2018 Parade Recap - 46th Annual

Parade Theme: The Pipes are Calling: A Celebration of Irish Music

Grand Marshal

David Koechner

Celebrated Actor & KC Native

Honorary Irish Person of the Year

Carrie Hibbeler

Community Affairs Director/Executive Producer at WDAF-FOX4

Cullinan Family Spirit Award

Aylward Family

Generational Commitment to KC’s Irish Community

Irish Flag Bearer

Ted Cassidy

Outstanding Parade Committee Member

Winning Entries

Grand Prize: Rellihan & O’Neill Clans
Mike Murphy Showmanship Award

Darby Clan

Chairman's Choice

Boulevard Brewing Company

Go for the Green Food Drive Winner

Bob Hamilton Plumbing & Driscoll School of Irish Dance

FAMILY DIVISION

  1. Ronan-O’Toole-McRae Clans

  2. Mike O’Connor Family

  3. Reardon Burke Soden Lillis & McGee


BUSINESS DIVISION

  1. Bob Hamilton Plumbing

  2. Piermagic Foundation

  3. MF Supply

TRADES & ORGANIZATIONS DIVISION

  1. Ed’s Posse

  2. Kansas City Irish Center

  3. Father Donnelly Division AOH


BANDS & DRILL TEAM DIVISION

  1. Kansas City Marching Falcons

  2. Gateway Highsteppers Drill Team

  3. Saint James UMC A-Flat Youth Orchestra


SCHOOLS/MAJORETTES DIVISION

  1. Dowd’s Irish Dance Academy

  2. St. Therese School

  3. Driscoll School of Irish Dance

MEDIA DIVISION

  1. La Mega Spanish Radio

  2. 101 The Fox

  3. KFKF 94.1


LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARDS

  • Kansas City Saint Andrews Pipes & Drums

  • O’Rourke/Sweeney Clans

  • O’Riada-Manning Academy of Irish Dance

  • Willie Arthur Smith’s Marching Cobras