Parade entries receive awards
Published 9:24 pm Thursday, December 13, 2012
The following is a list of honors bestowed on Saturday evening’s parade entries from the field of judges:
Best Float — Kelli’s Dance Explosion — “Dancing Through Wonderland”
Best Marching Unit (Non-Band) — Western Tidewater Regional Jail Honor Guard
Best Motorized Unit — North Suffolk Circle of the Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters (CHKD) “The Misfit Toy Chest”
Best Animal Unit — The Shooting Stars Dancing Dogs and Their Handlers
Best Specialty Unit — Hampton’s “Marching Elite” Drill Team
Best Marching Band (Non-Academic)
- 1st Place — C.V. Russell Jr. Ambassadors
- 2nd Place — Suffolk Marching Show Stoppers
Best Marching Band (Academic)
- 1st Place — Nansemond River High School Magnificent Marching Warriors
- 2nd Place — King’s Fork High School Marching Bulldogs
- 3rd Place — Lakeland High School Marching “Quiet Storm” Band
Best in Show: Kelli’s Dance Explosion
Judges’ Choice Award — TFC Recycling’s Gingerbread Houseboat