Community Corner
Jump Rope Champions Win 'Best in Parade'
Greenbelt's jump rope champions wow crowds and judges to win "Best in Parade" at the 57th Annual Greenbelt Labor Day Festival parade.
On Labor Day afternoon, at the festival's main stage, Bob Zugby announced that the winner of the "Best in Parade" category was the Greenbelt S.I.T.Y. Stars jump rope team. The acronym stands for: sensational, inspiring, talented, youth. The team received a trophy and cash prize, as did all first place winners, with first runners-up receiving cash. There is no runner-up in the "Best in Parade" category because it is the top award.
Some of Greenbelt's finest became first place winners and runners-up in the other parade "Best" categories:
Most Entertaining:
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First Place: Greenbelt Curves
Runner-Up: Eleanor Pernia Studio of Dance
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Community:
First Place: Greenbelt Swim Team
Runner-Up: Greenbelt Community Emergency Response Team (CERT)
People's Choice:
First Place: Greg May—Stilt Walker and the Greenbelt Circus Camp, Greenbelt Recreation Department
Runner-Up: Greenbelt Boys and Girls Club
Theme:
First Place: Greenbelt Elementary School PTA
Runner-Up: Mishkan Torah Synagogue
Novelty:
First Place: St. George's Episcopal Church
Runner-Up: Greenbelt Lions Club Bikes and Trikes
Performing Group:
First Place: Eleanor Roosevelt High School Pep Band
Runner-Up: Seabrook Seahawk Pathfinder Club
Pet Unit
First Place: City of Greenbelt Animal Control
Runner Up: Maryland Park Police Mounted Unit
Most Humorous:
First Place: Greenbelt Recycling and Sustainability Society
Runner Up: New Greenbelt Marching Band
Cars:
First Place: Beltway Plaza Mall's "Model-T"
Runner Up: Robert Goddard French Immersion School's Citroen
Fire Emergency:
First Place: Victor McEntee's 1968 Mack C-95 Pumper fire truck
Runner Up: Greenbelt Volunteer Fire Department's original restored 1935 fire truck