Redmond Fourth of July Parade winners named
The Redmond Chamber of Commerce & CVB released the winning entries of this year’s Redmond Fourth of July Parade, presented by St. Charles Health System, which drew thousands of spectators to downtown Redmond for the one and a half hour community spectacle.
Of the nearly 80 entries this year, awards were given within five categories of entries: children, commercial, mounted/animal, individual and organization. This year’s theme upon which entries were judged was “Baseball, Hotdogs and Apple Pie.”
According to Redmond Chamber of Commerce Events Director Karen Sande, the quality of Saturday’s entries made selections difficult for this year’s judges.
“As they seem to do each year, entries from all categories upped the ante in 2015, offering up their own interpretations of our theme in thoughtful, creative and clever ways,” Sande said. “Our judges certainly had their work cut out for them this year, but I feel they made some great selections.”
The winning 2015 Redmond Fourth of July Parade entries were:
Children Category
1st Place: Central Christian School
2nd Place: Desert Sky Montessori
3rd Place: Redmond IOU All Stars
Commercial Category
1st Place: Fred Meyer
2nd Place: Legacy Realty
3rd Place: Straw Propeller Gourmet Foods
Mounted / Animal
1st Place: Dirty Dawgs Bath House
2nd Place: Peddlers Market Antiques in Tumalo
3rd Place: Lone Pine Clydesdales
Individual
1st Place: The Desert Rose -1957 Chev Belair driven by Jerry & Linda Bolf
2nd Place: Joe Post, Lee and Linda Barker and the little ones
3rd Place: 1959 Cadillac Convertible – driven by Richard Gillespie
Organization
1st Place: Brightside Animal Center
2nd Place: Desert Song Community Church
3rd Place: Scleroderma Angel Foundation
The Redmond Fourth of July Parade is coordinated each year by the Redmond Chamber of Commerce, which works with a number of organizations to ensure safety and cleanliness before, during and after the parade.
“We would like to offer a special thanks to the Redmond Area Park and Recreation District for chalking the streets and to our Redmond Police Department for the extra support and help in keeping everyone safe,” Sande said. “We would also like to thank Highland Baptist Church who helped clean up the streets after the parade.”
