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
Ronan-O’Toole-McRae Clans
Mike O’Connor Family
Reardon Burke Soden Lillis & McGee
BUSINESS DIVISION
Bob Hamilton Plumbing
Piermagic Foundation
MF Supply
TRADES & ORGANIZATIONS DIVISION
Ed’s Posse
Kansas City Irish Center
Father Donnelly Division AOH
BANDS & DRILL TEAM DIVISION
Kansas City Marching Falcons
Gateway Highsteppers Drill Team
Saint James UMC A-Flat Youth Orchestra
SCHOOLS/MAJORETTES DIVISION
Dowd’s Irish Dance Academy
St. Therese School
Driscoll School of Irish Dance
MEDIA DIVISION
La Mega Spanish Radio
101 The Fox
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