The Greater New Haven St. Patrick's Day Parade
  March 15th, 2009
   
  AWARDS
   
   
  GRAND MARSHAL'S AWARD
  West Haven High School Marching Band
   
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  BEST POLICE COLOR/HONOR GUARD
1st West Haven Police Honor Guard
2nd Bridgeport Police Honor Guard
   
  BEST VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPT. COLOR/HONOR GUARD
1st M. P. Rice Hose Co. #2   Branford
2nd East Haven Volunteer Fire Department
   
  BEST MILITARY COLOR/HONOR GUARD
1st U.S. Coast Guard Color Guard-Sector Long Island Sound
2nd USMC Color Guard-Fort Hale
   
  BEST OVERALL COLOR/HONOR GUARD
1st Yale University Police Honor Guard
   
  BEST FIRE DEPARTMENT  MARCHING UNIT
1st New Haven Fire Department
   
  BEST VOLUNTEER FIRE DEPARTMENT MARCHING UNIT
1st Webster Hose-Ansonia
2nd Orange Volunteer Fire Department
   
  BEST SENIOR FIFE & DRUM CORPS
1st Stony Creek Fife and Drum Corps
2nd Mattatuck Drum Band
3rd Connecticut Blue Fife and Drum
   
  BEST JUNIOR FIFE & DRUM CORPS
1st Col. John Chester Fife and Drum
2nd Windsor Fife and Drum
3rd Deep River Junior Ancients
   
  BEST PIPE BAND
1st Manchester Regional Police and Fire Pipe Band
2nd Police Pipes and Drums of Waterbury
3rd New London Fire Fighters Pipes and Drums
   
  BEST DRUM & BUGLE BAND
1st Connecticut Hurricanes
2nd St. Peters Drum Corp
3rd Connecticut Alumni Senior Drum and Bugle Corp
   
  BEST REENACTMENT UNIT
1st Sons of the American Revolution
2nd 2nd Connecticut Volunteers Heavy Artillery Co. 
   
  BEST IRISH MARCHING UNIT
1st New Haven Gaelic Football and Hurling Club
2nd AOH-Valley Division
   
  BEST IRISH DANCE
1st Lenihan School of Irish Dance
2nd Mulkerin School of Irish Dance
   
  BEST HIGH SCHOOL MARCHING BAND
1st Bristol Eastern High School Band
2nd Newinton High School Marching Band
3rd Stafford High School Band
   
  BEST MIDDLE SCHOOL MARCHING BAND
1st Betsy Ross Arts Magnet School
2nd King/Robinson Inter-District Magnet School Marching Jaguar Band
3rd John Martinez School Band
   
  BEST YOUTH MARCHING UNIT
1st St. Francis School
2nd St. Brendan School/St. Aedan Grammer Schools
   
  BEST YOUTH MILITARY MARCHING UNIT
1st US Naval Sea Cadets Edison Division
2nd New Haven Composite Civil Air Patrol
   
                                            BEST SPECIAL ENTERTAINMENT
1st 501st Legion of Stormtroopers, NE Garrison
2nd Milford Irish Heritage Society
   
                                                      BEST FLOAT
1st New Haven Parks and Recreation Outdoor Adventure Float
   
  BEST FIRE/POLICE EMERALD SOCIETY COLOR/HONOR GUARD
1st New Haven Police Emerald Society
2nd New Haven County Firefighters Emerald Society