(UPDATED SUNDAY MORNING: Float winners added)

(WSB photos by Tracy Record and Patrick Sand)
During the West Seattle Grand Parade, a lot happens behind the scenes. While parade staffers get the entries out of the gate at the north end of the route, pacing them depending on a variety of factors, there’s more going on along the route – volunteer ham-radio operators are communicating what’s going on at various points along the route, and at secret points along the way, judges are reviewing the entries as they pass. That leads to a list of awards we publish post-parade each year – here it is:
2015 West Seattle Grand Parade
Produced by the West Seattle Rotary FoundationOVERALL PARADE WINNERS
1st Seattle School All-City Marching Band
2nd Luna Park Cafe
3rd WestSide Baby – Stuff the Bus
BANDS
1st Kennedy Catholic High School Marching Band
2nd Pacific Northwest Drumline
CARS & ANTIQUE CARS
1st Friend to Friend America
2nd West Seattle Lions Club
3rd 1942 American LaFrance Fire Engine
COMMERCIAL
1st Hotwire Coffee (both photos above)
2nd Mountain to Sound Outfitters (above)
3rd Spring Free Trampoline (above)
COMMUNITY
1st Our Lady of Guadalupe
2nd Delridge Grocery Co-op
3rd Calvary Chapel
DRILL TEAMS, SENIOR
1st The Lady’s of Elegance Drill Team (see video here)
2nd Electronetts Drill Team & Drum Squad
3rd Seattle Chinese Community Girls Drill Team
DRILL TEAMS, JUNIOR
1st The Princesses of Elegance Drill Team (see video here)
2nd Washington Diamonds Drill Team
3rd Butterfly Electronetts Drill TeamPERFORMING ACTS
1st Joyas Mestizas – Seattle Mexican Folk Dance Youth
2nd Seafair Clowns
3rd Seafair Pirates
(added Sunday) FLOATS
1st Place – WS Rotary Foundation Trophy – Marysville Strawberry Festival
CONVEYED FLOATS
1st Place – Hope Lutheran Church and School
2nd Place – Holy Rosary School and Sun Dancers
Still adding LOTS MORE photos (and some video to come) of the winning entries. And we have other parade stories in the works – the Kiddie Parade too!
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