Stole St. Patrick’s Day” – The Aarhus, Davis, Hill, Maneely, Molumby, and Howard Families.

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Best Irish Walking Entry:

1^st Place: “Irish Wheel of Fortune” – Steve and Carol Bryant and Family

2^nd Place: “Happy St. Patrick’s Day” – Coopacabana and The Sweeney Clan

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Best Irish Decorated Vehicle:

1^st Place: “McPeaches Irish Pub” – Kathy Sharp, Keith Diefenderfer and Lots of Friends and Relatives

2^nd Place: “West Ridge Care Center” – West Ridge Care Center Residents, Staff, Friends and Wee Helpers from Truman Elementary.

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Best Bribe Award:

“Irish Seven Course Meal” (A Six-Pack and a Baked Potato) – Amvets, Auxiliary, and Sons of Amvets

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Honorable Mention: “Kings, Poets, and Farmers” – County Johnson Irish

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Group Photo: Several "Past SaPaDaPaSo Presidents"

Group photo: Several Past Colleens:

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