2022 Parade Recap - 48th Annual
Parade Theme: Doing an Irish Dance
Grand Marshal
Pete McCluskey
Long term parade committee supporter
Honorary Irish Person of the Year
Don Post
Extraordinary Kansas City Humanitarian
Cullinan Family Spirit Award
Scanlon Family
Generational Commitment to KC’s Irish Community
Irish Flag Bearer
Pat & Mike Cahill
Outstanding Parade Committee Members
Winning Entries
Grand Prize: Kansas City Irish Center
Mike Murphy Showmanship Award
Ed's Posse
Chairman's Choice
4EVA Envy Drill Team
Go for the Green Food Drive Winner
Harmony Middle School
Better Homes & Gardens KC
BANDS
- Kansas City, KS Public Safety Pipes & Drums 
- Emerald City Marching Band 
BUSINESSES
- Kansas City Renaissance Festival 
- Better Homes and Gardens 
- Messner Bee Farm 
CAR CLUBS
- Real Riders Car Club 
- KC Classic Dreams Car Club 
- Midwest Tahoe Club 
TRADES
- Plumbers & Gasfitters Local #8 
- Teamsters 
DANCE TEAMS
- Krucial Creations Blaque Krystals Dance Factory 
- Diva University 
- Kansas City Dynamites 
DRILL TEAMS
- Kansas City Marching Falcons 
- Gateway Highsteppers Drill Team 
- Kansas City Marching Sizzlers 
IRISH DANCE TEAMS
- Dowd’s Irish Dance Academy 
- Driscoll School of Irish Dance 
FAMILIES
- Reardon, Burke, Lillis, Soden & McGee 
- Mike O’Connor Family 
- Rellihan & O’Neill Clans 
MEDIA DIVISION
- La Mega Spanish Radio 
- Audacy 
- KMBC & KCWE TV 
ORGANIZATIONS/TRADES
- Kansas City Irish Fest 
- Veteran’s Community Project 
- Kansas City Pride Community Alliance 
SCHOOLS
- Metropolitan Community College 
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 






