Awards announced for St. Patrick's Day Parade

NEW HAVEN — The Greater New Haven St. Patrick’s Day Parade Committee on Monday released the list of groups and people who won the 2010 awards.
The are: Grand Marshal’s Award, Knights of St. Patrick; Parade Queen, Lindsey Stamp; Honor Attendant, Kristina Conroy; Best Exemplified Spirit of Parade, Connecticut Blues Senior Ancient Fife & Drum Corps; Best Irish Organization, 1st, Knights of St. Patrick and 2nd, New Haven Gaelic Football & Hurling Club; Most Original Entry, 501st Connecticut Garrison; Outstanding Youth Group, James Hillhouse High School JROTC & Color Guard; Best Walking Unit, 1st, Pioneers of the Sacred Heart and 2nd, Celtic Learning Project; Best Community Unit, New Haven “Old Black” Rugby; Best Float, Urban Resources Initiative - Community Greenspace/Grennskills; Best Fire, 1st, New Haven Firefighters Local 825, 2nd, Charters Hose Co. #4 Vol. Fire Department of Ansonia and 3rd, East Haven Firefighters Local 1205; Best Police, 1st, New Haven Police Department Emerald Society Honor Guard, 2nd, West Haven Police Honor Guard and 3rd, Southern Connecticut State University Police Department Honor Color Guard
Also, Best Appearance Military, 1st: U.S. Naval Sea Cadets Edson Division of New Haven, 2nd, U.S. Coast Guard Color Guard - Sector LI Sound; Best Middle School, 1st, King/Robinson Inter-District Magnet School Marching Jaguar Band and 2nd, Mauro-Sheridan Interdistrict Magnet School Band; Best Color Guard, 1st, Kentish Guards, Rhode Island Militia and 2nd, St. Peter’s Drum Corps; Best High School, 1st, Bristol Eastern High School Band and 2nd, West Haven High School Band; Best Catholic School, 1st, St. Francis/St. Rose of Lima School and 2nd, St. Aedan St. Brendan Parochial School; Best Fife & Drum, 1st, Stony Creek Fife & Drum Corps, 2nd, Deep River Sr. Fife & Drum Corps, and 3rd, Moodus Drum and Fife.
Also, Best Pipe Band, 1st, Manchester Regional Police & Fire Pipe Band and 2nd, Police Pipes & Drums of Waterbury; Best Drum & Bugle, 1st, Connecticut Hurricanes Sr. Drum & Bugle Corps and 2nd, Connecticut Alumni Sr. Drum & Bugle Corps; Best Reenactment, 1st, 27th Regiment Connecticut Volunteer Infantry, and 2nd
, 8th Regiment Company A Connecticut Volunteers.