As we mentioned in our previous post, the judges at the Syttende Mai parade had the best seat in the house. They also had the toughest job – to pick winners in each category.
Here is the list of winners:
Band
1st Columbia River High School, Vancouver, WA
2nd Chief Sealth High School Marching Band
3rd Olympic View Marching Band
Drill Team
1st Highlander Drill Team (entry #44)
2nd Shooting Starts Drill Team
3rd North Queens Drill Team
Float
1st — Sons of Norway — Edmonds Lodge
Motorized
1st Ballard Robotics
2nd Pacific Fishermen Shipyard
Novelty
1st Swedish Cultural Center Pancake Drill Team
Scandinavian
1st Norwegian Ladies Chorus
2nd Norwegian Male Chorus
3rd Sons of Norway — Tacoma
Youth
1st Trolls from Ballard Boys & Girls Club
2nd Whittier Wildcats
3rd Matheia’s Ribbons & Rhythm
Congratulations to all the winners!
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I thin olympic view should have won first
Contratulations Whittier Wildcats. That was a great show. Wow to Mr. Pule and all participants.
I couldn’t tell if they just had a billion people in their school or didn’t cut anyone who tried out for band. I think there were five rows of female trumpeters.