NEWS INFORMATION FROM

THE OFFICE OF MAYOR STEPHEN R. REED
City of Harrisburg
King City Government Center
Harrisburg, PA 17101-1678
Telephone: 255.3040

FOR IMMEDIATE USE
23 November 2002

CITY 2002 HOLIDAY PARADE WINNERS ANNOUNCED

Harrisburg, PA—Harrisburg’s annual Holiday Parade drew more than 30,000 people today, kicking off the Thanksgiving-Hanukkah-Christmas-Kwanzaa season in the midstate. More than 3,000 marchers in nearly 100 parade units, including 19 bands, made it one of the largest Holiday Parades in the 17-year history of the event, Mayor Stephen R. Reed announced this afternoon.

The Mayor presented $7,500 in prize and appearance monies to the following parade units immediately following the parade at Strawberry Square. Prizes were awarded to the first, second and third place entries in each of five different categories.

High School Marching Bands
1st - Fleetwood High School
2nd - Boiling Springs High School
3rd - Central Dauphin East High School

Specialty Unit
1st - Melrose School Cheerleaders
2nd - Girl Scout Troop 915
3rd - Hbg. High School NJROTC

Non-Profit Units
1st - Harrisburg Senators
2nd - Open Stage of Harrisburg
3rd - St. Stephen’s Episcopal School

Commercial Units
1st - WGAL TV-8
2nd - WHP-TV 21 Toys for Tots
3rd - Strawberry Square

Miscellaneous
1st - Gotta Dance, Academy of the Arts
2nd - Blue Moon Cruisers
3rd - Three way tie: U.S. Naval Sea Cadet Corps, Ephraim Slaughter Am. Leg. Post 733&Tall Cedars Auto Unit

The Mayor said Downtown and Midtown shops all offer special holiday fare for the next six weeks, while on Harrisburg City Island, thousands of lights coupled with thousands more downtown-present a dazzling array of decorations for the public to visit anytime.

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