The winning floats from Monday’s Oktoberfest parade
Posted Oct 10, 2017 05:54:45 AM.
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Winners have been announced from Monday’s Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest Thanksgiving Day Parade.
The top float was Horn of Plenty, sponsored by Sobeys. It won the Festival Award.
The Harvest Award (second place) went to the City of Kitchener float and third place went to Pirate Ship, sponsored by Fear Farm.
Here are the other award winners:
-Twin Cities Award (Best Spirit/Enthusiasm) – Old Lady In A Shoe Float sponsored by PolarFoam Dimilec
-Hans & Frieda Award (Use of Animation) – Schneiders Float sponsored by Maple Leaf Foods
-Miss Oktoberfest Award (Best Visual) – Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest Maypole
-Wunderbar Award (Community Involvement) – Rolling Steins sponsored by Greater Kitchener-Waterloo Chamber of Commerce
-Piller’s Gemuetlichkeit Float Award (Most Gemuetlichkeit) – Pirate Ship sponsored by Fear Farm
The 2017 Judges for the parade were: Bob Egan, former member of Blue Rodeo, Leon Martin, part owner K-W Titans, Ernie Overland, Canadian Speed Skating hall of famer, and Dave Sopha, local artist and fundraiser for the Canadian Forces and Wounded Warriors.
