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Sunny weather for 2018 Whoop-Up Days Parade

Aug 21, 2018 | 1:26 PM

LETHBRIDGE – More than 100 entries delighted the paradegoers who packed the streets of downtown and north Lethbridge Tuesday, Aug. 21.

The Whoop-Up Days Parade lasted more than an hour, with roughly 110 entries from Lethbridge, Alberta, and even British Columbia. The parade is the kick-off to Whoop-Up Days, which runs through Saturday, Aug. 25 at Exhibition Park.

WATCH: Selected highlights of this year’s parade

The parade winners were:

 A. GRAND AGGREGATE AWARD:

*** Ninastako Cultural Centre/White Feather ***

 

B. BEST LARGE COMMERCIAL ENTRY (20 or more employees):

1st Bridge City Chrysler

2nd Bella Elite Beauty and Barber Academy

3rd L. A. Power Systems

 

C. BEST SMALL COMMERCIAL ENTRY (19 or fewer employees):

1st Purely Inspired Academy of Beauty

2nd The Gentlemen Plumbers

3rd Chinook Cardiology

 

D. BEST COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION

1st The Southern Alberta Light Horse (Military)

2nd Dragonboat Association of Southern Alberta (DASA)

3rd Interfaith Food Bank Society

 

E. BEST VISITING ENTRY

1st Creepy Hollow

2nd City of Cranbrook

3rd Calgary Exhibition and Stampede

 

F. BEST CHILDREN & YOUTH ORGANIZATION

1st Lethbridge Roller Derby Guild

2nd Girl Guides of Canada – Clark Hall District

3rd Lethbridge BMX Club 2

 

G. BEST HISTORICAL ENTRY:

1st Head-Smashed-In Buffalo Jump

2nd Alberta Irrigation Projects Association

3rd Rotary Club of Lethbridge (East)

 

H. BEST EQUINE ENTRY:

1st Wild Chick Trickriding

2nd Ninastako Cultural Centre/White Feathers

3rd Lethbridge Therapeutic Riding Association

 

I. COMIC & NOVELTY:

1st Kat Panic #1 “Tiki Bar”

2nd Kat Panic #2 “Mermaid”

3rd Lethbridge & District Labour Council

 

J. MOST ENTERTAINING ENTRY:

1st Lethbridge Community Taiko Association (LCTA)

2nd Lethbridge Community Firefighters Pipe & Drums

3rd Royal Canadian Artillery Band