Melissa Silva and her daughter Bella, 5, from Gilroy, waves to the parade participants as they honk their horns during the Morgan Hill Freedon Fest July Fourth Parade.

2012 Morgan Hill Freedom Fest July 4 Parade Winners

LINE ORGANIZATION CATEGORY SUB-CATEGORY WINNER
1 VFW Post 6309 Color guard   1st place
8 Commonwealth Central Credit Union Floats    Amateur & Non-Profit 1st place
10 Ben Edes Miscellaneous Other Individual 1st Place   
13 South Bay Blue Star Moms    Drill Team Adult 1st Place   
17 Freedom Fest Patriotic Singers     Floats Amateur & Non-Profit Musical 1st Place   
20 Live Oak Emerald Regime Band HS Drum Major 3rd Place   
21 Live Oak Emerald Regime Band HS band 2nd place
22 Live Oak Emerald Regime Band HS flag team 1st place
23 Community Christian Church Floats  Amateur & Non-Profit 3rd place
25 S. C. Co. Model Aircraft Skyport Floats Amateur & Non-Profit 3rd place
26  Champions Academy Youths Commercial  1st place
27 Sifu Meng’s Lion Dance   Novelty  Novelty group 1st place
28 Morgan Hill Pony Baseball  Youth Activities  Noncommercial  1st place
33  Marilyn Monroe  Novelty  Novelty Individual  1st place
35  Oakland Military Institute  Band  HS color guard  1st place
36  Oakland Military Institute  Band  HS Armed Drill 1st place
44 Paramit Corp.   Floats  Business & Prof. Musical     1st place
46 The Little Gym & the Music Tree  Floats  Business & Prof. Musical     1st place
52  Wayne S.Johnson Farm Equipment  Vintage Tractor  1st place
53  AAUW  Drill Team  Adult 2nd place
58  AAUW  Drill Team  Adult  2nd place
60  Claudio Arroyo  Equestrian  Charro Costume  1st place
63  Cub Scout Pack 766  Youth Activities    Non-commercial  2nd place
66  San Martin 4-H  Floats     Amateur & Non-Profit   2nd Place   
68 Valley Christian Band & Color Guard  Band HS Drum Major  1st place
69  Valley Christian Band & Color Guard  Band HS flag team 2nd place
70  Valley Christian Band & Color Guard  Band HS band 1st place
71  Stratford School  Miscellaneous Commercial Other Group    2nd place
73 Uesugi Farms Pumpkin Patch  Miscellaneous Commercial Not Competing 2nd place
74 Johnson Lumber Floats     Business & Professional 1st place
76 Gilroy Unified School District Miscellaneous  Other Group    1st place
80 Morgan Hill Police Cadets Color Guard  Junior 2nd place
82 UMS Tiger Marching Band  Band  Middle School Band  1st place
83 Union Middle School Tiger Marching Band   Band Middle School Drum Major  1st place
84 United Academy of Martial Arts Youth Activities Commercial 3rd place
86 Los Dorados Equestrian Group 1st place
87 Jury Kick Ranchette     Equestrian  Donkey Drawn Carts  1st Place
88 SCC Horsemen’s Assoc.       Equestrian Mounted Riding Group 1st Place
89  Western Ranch Hands         Equestrian  Western Ranch Hands   1st place   
93  Howard D. Ridge      Novelty  Novelty Individual   2nd place
95 San Jose Metropolitan       Band Adult band 1st place
97 West Valley Memory Post 99 Am Legion       Miscellaneous Other Group  2nd place
103 L.O.H.S.  Alumni Drum Line     Band Band/Adult Drum 1st Place  
106 MH Federation of Teachers          Miscellaneous    Other Group  3rd place   
107 Miss Santa Clara County     Miscellaneous   Other Individual   2nd Place
108 San Martin Horsemen’s Assoc.    Equestrian   Adult Group 1st Place
109  Kim Hutchison    Equestrian     Equestrian  Family group 1st place
110  Western Ranch Hands Equestrian  Western Ranch Hands 2nd place
112 Pacific Coast Recycling Inc.  Floats Business & Professional 1st place
113 Sister Cities       Miscellaneous  Other 3rd Place   
118 Shifty Mobile Bicycle Mechanic      Floats  Business & Professional  3rd place
121 Morgan Hill Makos         Youth Activities     Non-commercial 3rd place
126 Marine Corps League, Detach. 1122       Color Guard  Senior  2nd place
127 Oak Grove AFJROTC    Color Guard Junior military 1st place
129 Cupertino Syphonic Band Band Adult 2nd place
132  California Sports Center        Youth Activities   Commercial  2nd place
134 Crossroads Christian School     Floats  Amateur & Non-Profit  1st place
135 Tea Party Patriots of Silicon Valley     Floats  Amateur & Non-Profit     2nd place
138 Arroyo HS Marching Dons     Band HS Drum major 2nd place
139 Arroyo HS Marching Dons     Band HS flag team 3rd place
140 Arroyo HS Marching Dons   Band HS band 3rd place
         

 

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