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Ridgewood July 4th Parade Awards Announced
Find out if your favorite group won an award in the Ridgewood Fourth of July Parade.
Thank You To ALL who took part in the 102nd Ridgewood Fourth of July Celebration. The Ridgewood Fourth of July Celebration, Inc. would like to thank our 2012 participants. These groups and individuals “Support the
Tradition.” They are all make July 4th in Ridgewood a very special day.
2012 Parade Awards
FLOATS
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Travell School.......................................... Best Overall Float
Hawes School........................................... Best School Group Float – 1st place
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Willard School...........................................Best School Group Float – 2nd place
Travell School............................................ Best Float Workmanship – 1st place
Hawes School............................................ Best Float Workmanship – 2nd place
Ridge School..............................................Most Creative Float – 1st place
Somerville School.......................................Most Creative Float – 2nd place
Somerville School............................ Best Portrayal of Parade Theme – 1st place
Ridge School....................................Best Portrayal of Parade Theme – 2nd place
Travell School.................................. Best Personnel and Costumes – 1st place
Willard School...................................Best Personnel and Costumes – 2nd place
The Tuers Family................................................. Best Mini-Float
BANDS
63rd Army Band..................................Best Marching Musical Group – 1st Place
Hawthorne Caballeros Alumni Drums Corps...... Best Marching Musical Group – 2nd Place
The Waldwick Band............................. Best Musical Group on Float – 1st Place
Dr. Dubious & the Agnostics..................Best Musical Group on Float – 2nd Place
Visual effects teams (flags, rifles, batons, sabers, etc. accompanying a Marching Musical Group)
Hawthorne Caballeros Alumni Drums Corps..Best Visual Effects Team – 1st Place
Bushwackers Drum Corps..........................Best Visual Effects Team –
2nd Place
Color Guards (uniformed marchers escorting the Flag of the United States)
Ridgewood Police Department....................Best Color Guard – 1st Place
Bergen County Sheriff’s Department...........Best Color Guard – 2nd Place
MARCHING GROUPS
New Jersey Militia: Heard’s Brigade............Best Marching Group – 1st Place
New Jersey Militia: Outwater’s Militia................. Best Marching Group – 2nd Place