Our coverage of the 2019 West Seattle Grand Parade continues with more of the people who made it memorable. Above, Adah Rhodes Cruzen was this year’s recipient of the Orville Rummel Trophy for Outstanding Service to the Community (named for the parade’s founder, as explained here). Carl Blake – who had a bakery for decades in the space now home to Bakery Nouveau – was Grand Marshal:

Local veterans’ organization leaders often ride in convertibles too, but this year VFW Post 2713 commander Steve Strand walked, carrying the post flag:

Dozens of local Scouts walked in the parade, starting with the Troop 282 flag-bearers at the start:

There were also Sea Scouts:

Baden-Powell Scouts:

And Girl Scouts:

Announcing all the entries as they passed, Brian and Christa Callanan in The Junction:

And at the new West Seattle Amateur Radio Club reviewing stand at California/Charlestown, Ron Zuber:

(As mentioned in our parade previews, amateur-radio operators work behind the scenes during the parade to coordinate and monitor everything along the route.) Another parade gallery or two to come before the weekend’s out!

(Photo courtesy Michelle Edwards)

Those are some of the hard-working volunteers who make the West Seattle Grand Parade happen – the judges! They’ve sent the awards list from today’s parade, and we’re adding video/photos we took along the way:

On behalf of Barbara Edwards (above center) and the West Seattle Grand Parade Judges, here is the list of winners from today’s parade:

OVERALL GRAND PRIZE WINNERS:

1st Place: Seattle Schools All City Marching Band

2nd Place: Sumner High School Spartan Marching Band:

3rd Place: Seafair Pirates

First @SeafairPirates cannon blast of @wsparade pic.twitter.com/CbEvAPeiy7

— West Seattle Blog (@westseattleblog) July 20, 2019

Marching Bands:

1st Place – Seattle Schools All-City Marching Band:

2nd Place – Sumner High School Spartan Marching Band:

Tie for 3rd Place:
Rainbow City Marching Band and Spinout:

Kennedy Catholic High School Marching Band:

Performing Acts:

1st Place: Seafair Pirates:

2nd Place: Pathfinder K-8 School Unicycle Team:

3rd Place: Joyas Mestizas – Seattle Mexican Folk Dance Youth:

Cars & Motorcycles:

1st Place: West Seattle Amateur Radio Club:

2nd Place: 1942 American LaFrance Fire Truck

3rd Place: Camp Crockett Dog Day Camp:

Commercial:

1st Place: Counterforce Taekwando:

2nd Place: O’Neill Plumbing:

3rd Place: Luna Park Café:

Community:

1st Place: Hope Lutheran School:

2nd Place: West Seattle Bengals Youth Football & Cheer

3rd Place: WA State Sons of the American Revolution

Drill Teams Jr & Cheer Squads:

1st Place: Butterfly Electronettes Drill Team:

Tied for 2nd Place:
West City Rope Ninjas & Ropeworks:

Washington Diamonds Drill Team Jr.

Drill Teams Sr.:

1st Place: Washington Diamonds Drill Team & Drums:

2nd Place: Electronettes Drill Team & Drum Squad

3rd Place: West Seattle High School Cheer:

Floats:

1st Place: Holy Rosary School:

2nd Place: West Seattle Lions Club:

3rd Place: Skunkworks Robotics:

We’ll continue to add video and/or photos of the winners listed above, and we have other parade galleries in the works too.

10:52 AM: Just under way from California/Lander, headed south to The Junction (California/Edmunds), the 2019 West Seattle Grand Parade is on! ~75 entries, as we’ve been previewing for the past week-plus. The Seattle and Vancouver (BC) Police Motorcycle Drill Teams lead the way, and then the rest of the parade – preceded again this year, by the PAWrade in The Junction. We’ll be tweeting some of the sights alnng the way (@westseattleblog) with an update here when it’s over, and multiple reports with photos and video here on WSB later.

12:33 PM: The parade has just ended at the north end of the route. We’ll update again when it’s concluded in The Junction.

1:22 PM: The last entry has passed the end of the route. Streets will be reopening.

P.S. While we put together comprehensive coverage in the hours ahead, here’s our vote for one of the liveliest parade moments – (updated) Miss Seafair 2015, Nella Kwan, with disco moves, instead of riding in a convertible doing the parade wave: